Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , however , I want to concentrate on the 15 years during which the two of them lived and worked together , and Pollock made a bid to change the course of what was then thought of as modern art . |
| 2 | As the throng around me rippled and shifted , I had seen the occupants of two other , larger tables . |
| 3 | Our customers were delighted — sales to one of them doubled and now the G201 production line is operating to full capacity . |
| 4 | The record came to an end and everyone clapped and gave high-spirited whoops and whistles . |
| 5 | It left me fatigued and in the mood to fall asleep every time I sat down . ’ |
| 6 | On a trip to Dublin two of them asked and received permission to share a double room away from ‘ the children ’ . |
| 7 | She closed her eyes and arched blindly against him , let him guide her into another kind of darkness , where that unknown vortex of emotion , that powerful pull of attraction between them swirled and hypnotised , and this time the stars behind her eyelids were brilliant but softly incandescent , fireworks of intense delight , bursting in her head … |
| 8 | Those companies between them owned or managed 95 fishing vessels which were until 31 March 1989 registered as British fishing vessels under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 ( 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 ) . |
| 9 | No-one gritted or jutted better than Hanif Mohammad . |
| 10 | Neither of them moved or spoke for several minutes . |
| 11 | None of them moved or looked at me . |
| 12 | ‘ It was awful , Guy , ’ she whispered , after a long time when neither of them moved or spoke . |
| 13 | All right , there had been two of them involved and it was unfair , but he would be feeling tricked … and trapped . |
| 14 | Everyone stopped and looked around and one or two voices shouted back to him along the valley . |
| 15 | Bumping along the rough track out of the town towards the range of red hills to the south , everyone joked and laughed like children on a school outing . |
| 16 | The arbitrator 's decision will be given to everyone involved and will be binding in law . |
| 17 | Birkenhead-born Swain , who tasted life at the top as a player with Chelsea , Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa , said : ‘ Relegation is a terrible feeling for everyone involved and it wo n't go away until the first game of the season . |
| 18 | This book is a must for everyone involved or interested in course management and aficionados of the history of the game in this country . |
| 19 | When he had said these things they all replied that they prayed God to preserve him through long and happy years , and four of the most honourable among them rose and kissed his hands , and the Cid bade them take their seats again . |
| 20 | I asked and they were non-committal , but erm I 'll do some chasing . |
| 21 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 22 | Erm I asked and she said that his dad sent him off to get it X-rayed and she goes , But he 's had a history with his toe poor blighter . |
| 23 | ‘ I applied but they turned me down . ’ |
| 24 | However I applied and then sought the advice and prayers of Christian friends and we prayed that if it was n't from the Lord I would n't get accepted . |
| 25 | worried about them being so far as they 've the only child , and talked them into come down and live with us , so then I applied and got a move to just after it was built , which was a four bedroom house . |
| 26 | I applied and got the details but never bothered sending off the application form because I did n't think I was capable of doing what was asked . |
| 27 | Link working — interpreting for both patients and medical staff — was a new idea , and when a job at the North Middlesex Hospital was advertised locally , I applied and , unknown to my husband , got an interview . |
| 28 | Er taking off and sending telegrams , you see , erm then I was told that the Railway Company wer were taking girls on again , so I applied and I had to go to Ipswich to pass two more exams , you see , and er and started work and the in the Catering Manager 's office at Ipswich Station as , as a clerk doing typing and general office work as the Manager had to go on the district . |
| 29 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 30 | All those positions were going for want of an application , so I applied and because brought in people who he knew , certain of them were automatically filled but they want the Chief Administration Officer , so I applied and really I do n't kid myself that I got it because of my qualification because I had n't got any letters after my name . |