Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It helped if you got caught to know as little as possible . |
| 2 | Calling for positive political action from local parties and the Irish government , he said that agreement on a basis for formal negotiation was " close and attainable " but that the constitutional parties involved needed to demonstrate their political will . |
| 3 | About 99% of the women approached agreed to participate and annual loss to follow up was about 0.3% . |
| 4 | Only about 70% of households approached agreed to participate in the Family Expenditure Survey . |
| 5 | The Natural History Museum undertook to buy any suitable specimens which I brought back , and most firms I approached agreed to provide rations , ammunition , films , medicine and other requirements for the expedition , either free or at a considerable discount . |
| 6 | On Aug. 20 , King Hassan of Morocco called on the UN to delay the referendum by four months ; Morocco was disputing the UN 's " consolidated list " of approximately 74,000 Sahrawis deemed entitled to vote , and was objecting to Manz 's rejection of a Moroccan list of some 120,000 people it claimed were refugees from the territory entitled to vote . |
| 7 | In what has become standard concern to make reparation to the Church in Russia , the authorities involved failed to think of the now homeless books . |
| 8 | Right from the start , the people who dreamed up the reforms made the mistake of including buzz-words — the ‘ internal market ’ and ‘ opted-out ’ are the most glaring examples — which seemed intended to flatter Mrs Thatcher rather than to inform Mr Average . |
| 9 | The move seemed intended to protect domestic supply — there had been a 25 per cent fall in production in the first half of 1991 [ see p. 38492 ] . |
| 10 | ‘ That explains why she did n't show up — I 'd arranged to take her riding . |
| 11 | A couple of weeks after Brighton she came into the shop , presuming we were going out together that evening — without having told me what she intended , I 'd arranged to go and see a band with a mate from art college . |
| 12 | I really thought she meant that we 'd arranged to go round there and we had n't gone or something . |
| 13 | This week , he was relief-managing a pub in Rotherham and I 'd arranged to drive over to see him after 11 p.m . |
| 14 | They fell into step , heading for the pub where they 'd arranged to meet some of the other girls prior to going on to the dance . |
| 15 | She 'd arranged to meet Broom-Parker at nine thirty . |
| 16 | ‘ I was wondering whether you 'd arranged to meet her for a talk — to break the news to her ? ’ |
| 17 | He 'd arranged to meet her at in the West End , he told me , but had been at a loss for a suitable landmark as a meeting place . |
| 18 | They 'd arranged to meet for dinner , but it seemed he had n't been able to wait . |
| 19 | I 'd arranged to meet someone . ’ |
| 20 | We 'd arranged to meet at her house . ’ |
| 21 | Since delivery only required one of us , I 'd undertaken to go down to Fraxilly while Mala stayed with the ship . |
| 22 | She was under control when , in pleasant tones , she stated , ‘ To be more exact , I 'd intended to speak to Lubor to enquire if he 'd any idea when you might be returning from Prague . ’ |
| 23 | She 'd intended to make a sharp retort , but even to her own ears her voice sounded tremulous , full of longing that had n't been satisfied . |
| 24 | For years I 'd intended to climb them sometime , but psychologically they are very skilled at keeping aspiring visitors away . |
| 25 | Having explained once more she added , ‘ I 'd intended to tell you all together this afternoon . ’ |
| 26 | She 'd intended to tell him she wanted to open the safety-deposit box , but it occurred to her that he might put obstacles in her way . |
| 27 | She 'd intended to appear threatening , not amusing . |
| 28 | The circumstances of Japan 's opening to the West thus seemed calculated to reinforce rather than diminish a sense of separateness and need for security in the face of manifestly unequal treatment . |
| 29 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
| 30 | She was walking home from a party in the early hours of Sunday morning she 'd stopped to use the toilets in St Giles when she was attacked … |