Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when I got on the ground and tried to walk did I realise that I had a bullet through the top of my right ankle . |
| 2 | He had a bike which she 'd stopped letting him use because it had become dangerous . |
| 3 | But Joe did n't let the remark hang , as if it was something that he 'd felt compelled to let her know but did n't want to discuss any further ; he said , ‘ Are we going to stay here , or move somewhere warmer ? |
| 4 | She 'd longed to hear him whisper that he loved her — but he had n't . |
| 5 | A lot of Emo 's gags seem calculated to make you retch and he 's not averse to teasing his audience with routines based on taboo subjects like child abuse and necrophilia . |
| 6 | The Bambara 's talk about the house and cattle they were going to buy made him wish that his father had agreed to move . |
| 7 | ‘ I seem to recall hearing you say that the last thing you needed was a husband-hunting female who thinks this is some sort of pleasure cruise . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure the manager knows that if I keep playing the way I am then he 's either going to have to let me go or put me in . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure the manager knows that if I keep playing the way I am then he 's either going to have to let me go or put me in . ’ |
| 10 | They repeated that he did n't need anything else because he would be back in the afternoon , which more than anything else they could have said made me wonder if we would ever see him again . |
| 11 | I kept trying to make you see that something exceptional was happening , but I could n't tell you straight out because love , my darling , left me without defence . |
| 12 | Er , do do do you know if she 's likely to ha to have any timetable changes this term , do you know ? |
| 13 | She could 've smoked ci er cigarillos , she could 've smoked a pipe , yeah , erm tt with regards to working , you did ask did she work but is sh she is a tax payer , she was n't because it 's pin money . |
| 14 | I 've got to make him feel that finally I 've been touched by his chivalry and so on and so on … |
| 15 | You 've got to make them feel that you 're not expecting too much of them , or you may make them freeze . |
| 16 | But what we 've done now they 've agreed to let me pay and I pay cost price for the drinks . |
| 17 | At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete . |
| 18 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 19 | The caterers need to know numbers in time to plan , and at an event like the Reunion with various groups it is important to know the balance — this year one class had only 22 people , while others were ‘ climbing up the walls ’ ( because two teachers with tickers in Group F had failed to let us know that the tickets were not sold ) . |
| 20 | Over the course of the monthly cycle , hormonal changes produce slight fluctuations in that temperature , which traditionally , women have used to help them determine if and when ovulation has occurred . |
| 21 | Other people would hate that , it 's too restricting and er er and again it is , if you think about it , because if you 've got a , a regular date and you 're retired and something nice and exciting comes up , and that 's right in the middle of your , it bashes into your regular date , so then you have to say do I go or do I do or , or do n't I ? |