Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only want to know who slashed that picture if you did n't . ’ |
| 2 | He was elsewhere on the course at the time , but since then he has seen it replayed many times on film . |
| 3 | Disturbed that the English were at odds with a nation that should have been one of its natural religious allies , Cromwell brought about a rapid end to the Dutch War , and during the peace negotiations he even proposed that in the interests of their common religion the English and Dutch republics should merge to form one united Protestant state . |
| 4 | It was the first time South Africa has admitted it possessed nuclear weapons , though the United States government suggested as long ago as 1979 that Pretoria might possess an atom bomb after a satellite detected two nuclear-like flashes over Antarctic waters to the south of Cape Town . |
| 5 | The prevalence of the idea of the Second World War as a ‘ good war ’ in Anglo-American culture makes it very hard to appreciate that those who tried to prevent it had good reasons for doing so . |
| 6 | Yes it might I 've seen it spelt both ways . |
| 7 | But he knew that for his expansion plans to work he needed two things : further capital investment , and a designer of genius . |
| 8 | Jessica and Mallachy had moved beyond armed politeness , but not significantly , and there was a palpable edge to many of their exchanges that Karen assumed meant they fancied each other , but could not climb down enough to acknowledge it . |
| 9 | Then I would much like to know what caused that explosion in the engine-room . |
| 10 | Announcing the delay on Nov. 9 , Head of State Amadou Toumani Touré said that preparations for the conference were behind schedule but added that the delay would give the rebel movements time to ensure they had proper representation to make credible commitments at the conference . |
| 11 | Mr Fallon angered local GPs with an article in the Darlington Advertiser newspaper which they claimed implied they ran inferior surgeries to fundholding practices who manage their own budgets . |
| 12 | In the absence of any obvious threat to their collective security , it is impossible to avoid asking what made this step so necessary . |
| 13 | , I was going to get you trimmed this week , but it has n't been any warm weather has it , you would n't want your coat off , no . |
| 14 | ‘ The police seem to think it happened some time after midnight last night . ’ |
| 15 | While the wife was getting dressed I took another cherry from the packet and prepared the thing . |
| 16 | There were accusations last night that doctors at the hospital should have realised she had classic symptoms of the disorder . |
| 17 | Married to a sickly wife , then having to cope as a widower with a daughter who suffered fits frequently , finding work difficult to obtain , Thomas Titford must have felt he had enough crosses to bear for one lifetime . |
| 18 | Having decided they had that power , they decided not to exercise it and made no order under that section . |
| 19 | Perhaps the court would have accepted it had that stipulation been explicit . |
| 20 | ‘ I would have thought they had enough country in Sweden , ’ Bragg said crossly , ‘ without his bothering about ours . ’ |
| 21 | Obviously Rune must have thought she harboured some grudge against him and had been anxious to prevent a potential display of hostility in front of his colleagues the next day . |
| 22 | Personally I would have thought you had more ambition than that . ’ |
| 23 | Could have sworn I saw some tits in there today . |
| 24 | On Aug. 16 , as a shipment of UN relief arrived for the first time in the southern port of Kismayo , a local militia which had been hired to protect it stole 600 tonnes of food and fuel . |
| 25 | At the thought that I could ever have imagined it had any value . |
| 26 | Also , although he would have denied it had any influence at all , Ketura had told him Jeopardy used that court , and that he always practised early . |
| 27 | And you ask us to believe that out of a dozen car-parks and hundreds of side streets you could have chosen you picked this place by chance ? |
| 28 | Those who did know him had little idea that he was a dangerous psychotic , who nurtured a deep hatred for his parents . |
| 29 | I 'm not going to do a match report either , I 'll leave that to someone who 's a bit more eloquent , and who 's got a better memory , I ca n't even seem to remember what happened 10 mins ago let alone 2 days . |
| 30 | Let's forget about the name for a moment , and perhaps we 'll get to hear what happened last Tuesday . " |