Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had help lugging the heavy cases from Jim Wilson 's truck , but I had to do my share ; and even thinking of where to put things was exhausting . |
| 2 | Set off early , which was fortunate as I had trouble finding the right path . |
| 3 | The question of road traffic was another area which brought town planning a wider frame of reference , by virtue of the profession 's overall concern for cities in their totality , and its claim for a comprehensive approach to all major development . |
| 4 | The trial judge permitted the amendment and Findlay ( who gave evidence denying the oral admissions ) was convicted of conspiracy to rob . |
| 5 | Wondering if she dared risk sullying the gleaming sink , Leonora rinsed out her cup , then eyed the cupboards , wondering where to put it . |
| 6 | So if you were unemployed in Mississippi and you were black , you had trouble getting the fifty dollars to start with but that was all you 'd get , but if you went to New York you get five hundred dollars , so what would you do ? |
| 7 | He had trouble finding an appropriate language for the painter 's obsession with the illuminated material world . |
| 8 | These days he had trouble recalling the troublesome fragments of his education he had bothered to memorize in the first place ; the names of a few acquaintances were jumbled together with old verb forms and things he thought were childhood haunts turned out to be places he had only just discovered . |