Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it because he had n't spotted it , or because he felt it would be dishonest to do so , or because he never expected criticism ? |
| 2 | there are times when we think that if we really had faith , if we really believed , if we were true Christians then we would have this peace and serenity about us . |
| 3 | She let him tell Gentle that if he ever saw hide or hair of Gentle in the building again he 'd have him arrested as an accomplice to attempted murder . |
| 4 | Jack had always been teetotal , since he was convinced that if he ever touched alcohol , he would become dependent . |
| 5 | Following the appointment of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector in 1653 , religious considerations once more came to the fore , although whether they ever took precedence over the more secular impulses behind foreign policy is doubtful . |
| 6 | The main methods subjects from which students were drawn crossed the spectrum , except that no Physical Education teachers were mentioned ( this reflects one return from a College , which wrote back politely refusing to answer the questionnaire on the grounds that as they only trained PE teachers the language issue did not arise ) . |
| 7 | In 1692 he published a Pharmacologia , an early work on drugs and medicines , which showed his wide botanical knowledge and where he gratefully acknowledged help from Sloane , Ray , Sherard , Doody and Petiver . |
| 8 | Mr Allen Abramson , a London University anthropologist who has studied initiation rituals , said that most societies used them to mark important developments in a person 's life , and that they often involved pain or privation . |
| 9 | At the same time the West German government stated its suspicions that the Chilean government was concealing deeds occurring in the colony and that it thus shared responsibility for " the reported tortures , maltreatment and denial of personal liberties " said to be taking place there . |
| 10 | Under cross-examination Timothy Harris has admitted using drugs for the past twelve years and that he desperately wanted sex with Miss Whitehead . |
| 11 | Yes sir he told me that er would know because they ha had been together in prison and that he also had information that they had been planning armed robberies together . |
| 12 | For his part , Edward sensed that the ice was cracking and since he desperately needed money , preferably without political complications — his lay subjects were restive now — he restored the archbishop 's lands and offered the primate and several magnates what they were by then demanding — confirmation of Magna Carta , the Charter of the Forest and some additional articles . |
| 13 | And before I even had time to wonder if Tony So per himself had slept between these very army blankets , I was asleep . |
| 14 | Suddenly she was aware that he had moved in closely behind her and before she even had time to think his arms went round her . |
| 15 | but if we actually said blow by blow what you 're supposed |
| 16 | Inexorably her thoughts turned to suicide , not because she wanted to die but because she desperately wanted help . |