Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I think it was just , certainly Tom tried to lift us or because over the winter months when nothing was happening negotiations-wise , you know he knew if he did n't lift us then nothing would and everyone would get so disheartened they 'd just say oh sod it and back to work or forget it and what have you . |
| 2 | They could become like the old couple in fathers and Sons — so entwined they would even look alike . |
| 3 | But for our last point we had to rely on being half-right about two issues : we rightly predicted a Common Market between the US and Canada — but wrongly thought it would also include Mexico and Venezuela ; and we predicted that unemployment would rise sharply in the West , causing more flexible working patterns — but were over-optimistic about the implications , seeing masses of people returning to school in middle life and then starting a new career . |
| 4 | Well he was dashing out when I when I called him erm his wife answered the phone and she said you just him he 's going out at the door so he came rushing back and I said I wanted him to judge champion of champions and the and I said there 'll be two and he said , hang on , and he 's write it down said I 'll just stick it all at one and see to it when I come back , oh I got ta go and he went . |
| 5 | Dawn is particularly inquisitive , and I soon discovered she would never fly properly in a new area without investigating it first , even if I was holding out food for her . |
| 6 | There was no time to question her motives ; she just knew she would never mention fitzAlan to this man . |
| 7 | Erm , and then I just thought I 'd finally conclude a bright , cos I think it , it 's like how I see myself at work , erm with showing you where our work comes from erm and basically you 've got all these arrows coming in and er sometimes you do have a sense of feeling quite bombarded with requests for work , but the main , I mean the main formal source of our work is the local government sub committee , which is erm , like Mary was referring to earlier , every department or unit in our in the Council have to formally report and get it 's work through by a Council committee , our committee is the local government sub committee and it formally sets our work programme once a year , and I our priorities , it also comes up with other things it would like us to do by the way , during the course of the year , so erm , that includes Mary as well . . |
| 8 | With three major sponsors on board , and a new pavilion just completed they will certainly take some stopping , despite last weekend 's annihilation at the hands of Bath . |
| 9 | But though they were excellent makers of models to other people 's plans and designs I quickly found they could only work well if they were given very detailed constructional drawings and plans . |
| 10 | I erm I always vowed I 'd never let erm , never let anything get to me like that again |
| 11 | It marks a change of heart for Scorsese , who once swore he would never make a film about the Mafia , and led De Niro to break a few rules of his own : ‘ I was in the middle of filming We 're No Angels when we started to discuss GoodFellas and began working on my role , Jim Conway , together . |
| 12 | Why they ever married I shall never know . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ I always said we would never get the title if it went to points and that 's exactly how it turned out . |
| 14 | Hilary always said he 'd never make it , not from Burleigh … |
| 15 | It was a pitiful , unforgettable sight , and I sincerely hoped I would never have to witness anything like that again . |
| 16 | They both probably thought it could never happen to them . |
| 17 | She knew he was right about his mother , but she also knew she would never forgive her father . |
| 18 | AST also said it will immediately offer Pentium upgrade boards for existing PowerLine 486/SE servers and 486/DE desktops . |
| 19 | No one who really knew him would ever let him down , she thought . |
| 20 | I simply assumed you would much prefer that charming nickname to your own . |
| 21 | But now the drug has a street value of more than three hundred pounds a tube , as some body builders look beyond steriods , to give them that extra edge , even thought it can seriously damage their health . |
| 22 | Nigel Lawson then proposed we should either scrap SERPS and put nothing in its place or leave the whole issue until the next Parliament . |
| 23 | I knew that both picture books and bookshops came in all shapes and sizes , but I naively assumed we 'd simply conquer that hurdle with some stunning innovative design . |
| 24 | If all else failed I could usually rely on Massimo getting an ego-boosting tip from Helga , who was n't allowed to take part herself . |
| 25 | She reconsidered his offer of help and reluctantly decided she might just have to accept it . |
| 26 | For starters , I wanted you the way I never thought I would ever want anyone again . ’ |
| 27 | While she was absorbing that little gem , ‘ I never thought I would ever accept a working wife , but , ’ he paused and gave her a private smile , ‘ if that 's what my darling wants , I just ca n't stand in the way of her choice to continue working . ’ |
| 28 | I never thought I would ever find a woman who could mean as much . |
| 29 | I never thought I 'd even see the day we finished it . |
| 30 | ‘ Eeh , I never thought I 'd ever have any clothes like this , ’ she said , stroking the material of the blue dress . |