Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily , Andy cottoned on to what I was trying to say and took the cradle to the top of the building , where we had to jump six feet on to the roof . |
| 2 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 3 | A little later on she dropped Edna and Karen in Oxford Street , where they planned to do some shopping before catching the train home . |
| 4 | Mr Justice Hobhouse dismissed B's claim , saying that the statutory intention behind the Regulations , stated in s 203 , TA 1988 , was that income tax should be deducted by a person making any payment of or on account of any income assessable to tax under Sch E. There was a statutory obligation to deduct tax unless either the Regulations showed that there was to be no such obligation or they failed to provide any machinery whereby the payer could make a deduction . |
| 5 | In 1918 he became professor of ecclesiastical history at King 's , where he wished to integrate historical studies with the collections at Lambeth , and in 1931 professor of ecclesiastical history in London University . |
| 6 | His undoubted talents never blossomed in public life , and he devoted himself to an immense rebuilding and renovation programme at Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , where he loved to spend many hours in the library . |
| 7 | He then told Raine , 37 , where he intended to stick various parts of his anatomy . |
| 8 | Although I tried to do this visualization several times a day , I found it best and most rewarding first thing in the morning when I and my mind were fresh . |
| 9 | It was during my fourth visit to Rhodesia that I managed to take some time off . |
| 10 | It was at this point that I left to seek medical help for fear I would split my sides . |
| 11 | ‘ It was for you that I had to leave that hotel suite and not return until daylight . ’ |
| 12 | And that 's a bit like that erm the teaching skills that I had to do that time when I was on the course . |
| 13 | I felt that I had to make some sort of social effort so I swung my legs off the bed and sat sheepishly on the edge . |
| 14 | It was ironic in retrospect that I had to travel half way round the globe to get to know working class men from my own back yard . |
| 15 | My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else . |
| 16 | Erm , this is something that I started to use last year . |
| 17 | When I was chided by someone for seeming oblivious of ‘ the magnitude of the accounting operation ’ I said that it was because of my consciousness of the magnitude of all other operations that I dared to make these demands of Mr Whalley , who perfectly understands in any case . |
| 18 | It was then that I decided to tell each woman in my own time , taking each one in turn — I could n't tell them all at once . |
| 19 | But it was n't until I read the piece in the paper last week that I decided to have another try . ’ |
| 20 | I decided that I needed to get some support , to find someone who could , let us say , take charge of me and give me advice . |
| 21 | The next facet of my approach was that I wanted to see more flexibility in the hands of local family health services authorities over the application of funds and the use of the substantial sums of money that are available to them for the development of primary health care . |
| 22 | I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts . |
| 23 | But what made me decide I 'd had enough was when one night about 11pm I was about to climb into bed when the bell rang from the drawing room so I had to slip some clothes on and go and answer it . |
| 24 | There were n't many people sitting near us , so I tried to make polite conversation , but he was n't having any . |
| 25 | That was how she saw things , and although she tried to foresee other ways in which events might turn out , she could not imagine any future that did not include Tristram . |
| 26 | More significant , it was not until after it ended that she began to possess permanent representatives of her own in the major capitals of Europe . |
| 27 | She was violently attacked in the classroom by an 11 -year-old pupil and suffered injuries so severe that she had to take early retirement . |
| 28 | JANE O'NEILL WITNESSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT , AND WAS SO SHOCKED THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OFF WORK . |
| 29 | But she made up her mind , did n't she , that she had to publish this book under a man 's name ? |
| 30 | Alisa Morrant realised that she had to target new mothers — it would be too late by the time the children attended the dentist for fillings . |