Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began ‘ Great Expectations ’ with a very negative view towards it but as I read on I began to really enjoy it . |
| 2 | I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work . |
| 3 | ‘ It was like a scene in some stricken Bosnian town where people were scavaging for food , ’ said Bernie today , ‘ Demand is just unbelievable — I had to eventually leave my own telephone off the hook at midnight in order to get some sleep . |
| 4 | I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank . |
| 5 | I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence ! |
| 6 | I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people ! |
| 7 | I , I had to really stop meself . |
| 8 | And that was a sort of a last minute cancellation , and I had to really persuade her to go . |
| 9 | Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ . |
| 10 | Hastily slamming the door on him , because she did n't damn well want to be beguiled by his blasted charm , because it was too late , she began to hurriedly lug her suitcase down the stairs . |
| 11 | He remembered how , as a child , by dozens of small acts of perversity , he had brought his mother 's wrath down upon himself , so that she did at least notice his existence . |
| 12 | For a moment , even while she continued to dispense tea and wads , she fell into the void of loneliness that seemed forever gaping at her feet and from whose edge , time and again , she had to forcibly drag herself back if she wanted to survive . |
| 13 | Rachel found she had to almost bite her tongue to prevent herself making some comment . |
| 14 | Collecting together the bulky bags , she had to half drag them along to the exit because they were far too unwieldy for a mere five-foot-one individual to carry . |
| 15 | Well shipping Angus , so you know when the dredgers go on er er er creeping ahead , see we used to have er what we call the head wire there used to be a wire which was all stretched out say about half a mile and what you s and erm and all according what erm how much mud you were dredging for the depth of water and then my father would give the signal to say right , cos on the , on the head wire used to have a pull , we call the pulls and they were like er a jutted piece off the wheel and he 'd say five pulls ahead and we 'd say one two three four five right and we went ahead with it and then when we were dredging sidewards you see , used to sidewards , you never went ahead with it , not all the time you c you went sidewards across the river , and erm once you got ahead your side chains they moving up cos you got so far ahead th that the side chains were n't much good to you , so you had to then move your side chains so you got a little off the mud in an old boat and then re further up the river . |
| 16 | Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her . |
| 17 | We had to really clump him to get it out of his mouth . |
| 18 | We had to quickly change it back , but I only got one hook done up and she had to go holding one hand behind her back for the whole scene . |
| 19 | Dying inside , she wanted to cry , and if his words did nothing else they did at least stiffen her disintegrating spine . |
| 20 | If neither Herbert Wilcox , Michael Balcon nor Victor Saville started off with much in the way of imaginative flair , they did at least know what was required to build successful enterprises . |
| 21 | But then , tragically , they omitted to actually do it . |
| 22 | Grandparents could not count on natural loyalty : rather ; they had to positively create their roles by winning a child 's affection . |
| 23 | Oh they had to fucking swap them so |
| 24 | This stupid Lee at the moment for his exam , he 's meant to have done it by Christmas and he has n't done it for C D T , and he , they had to just choose something erm to make that actually sort of works , so Lee could n't , I mean they did crane 's and things like that and he could n't , the thing he came up with and he 's teacher was a , a go erm , what was it Dave , a goalie stand in his goal |
| 25 | So as the shop , you see , did n't pay the wages , they had to just pay it on the things that were done . |
| 26 | Do n't touch me ! ’ she added as he began to carefully straighten her leg and probe the flesh at the top of her boot . |
| 27 | If it was sad that in England in 1963 his form finally drifted away , he did at least give his last fine Test innings , an unbeaten 74 , to the Manchester crowd , a happy choice of venue in view of his connection with Radcliffe and the university . |
| 28 | To judge by Vincent 's subsequent letter of 15 October , it did at least bring them back into contact . |
| 29 | For some time the only sound in the room was that of her choking sobs and his comforting murmur as he continued to tenderly stroke her hair . |