Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 2 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 3 | It also encouraged them to resist any change whatever in local institutions or in elections for community representation , except with the specific approval of the Jordanian government and the PLO itself . |
| 4 | When police arrived they found two Englishmen who seemed to be shocked victims of an armed hold-up , said James Curtis , prosecuting . |
| 5 | Diomedes ' mares differed from mortal horses in that they would feed only on human flesh , a trait encouraged by their master who ordered them to eat any stranger who trespassed in his kingdom . |
| 6 | It also required them to disclose any commissions they earn to the client — guaranteeing a more difficult sale . |
| 7 | As the Americans saw it , both goals required them to reassure those parties who felt nervous about what was going on . |
| 8 | He urged them to compare any sum they had in mind with damages that might be awarded for physical injuries that lasted a lifetime . |
| 9 | They even took pride in developing new skills which enabled them to use difficult machines which inexperienced people could not use . |
| 10 | She had an odd , idiosyncratic way of looking at things — he felt she had some standards which he was n't familiar with , against which she matched the things they said . |
| 11 | In the time it took you to write this letter you could have stripped the guitar down , sprayed the switch with contact cleaner and fitted new strings — you do change your strings occasionally , I assume ? |
| 12 | Well we thought they had last time we went . |
| 13 | From 1984 the anti-nuclear policy of the then newly elected Labour Government in New Zealand led it to take successive steps which the United States regarded as contrary to its obligations under the Pacific Security Treaty . |
| 14 | The United Kingdom pointed out that , by letter of 1 March 1983 , it informed the Commission of the problem created by the registration of Spanish vessels and of its intentions in that regard and asked it to put forward measures which would enable the problem to be resolved . |
| 15 | Anti-Montanist reaction reinforced the belief that the apostolic canon is closed ; but it did nothing to diminish millenarian hopes which long retained orthodox defenders , though there were also second-century interpreters of the Apocalypse who did not think intended to be literal and earthly the seer 's vision of Christ returning to a rebuilt Jerusalem . |
| 16 | It saved me doing temporary work which I do n't much care for . ’ |
| 17 | What did I call that person who comes |
| 18 | Did nobody have any idea what was going on at the time ? |
| 19 | I mean , did you invent this story yourself then ? |
| 20 | Did you invent this story yourself ? |
| 21 | Where did you buy that top you 've got on ? |
| 22 | ‘ Did you have any idea what the story was she was meant to be meeting this person in connection with ? ’ |
| 23 | Did you like that story I told you today ? |
| 24 | what did they call that man he er we used to have them at Pierhead as well . |
| 25 | Did he have any idea what he was in for ? |
| 26 | But there was a foreman in the shop , but these did their own job er and er in the about three or four weeks , and I 'm only a kid , erm they had me doing separate jobs you know , not for a gaffer or anything and er they used to , they give me odd jobs as , you know like , to help the men and er it went of like that in till I was eighteen or nineteen , well twenty , that time you were , day , become a man . |
| 27 | He said I said one thing he 's more rebellious . |
| 28 | They 'd write a poem for her about my greatest fear , I said I remember last year there was a boy called Ali and he wrote a story about a poem about this bird and cos he was really scared of that and so I said I do n't suppose any of you will write about being scared of me except perhaps Adine ! |
| 29 | He said I remembered last night he said if I was in bed I was gon na get wet . |
| 30 | It is also possible to express condition through subject-verb inversion in rather more formal or literary style : Had I had enough money I would have bought a new car . |