Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised I wanted another guitar player . |
| 2 | Simon gained valuable site experience which helped him to gain chartered engineer status . |
| 3 | He also reminded the Association that the registration procedure would take time and invited it to nominate three north country shipowners to visit the London head office of the union , inspect all books and documents relating to membership and funds in order to satisfy themselves that it was a bona fide organisation . |
| 4 | Two days later in what was a completely strange country I found myself doing this audition piece and I can remember very clearly sitting in the antechamber afterwards and the registrar popping her head round the door and saying balefully to a group of us sitting there , ‘ Sorry , none of you ’ . |
| 5 | Maria did n't think Luke seriously believed she craved some material gain to show for their relationship . |
| 6 | I told her to forget this doctor nonsense and talk more reasonably about the oilman and his petrodollars and what he had her do In the dying moments she made a noise I 'd never heard her make before , a rhythmical whimpering of abandonment or entreaty , a lost sound . |
| 7 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 8 | If you worked four , you were worse off than if you worked three , you know , you 'd got three days on th er and you got you got three days dole , er unemployment pay . |
| 9 | A PATIENT who claimed she suffered severe brain damage from an allergic reaction to anaesthetic drugs was awarded interim damages of £50,000 yesterday . |
| 10 | The inquest into her death today heard she suffered acute brain damage and a fractured skull . |
| 11 | ‘ Half of those who participate in these activities ’ , remarked one frustrated local LNU branch in a letter to Gilbert Murray in 1936 , ‘ … want our Government to do one thing and the other half the exactly contrary thing … . ’ |
| 12 | The judge ordered him to do 120 hours community service , saying you wo n't do it again , I hope you can put it all behind you . |
| 13 | The December 1989 coup attempt and the abortive revolts which followed it damaged international investor confidence in the Philippines . |
| 14 | His mother permitted herself to use one weekend visit from the strictly observed quota to see him . |
| 15 | And there was a Yorkshire firm covered it covered that road tarmac or something they said , It 'll last twenty years . |
| 16 | I thought you wanted that headphone set ? |
| 17 | I thought you find this wallet love |
| 18 | It was the positive response to his first efforts that persuaded him to publish another Mahler facsimile . |
| 19 | If the child 's genius is not recognised and nurtured they face boring lessons way below their intellectual potential and run the risk of becoming disillusioned and ‘ problem ’ pupils . |
| 20 | ‘ Aa made it nobbut two days sen . |
| 21 | It did nothing to provide better child care for women wishing to return to work . |
| 22 | ‘ What did I tell that Cotton bloke ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
| 24 | Well , Lynn did her shift last Sunday morning , and when I went home , Lisa were home . |
| 25 | Did you tape that karate thing ? |
| 26 | Go on what did you prepare last night thinking . |
| 27 | Did you want any washing powder ? |
| 28 | I today did you do one bulls eye no not cut up the thing and say which sport does this person belong to might get a picture of Rob Andrews see if they stick rugby or tennis on . |
| 29 | Did you do that tape recorder , is that turned off ? |
| 30 | Did you see that snakeskin jacket |