Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | " You asked me to report preliminary findings as soon as I could , so I 'm giving you a ring , " he said . |
2 | ‘ The pleasure of being top , and nothing else , except the interest of my father , made me do such homework as I did in the evenings … . |
3 | I was confused by all these solicitous questions , and found myself telling more lies than I had to . |
4 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
5 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
6 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
7 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
8 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
9 | But Macoun was there during an unusually wet season , and when the first white settlers arrived they faced immense hardship until they developed techniques for coping with this semi-arid environment . |
10 | The magazine , Politis , claimed it had more evidence after the French Environment Ministry dismissed the report but adding that it was dangerous to dig in the recently closed dump because it ‘ would be like opening a tomb ’ . |
11 | I was going to ask , d d do you think looking back er th th that the school erm tt taught you to regard certain things as important in life ? |
12 | Founded in 1937 by Erica Fiah , African trader and leader of the African Welfare and Commercial Association , the paper was initially a platform for that Association , and Fiah told his readers that effective improvement for Africans required them to have political power as well as economic and educational advancement . |
13 | I never felt I had enough food when I was pregnant . |
14 | Instead , she felt herself flush deep red as she started to withdraw , trying to calculate her chances if she made a run for the exit instead of the changing room . |
15 | They were helped by their post-war cost advantages — rapid reconstruction at home meant they had newer facilities than many of their competitors — but they were also pre-disposed towards exporting by the Allies ' confiscation of their pre-war overseas assets . |
16 | Or was it a surgical implant that enabled him to endure more terror than ordinary men , a supplementary hypothalamus ? |
17 | the next leg to La Rochelle saw us arrive five minutes after the pumps shut , so we were stuck there for the night . |
18 | Early educational reforms , designed to promote Gaelic language and culture , did nothing to expand scientific training while the notion of ‘ scientific progress ’ had little appeal to the leaders of a self-consciously Catholic culture . |
19 | Nor did I notice this fact until we were well on our way home . ’ |
20 | ‘ Did you meet this friend when you came over here after Christmas ? ’ |
21 | So did you do any singing when you came here first ? |
22 | And did you buy new furniture when you |
23 | Erm , so did you have any friends when on the estate at first ? |
24 | So did you get extra coupons if you were getting married or were you just expected to make do ? |
25 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
26 | He said she wrote better letters than any woman he knew — ‘ only it is a different letter each time you read it . ’ |
27 | Bosnian Muslims said they wanted more territory than had been offered under a proposed peace plan . |
28 | The Transport and General Workers Union said it saw seasonal workers as potentially ripe for recruitment precisely because a considerable number returned to the same job year after year ( see Financial Times , 7/1/87 ) . |
29 | He said he had environmental credentials as he was a life member of the British Butterfly Conservation Society and was also a member of the Kent branch of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England . |
30 | He said he wanted some company because he was lonely and worried . |