Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 2 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 3 | I did so and , afterwards , Andrew asked me to take over the bulk of the manufacturing for them . ’ |
| 4 | The whole movement is conceived in cases such as She got me to break down the door , which have been diagrammed as : In this sense , the infinitive can be said to evoke a subsequent actualization , i.e. an event which is actualized as a consequence of a previous event bringing it into being . |
| 5 | That evening one of the Corporals made me clean out the crow 's cage ; I lifted the large black bird out and parked it on the gravel beside a flowerbed . |
| 6 | The extra weight and clothing was to help me get used to the combined effect of heat and exertion , but it made me look twice the man I was ! |
| 7 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 8 | ‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh . |
| 9 | I had a grand day at sea , but although the tide helped me to get back the wind did n't , and I used the engine to get back into the Crouch . |
| 10 | He found himself looking up the skirts of a girl dancing by , and he rolled across the floor in an attempt to keep up with her . |
| 11 | Tom found himself looking down the barrel of a gun . |
| 12 | As he found himself speaking out the name into the imprisoned night of the Zoo he wanted to cry out with sadness . |
| 13 | It must obviously be too late to go to the bazaar now , he thought with relief as he came face to face with the group , but he found himself trotting out the excuse about correcting papers and not noticing the time before anyone had had the chance to comment on his non-attendance . |
| 14 | When the youth swung round he found himself staring down the barrel of Graham 's Beretta . |
| 15 | It may also have been the political considerations involved which led both the WJEC and the University of Wales to remain silent throughout the argument . |
| 16 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 17 | Oh well we d did n't know if we were supposed to be congregating with rest of the people , or what so we just wandered we wandered down the hall |
| 18 | You do n't wan na be ill cos when I was admitted to the san I nearly died , I tried everything to get out the san and she just would n't |
| 19 | She found herself looking down the length of her legs , squinting through the V-shape of her feet at the gaggle of sails across the water , to try and isolate ‘ their ’ two . |
| 20 | I helped her keep up the house . |
| 21 | There was a warmth and a charm about him that made for easy relations with most people , even the press , and they helped him build up the confidence that was needed all round . |
| 22 | In a great gesture of trust , Josie let her switch off the lights unsupervised . |
| 23 | I had a friend who had long hair and she , she let it grow right the way through . |
| 24 | He let it slither down the roof to the building 's guttering . |
| 25 | Used it to patch up the hole in our roof . |
| 26 | He balled it , and used it to wipe up the mess . |
| 27 | Then take the matter of the car jack which , according to Bourke , he smuggled in to Blake who used it to prise away the window bars in order to make his escape from D block . |
| 28 | But I used it to pay off the barman at the Tomorrowman for the damage . |
| 29 | Chalk greeted them and supplied them with beer but , as they drank , they found themselves looking down the barrels of a dozen pistols ! |
| 30 | Her stern was down and a sharp list helped us to cut loose the lifeboat , which dropped heavily into the water . |