Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Lee Hooker : ‘ Woke up this mornin' , found I 'd had 43 years of chart activity … ’ |
| 2 | One knitter I know who found she 'd created this situation ( inadvertently , she admitted ) solved the problem by knitting epaulettes . |
| 3 | When the researchers re-imaged the same area , they found they had created small groups of three atoms , arranged in a triangle , which appeared higher than their neighbours . |
| 4 | ' … so that the end of the week he found he 'd lost two stone . |
| 5 | The inquest into his death found he 'd taken nine times the usual dose of LSD … but recorded an open verdict . |
| 6 | From the glimpses he 'd caught he believed she 'd had slight curves — he would n't have fancied her otherwise . |
| 7 | But er we did n't I did n't go back , we 'd already we 'd we 'd got some land and er and we 'd set up er pig breeding and er we 'd got about a hundred and twenty strong store pigs at that time . |
| 8 | The inquest heard doctors believed they had followed usual procedures . |
| 9 | During a five-day smog in the Ruhr area of West Germany in January 1985 the authorities believed they had achieved overall emission reductions of about 30 per cent , including 14 per cent of sulphur dioxide from power stations and 40–50 per cent of oxides of nitrogen from traffic ( Lubkert , 1989 ) . |
| 10 | All Nottingham was beautiful and along there 'd got great big flags and they 'd trimmed all Christmas they 'd they 'd sewed all Christmas things on them . |
| 11 | The children themselves appeared , and after a second summer spent playing at the M's farm , and becoming ‘ socialised ’ by contact with that family , it seemed they had made some progress . |
| 12 | Bums believed he had answered political demand : ‘ The people are really … satisfied with the new constitution they have gained ’ , he told the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association , adding , ‘ It is no good trying to hurry the Africans . ’ |
| 13 | Although self educated he had written many books and papers on science , philosophy and religion . |
| 14 | It seemed he had lost all interest in that too . |
| 15 | He admitted fondling his ex-girlfriend 's daughter , but Social services assumed it had accurred 5 years before and his own children were n't in danger . |
| 16 | Heather hit the headlines last week when we revealed she had dumped several pairs of her husband 's old socks , only to learn later he had hidden £500 in the sole of one . |
| 17 | Imagine if he found out that the frock I claimed I 'd bought two years ago in a closing-down sale had , in fact , arrived in my wardrobe a little over two weeks ago , having been purchased from a smart department store ? |
| 18 | I had thought it all through ; I reckoned I had covered all possibilities . |
| 19 | Promotions girl Jo , 25 , from Blackpool , confirmed she has had four lovers . |
| 20 | Mr Goldring claimed she had injected one baby with potassium . |
| 21 | Mrs Theresa Briscoe , a widow with a farm within 500 yards of the mine told the Irish Times that since the mine opened she had lost four horses and some fifty cattle and sheep to lead poisoning . |
| 22 | A post-mortem examination showed he had suffered internal injuries , said a spokesman . |
| 23 | At night , at certain seasons , it glowed like fire , sometimes it seemed but the portal of a well-lighted hall ; and one old stone-breaker declared he had heard wonderful music issuing therefrom , the like of which he had never heard before ; while on one occasion he had seen troops of gaily-dressed elfins repairing thither , some on foot and some in carriages , and they all went into this mysterious hall . |
| 24 | A FRESH row brewed last night over the contentious Channel Tunnel rail link through the south-east of England after the Labour Party claimed it had obtained full details of the route . |
| 25 | Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head . |
| 26 | It were me that realized we 'd fetched wrong ones , not Des . |
| 27 | We talked it through and agreed we 'd had great years together and why should n't we get back together again . |
| 28 | ‘ It was hell when I discovered you 'd left that morning without saying anything to me , not even an angry goodbye ! |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not questioning your judgement but I have to ask whether in view of what followed you have had any doubts ? ’ |
| 30 | Later we discovered she had hit some obstruction and lost an engine — hence her strange behaviour . |