Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their fascination for twisted pop classics led them to barter their worldly goods for two acoustic guitars and into The Impossibles . |
| 2 | ( ‘ Doctor ’ was a title which people used somewhat freely when the heat of argument led them to assert their tribal group was the one most qualified by objective criteria of modernity to rule a district . ) |
| 3 | Then he asked me to do his regular work , but I did n't commit myself . |
| 4 | So to keep the peace , Sara made everyone use her own entrance round the side of the house . |
| 5 | It made me control my own rage , but , like you , I kept the information to myself . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's so sad because he 's so quick , so experienced and he is the guy who made me raise my own game to come out of the blocks ahead of him . ’ |
| 7 | I sat in the back with Rayleen ( could n't you have guessed ? ) and she made me put my right hand in her lap while she ran her fingertips over most of the rest of my body looking for other injuries . |
| 8 | Soon after his appointment he went to the north to meet representatives of the non-Burman races , and in effect asked them to state their own terms for participation in a Union of Burma . |
| 9 | American psychologist Sheryl Olsen , studying a group of mothers with toddlers , asked them to rate their 13-month-old tots using a series of seven-point scales , covering social and intellectual behaviour . |
| 10 | They were amused by the way she consumed endless bowls of ice-cream or asked them to make her special snacks in between the normal meals . |
| 11 | ‘ When that failed I stuffed my right hand down its throat to stop it biting and then smacked it twice between the eyes with my left . ’ |
| 12 | Two a.m. the next morning found me dragging my aching body and borrowed paste board back towards home , having just stuck the last piece in place . |
| 13 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 14 | He looked up , as Kemble had looked up , and then picked off each of the attendant five with a dimpled smile which impelled them to treasure his grand simplicity and unaffected openness . |
| 15 | As already suggested , it was paid participation in war which saved a large number of the nobility and , in certain cases , helped them improve their social status . |
| 16 | Their treatment and advice have contributed towards the welfare of the horses and helped them to achieve their full potential on the racecourse . |
| 17 | Rather than passively absorbing the latest word from abroad , the intelligenty selected those ideas which helped them to address their own problems . |
| 18 | In addition , the aerobic activity helped them to increase their metabolic rate which is , after all , what every slimmer needs . |
| 19 | As the day of rehearsals approached I got my usual attack of the ‘ I 'll never do its ’ . |
| 20 | In the event , this proved to be a smashing half hour — about an 11-year-old lad who left Germany in 1939 and who , through career accidents as well as conscious choices , found himself wearing his present hat as a champion of ‘ tools for living ’ . |
| 21 | He was , and for the sum of £1m , Mr Ames found himself running his own business again . |
| 22 | All the girls opened their grammar books at the page Mademoiselle commanded then Mary-Lou found she had her English grammar instead of her French one so she reopened her desk to get the right book . |
| 23 | Her experience and expertise continued to be put to valuable use , and she found she enjoyed her increased leisure time all the more . |
| 24 | Shiona found herself watching his softened features with a feeling almost of secret envy . |
| 25 | As the train drew into Bodmin , Alexandra found herself clasping her own hands so tightly she could feel the seams of her gloves grinding into her flesh and wished , passionately for the visit to be a success , for them to like her house , approve of what she had done — and above all , to leave her alone to do it . |
| 26 | She found herself resenting his easy assumption of professional concern . |
| 27 | Reinhardt at once invited him to join his Viennese theatre company , and within a few seasons Henreid had become one of its leading players . |
| 28 | We invited her to explain her controversial aims |
| 29 | Then , the DeKalb Nite Weekly invited her to grace their front cover . |
| 30 | I helped her trace her natural mother , that 's all . |