Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon as the royal visitor had gone , he called us in and told us never to do such a thing again . |
| 2 | He grabbed at my hands and held them to his chest and begged me not to say such a thing . |
| 3 | ‘ They taught us how to use all the divination equipment … . |
| 4 | I thought I actually gave all the sales figures we have . |
| 5 | NO SNOW fell during the night and at 10.00 , after Erika had run her five kilometres under a dazzling blue sky , Karl ran and said that he thought he rather did that a brief tour of Berlin would be possible and that he would be waiting in the lounge of the Palast at 11.00 ; adding that Paul should meet them at the television Tower at 1.00 |
| 6 | Harry turned quickly to Joe and cried excitedly , ‘ Did you ever know such a brother as mine , spending his money on something he hates ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Did you ever see such a mess ! ’ |
| 8 | And did you ever see such a bonny piece ? |
| 9 | ‘ Just look at the brilliance of that yellow forsythia — and did you ever see such a border of anemones ? ’ |
| 10 | Did they ever have such a policy ? |
| 11 | The Santa Cruz Operation has reversed itself on what to name its SCO Forum ‘ Product of the Year ’ and has gone with Applix Inc after getting complaints that Clarity Inc , its first pick , was not delivering on the SCO platform nor did it even have such an animal in beta : SCO is kind of lax in its standards . |
| 12 | The general manager of LUFC is called Alan Roberts , but as I said I only heard half the story . |
| 13 | Nor had she ever seen such a dress on anyone over the age of thirty , but seeing it , she had to admit that it did not even look bizarre : it was a pale purple smock , waistless and bustless , with long , much-buttoned sleeves , and yet it managed to give only the faintest , most delicate air of Bohemia . |
| 14 | Had they not had such a resource at their disposal some might have had to forego particular orders , others might have been obliged to withdraw entirely from certain markets , whilst still others would have been less willing to innovate with new products offering chances of survival or expansion . |
| 15 | He might have made a significant contribution to the public life of this country had he not been totally overshadowed by his illustrious father and had he not had such a burning desire to shine as bright or even brighter . |