Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To show the world how many princes felt it worth their while to dance attendance on him , Henry invited them and also the King of Navarre to a court he planned to hold in Limoges at the end of the month . |
| 2 | You know when his boss came in then things went downhill but yeah certainly Tom helped me and just the fact that there was someone there who knew exactly what was going on , be it not a lot but , he was trying to help us , and give us advice and what have you . |
| 3 | Sid patiently tutored me on star gradings and assured me that technically the climb was only a V. Diff , so I would cope ! |
| 4 | Some fella told me that only a couple of weeks ago , but the greatest rip off of them all , have you heard the greatest rip off about Betty and the , and the roof ? |
| 5 | He remembered the admiring glances of the other boys , and the expression of ineffable contempt on the face of the young Hilary Frome , an expression that told him that even an eleven-year-old could see through him , could tell he was no good . |
| 6 | Some instinct told her that only the truth could save them now ; that the time for evasions was over . |
| 7 | and he said crikey look at this , what am I gon na do here and he sort of had to fill quite a big gap in , but he sort of pushed it and filled it and then the wallpaper goes up so you can just see it , a little bit , what 's a name now , just in the hall there 's a bit |
| 8 | At once CAMRA declared itself as both a consumer and a conservationist watchdog , speaking up for citizens as well as consumers against the abuses inflicted on one of our best national traditions . |
| 9 | Dealing with customers also taught me that not every situation is the same and I had to think fast and wise when faced with a problem . |
| 10 | I thought I heard something but then the oaf of a guide urged his horse back , shouting out questions which would have roused the dead . |
| 11 | Or was it because it was Finn who kissed her and not a man like the men in whose arms she had imagined herself when she used to imagine things like that , in the past ? |
| 12 | It saw itself as primarily a teaching institution and Lindop underlined that ‘ we are at pains to ensure that we recruit staff who share our view of the primacy of teaching ’ , and the Polytechnic was requiring new and inexperienced staff to attend an in-service training programme of about 250 hours in their first year . |
| 13 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 14 | He gave him as sharp a look as he dared . |
| 15 | ‘ The Shah accepted them but not the Ayatollah ; persecuted to annihilation . ’ |