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Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pron] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too .
2	As it was , however , no suitable opportunity arose for me to gain such information .
3	Instead his hands were eagerly outstretched , and she moved towards him knowing that life could hold no greater happiness than this .
4	But the secular mind looked to them a starved mind , desolate of passion because robbed of faith , and it never occurred to them to doubt that religion possesses and monopolises the spiritual life .
5	It never occurred to us to criticize these conditions , which we accepted as a part of Eton life , like the tailcoats and top hats we wore .
6	The manager replied it was cleaned out that morning , and came with us to take another look .
7	Eidesis came upon me trapping both layers into a third internal one .
8	that came from someone doing this sort of thing .
9	He seemed to himself to need more leisure to pursue his studies of the New Testament and of Christian thought more profoundly .
10	All the same , I said , if they came across anyone fitting that description in their care , please would they tell George Burley his name and room number .
11	The rooms he opened for her had few signs of childish occupation .
12	The interest in birds that he shared with them transcended all prejudices and the racism rife among the resident colonials .
13	The third respect in which Galileo 's theologizing backfired arose from his taking that office upon himself .
14	And even Gazzer did not appreciate the strength of character it needed for her to make that choice .
15	Well — that happened to me when my daughter joined the local Brownie Pack ; they were desperate for help and that ‘ couple of hours on a Friday ’ led to my becoming that pack 's Brown Owl , moving to a Guide Company that was in danger of closing and finally becoming District Commissioner administration four Brownie Packs , four Guide Companies and one Ranger Unit .
16	Heavy rain the night before meant the pitch was waterlogged , and a misunderstanding between the groundsman and myself led to his directing all vehicles on to the playing area .
17	We thought about him buying some property and letting it out .
18	Claudia pleaded with him to make some defence .
19	He insisted that the field staff return to headquarters in the winter and this resulted in their having more contact with senior officers and colleagues .
20	Anyway , she went to she took this sister 's post in The Yale
21	It was her present delight , this business with the wax , and Dowd cursed it , given that it fell to him to unpack these treasures .
22	Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’
23	Erm you know any anyone we met and and spoke to I think some people held us in some kind of suspicion , but a lot of people were glad er to have the er you know have the company and erm that were were available to them .
24	He shouted at me so I sat under the table and waited for him to put some food down .
25	As he pushed away the empty plates she waited for him to make some comment about the meal .
26	Went to that party last week , to that tt remember I said to you know that guy in that farm , Richard ? ?
27	However , Major John Wiseman , M.C. , at first told me categorically ( in a private communication ) that my husband had not been in ‘ A ’ Squadron , but later kindly wrote to me to correct this statement .
28	But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head .