Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 2 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 3 | I did so and , afterwards , Andrew asked me to take over the bulk of the manufacturing for them . ’ |
| 4 | The whole movement is conceived in cases such as She got me to break down the door , which have been diagrammed as : In this sense , the infinitive can be said to evoke a subsequent actualization , i.e. an event which is actualized as a consequence of a previous event bringing it into being . |
| 5 | That evening one of the Corporals made me clean out the crow 's cage ; I lifted the large black bird out and parked it on the gravel beside a flowerbed . |
| 6 | The extra weight and clothing was to help me get used to the combined effect of heat and exertion , but it made me look twice the man I was ! |
| 7 | The kids helped me pile up the slabs and we ‘ borrowed ’ a barrow from the house-renovators next door to transport the broken humps of concrete , via some wobbly ramps , to a spoil heap up the garden . |
| 8 | ‘ I used to love listening to Elvis records , which helped me pick up the lingo , and now everyone in the business calls me the Rocking Singh . |
| 9 | I had a grand day at sea , but although the tide helped me to get back the wind did n't , and I used the engine to get back into the Crouch . |
| 10 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 11 | Oh well we d did n't know if we were supposed to be congregating with rest of the people , or what so we just wandered we wandered down the hall |
| 12 | I helped her keep up the house . |
| 13 | There was a warmth and a charm about him that made for easy relations with most people , even the press , and they helped him build up the confidence that was needed all round . |
| 14 | In a great gesture of trust , Josie let her switch off the lights unsupervised . |
| 15 | I had a friend who had long hair and she , she let it grow right the way through . |
| 16 | He let it slither down the roof to the building 's guttering . |
| 17 | Used it to patch up the hole in our roof . |
| 18 | He balled it , and used it to wipe up the mess . |
| 19 | Then take the matter of the car jack which , according to Bourke , he smuggled in to Blake who used it to prise away the window bars in order to make his escape from D block . |
| 20 | But I used it to pay off the barman at the Tomorrowman for the damage . |
| 21 | Her stern was down and a sharp list helped us to cut loose the lifeboat , which dropped heavily into the water . |
| 22 | Loud Clachaig Inn climber revellers woke me clambering up the stairs . |
| 23 | He told them to sort out the terrorists by whatever means they chose . |
| 24 | ‘ Everyone told me to give up the womanising at my age . ’ |
| 25 | He showed this to me and told me to note especially the inscription on the coin 's obverse side : ‘ O.A. Paykhull cast this gold by chemical art at Stockholm , 1706 . ’ |
| 26 | The sharp rocks , or moraine , which were stuck in the glaciers caused them to scrape out the valleys much deeper . |
| 27 | He probably thought a financial adviser was someone who told you to hand over the wallet or you 'd get your throat cut . |
| 28 | And he says they told him to get out the building |
| 29 | ‘ They 're aw' the same , ’ Isa lifted her knitting out the carrier together with a badly printed pattern clipped from a copy of The People 's Friend that she had found on the train to Wemyss Bay . |
| 30 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |