Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I went for an audition and they told me to come back in six months time I was determined to get the part so I practised day and night to be him . ’ |
2 | Having located the spot , which had to be served by a nearby airstrip , they rang Anthony Marangos in Paris and told him to call back in half an hour with the largest houses closest to the spot . |
3 | It caused him to look back in some compunction , in case he had lied to discover what he wanted to know ; but he could find no lies . |
4 | But when Andy announced he wanted to cool their relationship a little , Frances felt a panic and dread inside which caused her to lash out in unexpected anger . |
5 | The softness of the Schmincke pastels allowed me to work confidently in this way , knowing that no matter how subtle the marks , they would clearly show . |
6 | [ Name ] found a small driveway in front of some shops and we parked there , which allowed us to speed off in either direction after the vehicle , should it appear . |
7 | Sampson II was apprenticed in 1717 to Thomas Sharp at a brass-wire firm in Bristol , but ill health led him to go home in 1720 . |
8 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
9 | We asked several questions and received confusing replies , and then we asked it to tap out in tens the age of our headmistress at school ( a dreary old spinster with a sharp nose for ferreting out misdemeanors , and no sense of humour ) . |
10 | We did n't think this could be true , somehow , and then one of my friends whose sense of humour was decidedly quirky , asked it to tap out in tens the age at which I was going to die . |