Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 At first sight , his praise of the Romanian regime seemed to put him in the same class as the ‘ Red Dean ’ , Hewlett Johnson .
2 They were almost shouting at one another , and both seemed to realise it at the same time .
3 The Socialist League began to find itself in the same critical relationship with the Labour Party which had forced its predecessor , the ILP , to disaffiliate .
4 Towards the end of the nineteenth century this belief began to impress itself upon a few mature minds that were open to a concept of childhood quite different from that of an earlier age , when children tended to be regarded as nothing better than undeveloped adults .
5 She constantly needed to caution him about the many dangers he was either too young or too stupid to recognize for himself .
6 Believing that efficient charge separation could only be possible if the electron donor ( that is , chlorophyll ) and the electron acceptor ( quinone ) were in close proximity , they decided to put them into the same molecule .
7 After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude .
8 Physio Alan Smith raced on and battled to revive him after the former record buy had blocked his air passage by swallowing his tongue .
9 But if it was breakfast , you had to cook it within the half hour and get out .
10 He was followed by a head and a paw as the now enraged Rosie attempted to squeeze herself through the same opening .
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