Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a post for which he was singularly unsuited and from which he removed himself or was gently pushed in September 1939 , but , though he failed to hit it off with the central committee , he did bring to the organisation the stamp of institutional legitimacy . |
| 2 | He said that if either the Conservatives or Labour sought to go it alone as a minority Government they risked an economic crisis and rising interest rates . |
| 3 | It was released in space on Oct. 19 to begin a six-year 2,500-million-mile voyage to study the planet Jupiter , on a gravitationally assisted trajectory planned to swing it once past the planet Venus and twice around the Earth . |
| 4 | However , after a lively meeting with directors , Reg was persuaded to carry on as coach by three men in a hearse who asked to meet him outside during a beer break . |
| 5 | I tried to kill myself twice in the space of ten days , |
| 6 | She tried to see him dispassionately as a grey-haired solicitor rather too well endowed with easy charm ; indeed , she saw him thus , but she also saw him otherwise , and could not help herself . |
| 7 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 8 | At a signal from Sybil , Rachel helped to coax them out of the water and into the changing-rooms where David was helping Danny to dress . |
| 9 | The Cherry and Whites tried to pull themselves back into the game … they huffed and puffed but could n't blow the Scottish down … and defeat means the rugby world are wondering whether Gloucester are as strong as they were … club coach keith richardson knows the truth |
| 10 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 11 | He got hold of the polished tip of one of his shoes , and tried to pull himself away from the wall . |
| 12 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 13 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 14 | I left them in the self-induced bedlam of a Harvey Nichols changing room , and promised to meet them later at the flat to examine our spoils , then went to meet Dee . |
| 15 | I tried to clean it out with a trolley . |
| 16 | Sarah tried to hitch herself up in the bed . |
| 17 | Then she tried to heave herself up onto the driving seat but could n't manage without Dad 's help . |
| 18 | Dynamius tried to lock them out of the city , but he was tricked by Gundulf . |
| 19 | Poppy dissolved into a quivering heap when staff tried to lead her out of the cage , so they suggested that I tried . |
| 20 | When he did n't reply she felt something bad approaching and tried to ward it off with an apology . |
| 21 | Najma 's family tried to talk her out of a singing career as not quite suitable for a good Muslim girl , but she persevered and in 1984 won Britain 's Asian song contest on her first public appearance . |
| 22 | He tried to lever himself up in the bed . |
| 23 | Fergus tried to lever himself up from the rear bench seat of the old Rover , but failed . |
| 24 | She tried to cover it up with a laugh . |
| 25 | He tried to wipe them away on the sleeve of the plaid shirt , but it was no good . |
| 26 | On each occasion , he became engaged in long disputes with local reporters , some of whom tried to jostle him out of the room . |
| 27 | The Serbs were aware that the powers were not genuinely interested in Serbian independence , and tried to play one off against the other . |
| 28 | ‘ I tried to play it down in the report . ’ |
| 29 | Mrs Kipling said her husband tried to put it out with a jacket . |
| 30 | When Swan heard that Harvey was at the Ministry of Transport , he tried to draw him out on the subject of motorways in Warwickshire , but the junior Minister in charge of roads said that this was not the time or place to discuss the subject . |