Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Liu Chang had lied to him , or had given him a signal which would tip Herrick off … |
| 2 | The plaintiff instructed the defendants , a firm of estate agents , to sell his house and agreed to pay them a percentage of the selling price as commission . |
| 3 | This kind of treatment caused resentment among the petty-minded officialdom which ran the British professional game , and when Boomer was chosen for the 1927 Ryder Cup team he was picked up at Cherbourg en route to America and made to wear what every Frenchman was supposed to wear — a beret . |
| 4 | But Yanek , the youngest grandson , tried and tried to remember what the sun-god had told him to do . |
| 5 | Preston stumbled out of bed and tried to give her a hug , but she fought him off as if it was an attack . |
| 6 | We jumped out and met him at the rear of the vehicle and tried to show him a letter of introduction from the Algerian Ambassador to Britain , Lakhdar Brahimi . |
| 7 | Llandudno had merely assisted with funding his flight to this country and helped to get him a job in the locality . |
| 8 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 9 | Nowadays , quite a few recognised him , and seemed to bear him no grudges . |
| 10 | He had no ticket and she had a Season , and while he stood in line at the window they missed one train and she rolled her head and her eyes and seemed to think it a joke and when the train came there was one thought only in Millet 's mind . |
| 11 | Dorothy stood by him and came to visit him every day . |
| 12 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 13 | One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring . |
| 14 | They developed a sort of regimental spirit about it , and started calling themselves the Firm . |
| 15 | She took me up to an apartment and started giving me a blow-job . |
| 16 | I thought how nice he was and decided to give him a treat and sit on his lap . |
| 17 | Then I thought about those children and decided to give it a go . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd thought about it for some time , and decided to give it a go . ’ |
| 19 | Although we broke even , we could not pay our wages and decided to call it a day ’ . |
| 20 | By 1 p.m. we had another forty-five sheep on deck and decided to call it a day . |
| 21 | The staff agreed the bird was too beautiful to be thrown out and decided to make it a mascot . |
| 22 | Manson saw that somehow and decided to write them a letter because he did n't like being called a creep . |
| 23 | ‘ Some of the other customers stood up and demanded to know what the Chancellor was going to do about the economy , ’ says proprietor Moziruddin Ahmed , who was far too discreet to say whether Mr Lamont paid by Access . |
| 24 | And then someone threw up a window on the second floor and demanded to know what the hell was going on . |
| 25 | Realising that she would probably be dismissed on the spot if Esther should discover her , she closeted herself in the pantry and proceeded to pour herself a glass of sarsaparilla from the big earthenware jug there . |
| 26 | The abrasive new general brushed aside Stirling 's request and proceeded to give him a lecture . |
| 27 | An experienced armourer came into the hangar with a group of new armourers and proceeded to show them the wonders of the Washington . |
| 28 | Kagan arrived in my office and proceeded to tell me a story , which I can now recount as it is in the public domain . |
| 29 | He asked for and was sent Sketches of Anatomy for Artists ' Use , and struggled to teach himself the complexities of bones and muscles by endless copying . |
| 30 | Juliet smiled at Gaynor and went to fetch her a bedpan . |