Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 12.1 Any notice , document or request falling to be given or served under this Agreement may be given or served by sending it by registered post or certified mail , postage pre-paid , or by tested telex or facsimile transmission to : in the case of |
| 2 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |
| 3 | He renegotiated the agreement over tunnel usage by the railways and succeeded in presenting it as a breakthrough . |
| 4 | He saw what appeared to be rich American clients and insisted on taking them to lunch first . |
| 5 | He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ . |
| 6 | They were impressed by her intelligent appreciation of political matters and took to consulting her on political problems that confronted them at work . |
| 7 | If we had but thought of vamping her with cuts , we had done the business . |