Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe JTR helped pick up the pieces or did he watch the poor man 's agony from afar ? |
| 2 | We did n't see the Seychelles scops owl , which is nocturnal and usually only seen if a tape-recording is played at night , nor did we get the little Seychelles white-eye , but I am not concerned . |
| 3 | First , in the brief sketch of the early history of radar in the United Kingdom , the earliest work on the detection of aircraft was done not at Bawdsey but at Orford ; Bowen 's middle name was not Gordon , but George ; and as a member of the Airborne Radar Group , I can assure the author that Bowen did not develop airborne radar ‘ single handedly ’ , nor did we develop the plan-position indicator . |
| 4 | Run by the parishes or by groups of parishes , workhouses never produced an output which even repaid the purchase of raw materials , nor did they meet the vaunted secondary objective of training the poor in the " habits of industry " . |
| 5 | Nor did she see the sudden eruption into the alehouse of two more men . |
| 6 | Nor did it remove the old ones . |
| 7 | Nor did it remove the niggling suspicion that Isabel was hiding something . |
| 8 | Nor did it provide the detailed information on local labour markets , particularly at the occupational level , that would have been necessary to make a fuller judgement . |
| 9 | Nor did it impress the Arab states , which pointed out that if Israel was able to absorb hundreds of thousands of Jews it could certainly absorb more than 100,000 Palestinian returnees ; or the United States , which did not think the Israeli offer ‘ provide[d] a suitable basis for contributing to solution of Arab refugee question . ’ |
| 10 | The conquest of Egypt and Cyrenaica as far west as Euesperides ( not far from Benghazi ) by the Persian Kambyses did not entail the overthrow of the Battiads , nor did it interrupt the cultural traffic of Dorian Cyrene with Ionian Attica . |
| 11 | Nor did he ask the obvious questions which Harry would have found so difficult to answer . |
| 12 | ‘ It could have been major much earlier — I had the know-how and had already done the groundwork — but when I was racing there was n't the time , nor did I have the surplus energy to allow the business its head . |
| 13 | He was terrific and made me realise the only reason I had these thoughts was because of the enormous love I have for you . |
| 14 | However , the Canadian who stole the stuff turned up in the middle of the night with a revolver , took all the money my father had , and made him unload the entire cargo . |
| 15 | We were lying on the ground in a row , pointing our rifles to our fronts , as he walked past each of us and made us repeat the different orders that we would be given , such as ‘ unload ’ or ‘ cock your weapon ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Never leave home without one , ’ she said with a grim laugh , and helped him drag the unconscious man on to the floor . |
| 17 | He gave me every encouragement , lent me camp equipment , provided me with a Somali called Ali as my headman and helped me collect the necessary servants . |
| 18 | ‘ And did you tell the foreign gentleman that her husband was going mad with jealousy ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And did you hear the bad language he used just now ? |
| 20 | He did not take the sheaf of notes Marshall tendered but made him recite the relevant ones and in that way learned that three people said they had been wearing clothes which were , at least in part , cream-coloured . |
| 21 | But did he desire the well-groomed young woman in high-heels and with figure held firmly in place by a good foundation garment , as much as the callow , untidy girl , so soft to touch and hold , he had first known ? |
| 22 | Svend , she knew , was blond and blue-eyed , but did he have the powerful charisma of his uncle ? |
| 23 | But did you know the sharp-suited musician from New Orleans has already been tinkling away for more than 22 years ! |
| 24 | But did you know the sharp-suited musician from New Orleans has already been tinkling away for more than 22 years ! |