Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upshot was that after much argument all three of them agreed to help out , and all five of us did manage to get to the church on time . |
| 2 | In fact , the hijack was a plot hatched between the two presenters to fox listeners , some of whom phoned to find out what was going on . |
| 3 | Deng 's campaign was given prominent support by a large number of provincial governors attending the session , many of whom promised to press ahead with economic reforms regardless of central policies . |
| 4 | I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday . |
| 5 | I certainly did n't when I applied to work there . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , my parents live in Kenya and I was going to study in Nairobi , but Moi has suspended the classes at the university for this year , so I applied to come here . ’ |
| 7 | Course , I 'ad to 'ang about a bit until I saw yer go out , and afterwards I met 'im at the Elephant an' Castle . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'ad to get 'ome to me love , |
| 9 | ‘ Did I tell you I 'ad to run away in the end because he got to fancy me too much ? |
| 10 | This meant that even though no goods had actually been received by the carrier 's faithless agent or that the goods received were misdescribed , the mere fact that a bill of lading had been issued by someone empowered to do so created a right to claim the value of the described goods . |
| 11 | ‘ I agreed to move in with him just until my divorce came through and I insisted we married immediately after that . ’ |
| 12 | It made me feel great — so great that I agreed to do yet another lecture , this time in front of a full fourth-year assembly — that 's over a hundred kids ! |
| 13 | So I agreed to go along . |
| 14 | Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period . |
| 15 | I agreed to go out to Passy . |
| 16 | It was only because they were short-handed that I agreed to help out and … ’ |
| 17 | I agreed to pass on the message as I was on my way to Make-up . ’ |
| 18 | It was as much to disprove some of their absurd assumptions as to help you prove your own theories that I agreed to come in on this project . |
| 19 | So out of the kindness of my heart I agreed to come in . ’ |
| 20 | I agreed to come very week , and agreed to the price . |
| 21 | I failed to see how tolerant he was of me , with my callow questioning of everything : I flinched under the coldness of his eye , yet did not perceive his isolation . |
| 22 | If I failed to do so , he would become exasperated and start shouting at me , telling me how stupid I was ; whereupon I would dissolve into tears and rush out of the room . |
| 23 | Of 22 chosen flights , I failed to get on only six and was carried on one of the next two flights . |
| 24 | I failed to get there ! |
| 25 | What I took to be failures were not my failures but simply where I failed to fit in with what others expected of me . |
| 26 | The builders said the work would take six weeks , so I planned to move in after this , at the end of July . |
| 27 | With the required piece of paper in my hands , I planned to return home to work . |
| 28 | I planned to stay there for the summer , and then learn how to be a better actress . |
| 29 | At eight or nine I planned to run away with my friend Ann , to escape from the unjust punishments , the complaints of ingratitude , the wrongs I unwittingly committed . |
| 30 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |