Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She can not guess at his anxieties or burdens because she has never encouraged him to talk about them or found time to stop whatever she was doing and listen . |
| 2 | The 1979 Working Party on vibration organized at Link convinced me that amplified vibration has great potential for some ( but not all ) profoundly deafened people . |
| 3 | Many years ago — back in the early '70s , I think — Burt Reynolds called up Warren Beatty and me and formed Marriage Anonymous on the theory that if any of the three of us got tempted to get married we 'd ring up the others and we 'd go round and make them drunk . |
| 4 | Because she [ the new maths teacher ] did n't know me , she did n't have any confidence in me … but because she did n't have any confidence in me , I did n't have any confidence in myself , and that is the thing that really makes me regret changing schools … at my first school all the teachers knew me and had confidence in me . |
| 5 | Then he prophesied to them and made flesh and sinews come around them . |
| 6 | And looked after them and er after them and took pride i i in to have them in the best condition . |
| 7 | He suggested that it would be good for the morale of the trapped men if someone wearing breathing apparatus joined them and showed willingness to stay and share their predicament . |
| 8 | This not merely scattered them but wreaked havoc on the transports which had got out of harbour ; 12 were sunk of which seven went down with all on board . |
| 9 | The seduction that had followed had been both a homage and a revenge ; an attempt to control someone who exercised an authority over him that defied analysis . |
| 10 | It was the whistle from the gloom behind him that alerted Chant to the fact that his escape had not gone unnoticed . |
| 11 | Not for her that studied aloofness which so many attractive women mistakenly affect . |
| 12 | ‘ Like I said , I walked up to him and asked –in what the idea was . |
| 13 | Before then , in June 1340 , Lewis of Bavaria deserted him and made peace with Philip ; in June 1341 David II returned to Scotland and renewed border raids ; James van Arteveldt began to alienate his Flemish allies ; and the French were advancing in Gascony . |
| 14 | Buddeke wrote bits of her speech into a notebook as he examined those around him and made note of the enthusiastic individuals who happened to be standing nearby , describing dress , attitude , or making little sketches . |
| 15 | Terrified , the giant backed away from them as they came towards him and fell head first over the crag , never to be seen again . |
| 16 | He scanned the area above him and caught sight of the parasite . |
| 17 | The woman looked past him and caught sight of Theda . |
| 18 | The last thing he wanted to do was panic Larsen , but he had to warn him before the dogs spotted him and gave tongue . |
| 19 | Have n't I always taken my worries to Him and found ease ? ’ |
| 20 | When the latter retired in 1948 , Oldman succeeded him and held office with great distinction until his own retirement in 1959 . |
| 21 | He had repaid £64 when the money-lender sued him and obtained judgement for £283 8s 1d which was accounted for in this way : |
| 22 | In those moments , those final moments as he took her and reached ecstasy , she had been able to believe he loved her , felt something for her ; and , though she knew he did not , she was moved , wanted to retain those precious moments which he had just given her when he had finally stripped the mask away and let her see how human he was as he merged with her and lost himself inside her . |
| 23 | For two days he helped her and took stance at night near by , pleased to hear her breathing gradually ease and improve , and watching as she began to sleep in a less troubled way . |
| 24 | I ran over to her and felt water dripping on my back and head . |
| 25 | So it was a great disappointment to discover that she was quite unlike all the other home-bred horses , and that she would give nothing in return to those who cared for her and bestowed affection upon her . |
| 26 | Who was it that mentioned tweedle dum and tweedle dee ? |
| 27 | ‘ Blessed be he that invented pudding , for it is a manna … ’ as the often quoted late-17th-century French visitor , Monsieur Misson , rhapsodised in a letter home . |
| 28 | ‘ She was making herself a sandwich in the kitchen and we went in there first while she ate it and made coffee for both of us . ’ |
| 29 | During the " 14 — " 18 war , I started singing " Eternal Father strong to save " at the end of my prayers and Basil got very tired of it and asked Mother to stop me , but this she felt unable to do . |
| 30 | Robyn saw it and felt pleasure uncurl deep inside her . |