Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them failed to reach that desirable goal . |
| 2 | There was a silence after this during which both of them tried to integrate this information but could not . |
| 3 | As it flowed , it incorporated into itself masses of loose debris , mud , rubble and boulders , some of them reported to weigh fifty tons . |
| 4 | Then I asked to go straight back . |
| 5 | I asked to have one of the family present when I opened the safe but Gerald objects to it being opened at all without their solicitor being present . |
| 6 | I applied to do Voluntary Services Overseas ( VSO ) . |
| 7 | ‘ No , I 'ad to give half of it back , ’ breathed Dolly . |
| 8 | I 'ad to pay three bob for a decent one . |
| 9 | Quite early on " I ceased to consider representative democracy as an absolute principle " , he wrote later , " and regarded it as a question of time , place , and circumstance … " |
| 10 | Falteringly , I sought to express these misgivings in my conclusions to a number of papers , conclusions that certainly brought no joy to my more optimistic colleagues in an emerging human ethology rooted firmly in the objective analysis of behaviour sequences and components . |
| 11 | Yeah his got to do another stress test and have more level . |
| 12 | After all , she thought , how can I forget the day I agreed to enslave most of Europe ? |
| 13 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 14 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 15 | That is the only reason I agreed to write this message to you . |
| 16 | I failed to arrange any stereotypical symbol of masculinity in the porch where all visitors would see it instantly : a pair of size ten wellingtons , a cricket fixture list , a rifle perhaps . |
| 17 | As I failed to do this I spent the entire journey staring intently at the zip of my coat and at least I learned a lot about clothes fastenings that morning . |
| 18 | Even upon discovering the full facts of life , my father 's role in my conception , I failed to shift some of my guilt onto him . |
| 19 | ‘ I was in charge of ‘ Fluon ’ for a couple of years and I failed to make any impact whatsoever on that particular problem . |
| 20 | My coach and I planned to use this meeting as training and it just turned out to be bad training . ’ |
| 21 | WITH over 100 others from various parts of Britain , I planned to visit many sites of historical interest and biblical fame . |
| 22 | I planned to amplify this change of mood by having different colour schemes . |
| 23 | I planned to make one chair as a trial piece , and , if it looked right , to do a real run of six , using the trial pieces as ‘ templates ’ . |
| 24 | And look , I got to say this : I did n't ask for you all to get involved . |
| 25 | I got to see this , got to see this . |
| 26 | I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand |
| 27 | Was moaning about she had to buy three Christmas presents and she only got two kids So Ann turned round and said oh you 're fucking well mad I got to buy five presents and I 've only got two kids . |
| 28 | I got to tell bleeding lies cos I mean to say |
| 29 | You mean I got to send that off ? |
| 30 | While he was at Arista , Charles and I got to know each other well . |