Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sun exploded into whiteness and the muddy grass turned to sand so fine that he sank in it ankle-deep as he ran . |
| 2 | Cook , Cook , Cook ! we croaked in deprecatory tones as one by one we crept past him cowed and cold , fearing that he might invent some pretext to detain us … we hurried to bring to his notice the only name which seems to have power in Syria , that famous name of the hydra-headed , the indispensable , the world-wide Cook . |
| 3 | A taxi driver told Gloucester Crown Court that he saw two drivers laughing at each other as they roared past him nose-to-tail just before the crash . |
| 4 | He was schooled by the shadowy Loremasters of the Tower of Hoeth , who recognised in him great power . |
| 5 | Henry VII extended the Crown estates ; Henry VIII added to them monastic lands and developed the subsidy ; Mary restored the value of the customs duties . |
| 6 | The voice , with its softly intimidating suggestion of Irish burr , came to him strong and confident , as if Doyle 's great bulk loomed over the bed . |
| 7 | Afterwards Mary came to him aghast , ‘ Do change your clothes , darling , I beg you . ’ |
| 8 | That seemed to me unnecessary . |
| 9 | The quality of their companionship seemed to me palpable in that coloured eight-by-five . |
| 10 | ‘ It seemed to me necessary to bring the testimony of our solidarity for the courage and determination of Colombia to fight a danger that extends beyond the borders of this country , ’ Mr Mitterrand told President Virgilio Barco . |
| 11 | It seemed to me extraordinary that this man should have such immense authority in caste-ridden India ; yet no one has questioned his greatness . |
| 12 | Thus it seemed to me clear that the Galatians passage ( that there is neither Jew nor Greek , nor bond nor free , there is no more male and female ) 20 was of the essence of Christianity . |
| 13 | Now at that time the Scottish National Party was the only other party in Scotland advocating what we were advocating ( though obviously going much further ) and it seemed to me crazy to be competing with them for devolutionary votes . |
| 14 | It seemed to me obvious at the time that to be a child was safer and easier than to be adult and that , specifically , to be a girl was safer and easier than to be a woman . |
| 15 | ‘ Seemed to me old Throgmorton had a point . |
| 16 | understand why all the agencies involved identify four in those circumstances I think in R A Southern Water district to themselves , because we 've got that information repeated across the county erm and it seemed to me important that erm somebody er accepted responsibility for taking an overall view of the circumstances to er merely because of course we can only concern ourselves with manmade er circumstances rather than er erm but I think you know members would agree that as a strategic planning authority , we appear to be the only auth er the only body which can erm in the cold light of day we view the circumstances look at the implications for strategic planning and local planning and the suggestion of those developments and obviously that would be a concern to us and er I felt and I have to that it is an area of responsibility erm which er within the of this |
| 17 | It seemed to me axiomatic . |
| 18 | After a while it seemed to me amusing that such preparations as a wedding involve should surround the plain , pale husk that was me and that no one had commented on this incongruity . |
| 19 | He seemed to me huge and shaggy , with his breath hanging about his face in the chilly air . |
| 20 | It seemed to me advisable in all the circumstances . |
| 21 | It seemed to me shocking that they should engage in such a crude , almost obscene activity in public , and I would watch them with fascinated repulsion . |
| 22 | It seemed to me incredible . |
| 23 | The chairmen were , of course , willing to make some cuts where the national interest required it , but Gaitskell pushed them too far , making what seemed to them impossible demands . |
| 24 | But at first it seemed to them magnificent . |
| 25 | It seemed to them naïve to suppose , like Descartes , that physical forces could lead to the formation during embryonic development of such complex structures as animals possessed , particularly since Descartes in no way explained how the forces could mould the embryo . |
| 26 | As a consequence , the very idea of politics became degraded and execrated in the minds of the citizens , as it seemed to them synonymous with lawlessness , mendacity and opportunism . ’ |
| 27 | Whilst many Methodists inclined to Calvinism , many of the leading Evangelicals , notably Simeon and the Rev.John Venn , Rector of Clapham , tried to avoid doctrinal controversies , which seemed to them irrelevant to the paramount issue : how to lead a Christian life and enter the Kingdom of Heaven . |
| 28 | In spite of what the doctors said , it seemed to him probable that the accident had irremediably damaged her brain . |
| 29 | He also remembered the look of the adjustable spanner , and it seemed to him appropriate that having been knocked down with a spanner his whole body was now apparently being alternately wrenched and tightened . |
| 30 | The words seemed to him grudging , almost a small treachery . |