Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When parents applied for assistance they were asked to provide general information about the family , including occupations , earnings , rent , and size of accommodation . |
| 2 | When the firm applied for consent it was refused . |
| 3 | He claimed that customers were appalled by the players ' language and that when he asked for order they threatened to punch out his lights . |
| 4 | She fought for the working class she fought for education she fought for everything to benefit the community she was a wonderful person ! |
| 5 | Secondly she said there must be a change from the habit of dualism to , what she described as interconnectialism We must see a relationship between things . |
| 6 | But when I when I when I trained as recruit I trained with a lot of other er lot of other people . |
| 7 | Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ? |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on , ‘ then he went to portugal and everything changed of course you should really have some new blinds but they 're so expensive and they warp . ’ |
| 9 | Luigi pretended to cuff him across the ear . |
| 10 | ‘ My guess is they came for some of Connie Fraser 's clothes , found the place upside down and me on the floor , then when they reported to Bonanza he told 'em to forget about the clothes . ’ |
| 11 | Republicans who used to back it because the president liked it will no longer feel constrained to do so . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to dye it when it first went grey , ’ she said . |
| 13 | My sister — the one just younger than me — and I used to share all the jobs in the house — if she washed up one day I did the drying up and so on , but when my grandad came to live with us , he thought the world of her so he did all her jobs , and she 'd come to me and taunt me , and that used to incense me . |
| 14 | The agent tried to swindle him out of his deposit and Marc 's trying to sort it out . |
| 15 | WORLD champion boxer Chris Eubank fought off Big Breakfast show presenter Paula Yates , above , when she tried to bed him for an interview on screen yesterday . |
| 16 | He tried to discipline me . |
| 17 | ‘ I can tell you this much : someone tried to garotte you and almost succeeded . ’ |
| 18 | Sir John , full of himself , tried to humour them . |
| 19 | He seemed to have cracked bones complaining all over his body , and when they stopped at night he ate , stayed by Madra for a while , and usually fell asleep beside her . |
| 20 | Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence . |
| 21 | Although I sailed through O-Level I never took maths any further and I never engaged creatively in the process of doing mathematics . |
| 22 | As Diana prepared for battle she knew she needed a strategy . |
| 23 | The women were told it would soon be mended , but by the time it came for bed it still was n't repaired , although probably all it needed was a new fuse . |
| 24 | ‘ When I came for interview they seemed very interested in me as an individual , and gave me a very thorough and in-depth interview . |
| 25 | In any case , he knew that when he came of age he would be able to obey God 's commandment to be baptised . |
| 26 | Until I came of age he wanted the pictures to be in his ex-wife 's custody . |
| 27 | His practical education was evidently gained working in his father 's business and soon after he came of age he was taken into partnership , the firm then moving to the larger settlement of Corbridge . |
| 28 | Not only was she a founder of Playschool , and responsible for commissioning Postman Pat , Bertha the Big Machine and Charlie Chalk for the BBC ; but when Playschool came under threat she formed her own independent production company to make — and sell back to the BBC — a modern replacement for it : the current Playdays ( first known as Playbus ) . |
| 29 | Whether he had been there by accident or whether he had spotted me arriving and slunk into position I shall never know , but from his point of view the result must have been eminently satisfactory because it was certainly the worst fright I have ever had . |
| 30 | Well it was well Dawn 's mum came into school she said we were |