Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This enforced poverty made them easier targets for propaganda : if they left with no more than their allowance , they could be portrayed as shabby Untermenschen scuttling away like rats ; if they managed to outwit the system , then they were economic criminals fleeing with stolen goods . |
| 2 | Unfortunately their crude tactics , due to a very low educational level , made them better counter-agents than agents for the Bolsheviks . |
| 3 | You know and and it actually sort of , it made them really sort of think about quality and excellence and su and stuff like that which |
| 4 | Oh yeah , we stuffed them twice heheheheh . |
| 5 | This group 's unsuccessful conduct of the war incurred them much unpopularity , and discontent at their domination of the king , together with rumours of corruption , self-seeking and extortion , underlay the commons ' attack upon them in the Good Parliament of 1376 . |
| 6 | While shooting in the beautiful Maldives last year , it cost me about £200 for a model , plus the various costs of transport and hotel . |
| 7 | The political police , the equivalent of Britain 's Special Branch , detained him yesterday morning . |
| 8 | His passage cost him just £10 . |
| 9 | Mr Hill 's huge jackpot cost him just 54p . |
| 10 | One of those accused told me that a proper legal defence cost him only £140.00 with legal aid , which he got back because they won . |
| 11 | We all sat round the van , the caravan about quarter to four and she 'd just got one , she 'd got one of her friends and they got theirs about quarter to four . |
| 12 | Cos we played them twice Witham did n't we ? |
| 13 | ‘ They told me little James 's coat was around his head , ’ Kevin claimed . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're talking to a bankrupt — almost ! ’ he told me yesterday lunchtime . |
| 15 | And you can say well look I told you so dad . |
| 16 | I told you so Labour and the Lib Dems betrayed democracy , says Stephen Howe |
| 17 | The dice players ignored him so Corbett lay on his cot bed and tried to marshall his thoughts . |
| 18 | Told him only Moira F. had seen it so far . |
| 19 | Helen 's main problems since she moved into her own home have been a period of illness , which caused her much discomfort , and a spate of difficulties in accepting personal care from temporary staff . |
| 20 | That gave me the chance to tell what Braden had done , sounding disgusted as I told it so Mendez would have no doubt what I thought about Braden 's trick . |
| 21 | I drove it both times in similar test conditions , so any change would be down to the car . |
| 22 | When she opened them again Niall was still there , still a threat . |
| 23 | Mr Major also increased the annual limit on investment in PEPs from £4,800 to £6,000 and allowed them more scope to buy unit trusts . |
| 24 | She poured them more tea and he kept silent , anxious not to disturb her present mood . |
| 25 | She handed me Little Ben , advised me not to let Home Sister catch me leaving it so late , and took herself off . |
| 26 | ‘ She outlined her regard for the children and made the point that she showed them more attention than the Prince of Wales appeared to . ’ |
| 27 | He poured me more tea . |
| 28 | By using test-kits and keeping a record of the readings obtained you also build-up and invaluable data bank for future reference . |
| 29 | Fitzormonde discovered Mowbray 's body , we joined him then Master Parchmeiner came . |
| 30 | She hired a hit-man from Le Havre called Bruno Dassac , once a member of the Zemour gang , and paid him about £14,000 to do the job . |