Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them failed to reach that desirable goal . |
| 2 | Nobody else I met had any big reservations . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We brought back four tail wheel struts complete with the tyres and axles and everything else on them and I got to weld this high-strength steel onto that carbon steel that was on the , the wheel and we wound up with a nice trailer with four B-Seventeen tail wheels on it . |
| 5 | Sixty five I got married , I had Bill in sixty six February I got married sixty six , June , I had him . |
| 6 | Originally I tried to label each unwanted artifact and thought and send them off again through stage left . |
| 7 | Right , that 's it , that 'll do , I wo n't go any further and I can get the other things in well we had er , we had an aluminium friend , a double glazed enormous window over our landing and it was , the aluminium was so cold and it was conden there was so much condensation that we had a new window P V C put in , but I tried to sell this other window , cos it was beautiful you see , nothing wrong with it except you know , but nobody wanted it and I kept it and I had it for about two years standing outside and then I thought I can use that and I cut , it was a three section , three lots of glass all in one , cut down , divide it into two and one , and got myself a plant house under the erm |
| 8 | Roux 's results were published for the first time in 1888 : three years later I tried to repeat this fundamental experiment on another subject and by a somewhat different method , It was known from the cytological researches of the brothers Hertwig and Boveri that the eggs of the common sea urchin are able to stand well all sorts of rough treatment , and that , in particular , when broken into pieces by shaking their fragments , will survive and continue to cleave . |
| 9 | I tried to meet this personal and pastoral need in a four-page leaflet with printed prayers for the occasions mentioned above . |
| 10 | Not that I do it , I mean if I tried to read all that stuff , I 'd never leave home but I mean they actually give a a an advice list which we can then comply with . |
| 11 | In anticipation that the same problem might recur this summer I tried sowing some sweet peas with the runner beans . |
| 12 | And she said , I tried to get that father- in-law there , she says , and I tried to get that for my daughter and I could n't find , could n't get it . |
| 13 | The houses have one or two storeys , and are often very long — the largest I visited having twenty-four arched french windows in a row . |
| 14 | I pretended to despise such modern aids , but that was really a defensive reaction because I knew I could never afford such frills for Masquerade . |
| 15 | The baggy cut of the jacket made me look as it I 'd eaten one roast dinner too many , however the loose fit gave complete freedom of movement — particularly useful for stretching when scrambling or skiing . |
| 16 | Can you do one of me ? ’ , until I 'd completed twenty five or so in the space of about two months . |
| 17 | I 'd hoped these two would get on . |
| 18 | But I decided to give my countryman a chance , not that I 'd moved four thousand miles to be shown around London by a fellow American , and a hick from the provinces to boot . |
| 19 | The other exciting thing was the leeches er because the monsoon had n't finished there were lots of leeches around , and I 'd imagined these huge things that were going to suck me to death , but they 're actually little , like , just very very tiny little worms , about erm an inch long and very thin and what they do is they sit on leaves and things and as you walk by they get flicked on to your boots or your socks and then they wiggle their way in and they , you ca n't feel them there , but what they do is they suck your blood until they explode |
| 20 | I 'd seen that 81-second tape dozens of times on TV . |
| 21 | I 'd seen two wonderful prints earlier : an American artist called Carol Grigg , not expensive , but I must n't be tempted . |
| 22 | By early evening I 'd done five more flights and was beginning to feel confident steering the paraglider . |
| 23 | And then , after I 'd done some electric rhythm and the bass and so on , we 'd bring in the lead player to do two or three whole takes , and then we 'd pick the best one and use it , mistakes and all . |
| 24 | I 'd slotted in , by mistake , a tape on which I 'd recorded some sixties pop music for a party , and which I 'd never run back . |
| 25 | I 'd noticed two separate burglar alarm circuits on the way in , but I did n't spot anything that was n't instantly replaceable and therefore over-insurable . |
| 26 | I thought it was a nationality and went round saying I 'd met some strange women from Lesbia . |
| 27 | I 'd placed six smaller bombs , and had them all lit in forty seconds . |
| 28 | I did n't know if I 'd covered all these |
| 29 | I 'd done some wedding stationery for a friend , and I 'd painted two hundred and twenty pieces , er erm , sheets of wedding stationery for her , with erm , bud roses and things , I think I might have shown you one , actually . |
| 30 | I thought you needed breathing space — besides , I 'd already ensured you would return with my advertising campaign — and also I 'd taken one extra precaution . ’ |