Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 On the evening of March 26 there will be a celebratory dinner at the Campana Restaurant in Marylebone High Street for everyone involved to really let their hair down .
2 You know , it 's like I 'm suddenly there , just sort of plonked down in a place and I got to really struggle to remember how I got there .
3 I began ‘ Great Expectations ’ with a very negative view towards it but as I read on I began to really enjoy it .
4 After recently having an exchange engine professionally fitted to my 1980 Range Rover , I decided to completely renew the suspension using heavy duty front and rear springs ‘ G ’ on front ‘ Y ’ on rear and four new shock absorbers .
5 I knew that I would probably lose the case if I did , and lose everything , but for my own personal esteem I needed to actually make that stand . ’
6 I was , in Robert Pirsig 's immortal phrase , caught in a gumption trap , expending more and more energy in a blind alley of endeavour from which I needed to quietly reverse in temporary resignation .
7 that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service
8 If I had to just put put it out and nothing else I would n't mind .
9 I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work .
10 Finding things the reverse , at first I had to consciously think switch down for slow down .
11 ‘ It was like a scene in some stricken Bosnian town where people were scavaging for food , ’ said Bernie today , ‘ Demand is just unbelievable — I had to eventually leave my own telephone off the hook at midnight in order to get some sleep .
12 I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank .
13 I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence !
14 I had to practically draft the report myself ! ’
15 I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people !
16 I , I had to really stop meself .
17 Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other .
18 And that was a sort of a last minute cancellation , and I had to really persuade her to go .
19 If I had to personally choose from the combos available in this price range then I really ca n't think of anything that offers better solid state and valve sounds than this , with such an obvious stamp of credibility into the bargain .
20 I wanted to just pop away over the first few for him to get his confidence .
21 Erm I wanted to actually arrange a coach if there 's enough people sort of please arrange a coach , could do , but I reckon it 's probably easier to go up
22 Naturally this was like a red rag to a bull and I refused to even consider such a course of action .
23 An electricity generating company in California sued a laboratory which failed to properly document its analysis ; the company was trying to recover from the laboratory the costs of settling a suit for unfair dismissal brought by an employee who lost her job because of the test .
24 The room had a fireplace , sink , cooker and another feature which seemed to particularly arouse the curiosity of our visitor : an enamel bath below the window .
25 After some unhelpful discussion , which did at least confirm that the main concern of the United Kingdom delegation was that of discovery , that was dealt with in Article 23 , Article 1 retaining some residual signs of the drafting history .
26 Though Connolly also headed straight at the goalkeeper in the 88th minute — that was probably the time McLean slipped off his sandbag — an even better opportunity for United to secure a share of the spoils was squandered by substitute Christian Dailly , who failed to even get his shot on target after getting in behind the Hearts defence .
27 Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ .
28 According to Radzinowicz and Hood ( 1986 , p.42 ) , this applied particularly to Engels , who seemed to radically change his mind in the course of his life :
29 She began to slowly pull back , but her eyes were trapped in the sudden , melting caress in his gaze .
30 Hastily slamming the door on him , because she did n't damn well want to be beguiled by his blasted charm , because it was too late , she began to hurriedly lug her suitcase down the stairs .
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