Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is evident that no blame was felt to attach to Vlasov for his part in the battle , since on 11 November Stalin personally appointed him to command 20th Army , entrusting him with 15 precious tanks and a vital role under Zhukov in the planned defence of Moscow . |
| 2 | ‘ And since he did n't call me back , you obviously told him to keep quiet . ’ |
| 3 | I only did it to impress that lot . |
| 4 | She really only said it to annoy these old friends of her mother 's . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I wanted him to produce me , I love his work , but I only wanted him to produce half the album and I wanted to work with other producers . |
| 6 | Just told her to take light clothes . ’ |
| 7 | Life had given him very little , just taught him to snatch any opportunities that came his way and use them to his advantage . |
| 8 | But Simpkin finally broke her to lead 5-4 , then had two set points . |
| 9 | Nothing would move her from the belief and Maggie finally persuaded her to get undressed and have a sleep . |
| 10 | They just , they just did it to raise some funds , I ca n't remember why they did it . |
| 11 | I just wanted you to have some of what I had had today , some of the joy and warmth , I wanted to give you something — ’ |
| 12 | They still expected you to come nice and clean with your leggings nice and clean . |
| 13 | the employer tendency to favour the industry-type of bargaining was reinforced by the broad socialist , class consciousness of major European unions which probably led them to favour this approach , since it would engage ‘ employers through mass class action ’ , and also extend protection to a larger part of the workforce . |
| 14 | Ill health later led him to spend some time in the Bristol area , where he cemented his friendship with William Wordsworth [ q.v. ] , whom he met in 1795 at a gathering of radical friends ( who included George Dyer , William Frend , William Godwin , and John Horne Tooke , qq.v . ) . |
| 15 | On page eight , item one three two , can I draw committee 's attention to , says she , feverishly flicking through the pieces of paper , to a letter that John Patten has written to us , you 'll see what we asked Amanda to do on our behalf , Amanda Root , Women 's Sub also asked her to do that , and John Patten , surprisingly enough has written back , his private secretary has written back , she continues to say , ‘ Mr Patten is used to getting communications from Chief Officers conveying the views of committees , he has never had any correspondence from Sub-Committees through other officers ’ . |
| 16 | Counselling also helped him to uncover some of the fears of loss which underlay his extreme jealousy . |
| 17 | Spenser certainly found ready contemporary imitators , most noticeably among fellow poets such as Barnabe Rich or Sir John Davies whose interest in Irish affairs also provoked them to write political tracts . |
| 18 | Almost the last of the gifted amateurs to hold their own among scientific professionals , his considerable intellect also allowed him to provide clear analysis of administrative problems , which he tackled in conciliatory style . |
| 19 | The nurses also encouraged him to drink 1 litres of fluid a day and gave him steam inhalations every 4 hours . |
| 20 | It also encouraged them to resist any change whatever in local institutions or in elections for community representation , except with the specific approval of the Jordanian government and the PLO itself . |
| 21 | Wirral magistrates made a 12-month probation order and also ordered him to serve 100 hours ' community work . |
| 22 | He also urged them to remember Tory supporters living overseas at the next election . |
| 23 | In a few areas local government agencies took some steps to tackle this problem , but real progress did not come until central government gave local authorities powers to act effectively , and also required them to take such action . |
| 24 | It also required them to disclose any commissions they earn to the client — guaranteeing a more difficult sale . |
| 25 | Having to tackle procedures restricted by legislation also forced us to apply political theories to practical realities without too much compromise . |
| 26 | It often led him to become aggressive , especially during band meetings . |
| 27 | But university life , not least his ability to rent a flat with Morton Rosengarten in Lower Stanley Street ( for some time unbeknown to his mother ) , now allowed him to do this actually . |
| 28 | Held , granting the application , that the Act of 1987 placed the Bank of England under a wide public duty to supervise deposit-taking businesses , the fulfilment of which often required it to take urgent action in the interests of those whom the Act was designed to protect ; that a notice from the Bank of England under section 39(3) ( a ) of the Act of 1987 requiring production of documents overrode an injunction restraining that bank from disclosure of the documents to a third party , and the existence of an injunction did not constitute a reasonable excuse under section 39(11) for failure to comply with the section 39 notice ; and that the injunction should not , in any event , be interpreted as prohibiting compliance with the notice ; that it was proper for such a notice to specify the documents to which it applied by class rather than individually ; and that , accordingly , the defendants should be directed to comply with the notice ( post , pp. 717G–H , 718C , 719B–C , 721C , 722C ) . |
| 29 | They complained that the Law of Similars often obliged them to use overpriced components , handicapping their products in world markets . |
| 30 | They immediately commissioned me to photograph this expensive restaurant nearby . |