Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Remarkable ! ’ the Computer Programmer heard himself say . |
| 2 | Caddis houses helped us take the previous step ; snail shells will help us take this one . |
| 3 | When the Under-Secretary met the TEC chairman did he apologise for the 97 per cent . |
| 4 | A talent scout heard him sing — actually it was at that performance at the Hall . |
| 5 | Binding me with his confidences , he said that the wonderfully athletic , Aryan rear view of Steffi Graf made him understand how the camp inmates could believe they were indeed Untermenschen in relation to the SS . |
| 6 | Only when it was made into a glitzy film by Steven Spielberg did it become widely read and talked about outside feminist circles . |
| 7 | You are as tough as Miss Lockwood made you sound . |
| 8 | Only in the figure compositions did he work largely from imagination and memory . |
| 9 | READING about how Princess Anne bossed her new husband around on their wedding day made me wonder whether it is time the rules of royal succession were changed . |
| 10 | At times he openly despised his boys ; one , who had a passion for candy bars , he nicknamed ‘ Munchpot ’ : ‘ Why do n't you justify your existence , Munchpot , ’ Bobby Hunt heard him say , ‘ and empty the wastepaper basket . ’ |
| 11 | Once , as Minton walked past a queue of students waiting to enter a Royal College dance , Richard Chopping heard one remark , ‘ What he needs is a good kick up the arse . ’ |
| 12 | Me : ‘ What stitch size did you use ? ’ |
| 13 | be on stock duty did you say ? |
| 14 | Then in September 1983 , ‘ Wally ’ Fuentes Morrison let him know that his skills were once again required for a special operation . |
| 15 | Ever since the days it had been called Kingstown , it had been a lovely place to live ; tropical palm trees along the coast line made it seem like somewhere much more exotic than it really was . |
| 16 | They say never ask for whom the bell tolls , but when Steven Ivin heard one ring out after the second world war he knew it tolled for him . |
| 17 | All right then David Poole did you say that really ? |
| 18 | ‘ Which investment house did you work for ? ’ |
| 19 | Not an ounce of vitamin C did they contain . |
| 20 | ‘ The Academic Freedom committee helped him resume his studies at Cambridge . |
| 21 | On this occasion , Anthony d'Offay made one bid of $100,000 but the reserve had been set at a higher level . |
| 22 | Charles ' suspicions of Dr Lefeuvre made him think his address was already common knowledge . |
| 23 | His monotone drawl made one feel he is not yet convinced that he has the mental application to match his great physical ability . |
| 24 | His monotone drawl made one feel he is not yet convinced that he has the mental application to match his great physical ability . |
| 25 | John McCarthy , Terry Waite , Jackie Mann and spent time in a special unit where Dr Turnbull helped them come to terms with what had happened to them . |
| 26 | What percentage profit did he make ? |
| 27 | The clothes of skinhead girls made them look superficially like the boys . |
| 28 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 29 | But production only reached 421,000 last year and the real bright spot was Land-Rover , whose Discovery model helped it achieve the best year for sales since the first Land-Rover rolled out in 1948 , while productivity jumped 25 per cent . |
| 30 | Only when he turned to speak to Tao Chu did he realise how avidly the boy was studying him . |