Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 2 | Were you given the money or did you have to pay for that yourself ? |
| 3 | Did you obtain any of that information from the collators card or did you know it yourself ? |
| 4 | Did you was it you who chose to go and work in Llaneilian or did they send you to work there from ? |
| 5 | Was that just talk or did you have something real in mind ? ’ |
| 6 | If she did n't know better she 'd have said he 'd sabotaged her jeep and made it rain this way , just so he could enjoy some amusement at her expense ! |
| 7 | The hot car seats stung the children 's bare legs and made them cry out in protest . |
| 8 | Something scratchy nudged against her calves and made her jump . |
| 9 | When he let her go she stared up at him with anguish in her eyes and heard him swear roughly , viciously . |
| 10 | It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister . |
| 11 | When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches . |
| 12 | Martin turned to face Richard and felt his breath on his face . |
| 13 | until I opened my mouth and heard myself say it . |
| 14 | She said anyway she was away to make a wee cup of tea and did I take sugar ? |
| 15 | The mosquitoes had already arrived in force and made us feel as if one trench was very much like another . |
| 16 | I took his shoulders and made him look at me . |
| 17 | Something struck her smartly in the middle of her shoulders and made her gasp . |
| 18 | ‘ He hath unpacked his carriage and made it run a mile or two up and down in River 's great room , making it carry the fire shovel , tongs and poker . |
| 19 | In alarm she glanced back at Samson and saw him hit out wildly , lose his balance and crash back , knocking down the men behind like a row of ninepins . |
| 20 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 21 | Having spent years in prison under the old régime , years that had taken their toll and made him look well over seventy , he got up every morning now , threw open the windows of his apartment , and breathed in ‘ the good clean air of freedom ’ . |
| 22 | The Realpolitik of Berlin detached the definition of the new Germany from Germanism — it did not include all Germans nor did it exclude non-Germans . |
| 23 | He mounted it on his vehicle and made it work . |
| 24 | Around him he began to see the unfolding beauty of early summer in his homeland and it held him still with wonder and made him forget the passing of the days . |
| 25 | Ronni followed his gaze and felt herself turn crimson . |
| 26 | It was still raining , great drops spurted up whirlpools of dust , but the buildings cut off the sand and made it seem lighter . |
| 27 | Unthinking , she tightened her grip and felt him laugh under her hands . |
| 28 | ‘ Then she told me she 'd been offered a part in Jane Eyre at Warrington rep and did I think she ought to accept . |
| 29 | The alcohol had sapped the strength out of his jaw muscles so that the skin fell in folds and made him look like a tortoise . |
| 30 | ‘ Edward came to Corfe from a hunt , and while his attendants were seeing to the dogs she allured him to her with female blandishment and made him lean forward . ’ |