Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they should draw comfort from the knowledge that the economists involved often found it hard to understand one another . |
| 2 | The garments and cosmetics scattered about made it clear that the room was shared — by a girl working as a secretary , he explained . |
| 3 | Skip however showed us more of the struggle it took to get recognition as a serious competitor . |
| 4 | Joe tried ter put 'im wise an' it nearly come ter blows . |
| 5 | The noise of a lock operating somewhere made them both look along the companionway . |
| 6 | But wanting only frustrated him more . |
| 7 | Men thus instructed often found it easier to get on with it than to try and explain the danger all over again . |
| 8 | Three minutes into the second-half the non-Leaguers ' obligatory fireman , Mottashed , instead of shooting himself in the foot , set fire to himself with a jittery own goal and Loram shortly made it 3-1 , deader than dead . |
| 9 | South Oxfordshire District Council has reopened its Ladygrove Park after it was closed for a cleaning up operation ; the park was closed some weeks ago after gypsies staying there left it full of litter . |
| 10 | now I mean now got 'em all but if , take your pick and er |
| 11 | Fear often made him sarcastic ; he had noticed that before . |
| 12 | While Hurley remained preoccupied with inter-agency projects like Operation Goldenrod , Ganem soon made it clear to Coleman that he had little patience with Hurley 's intelligence operations . |
| 13 | Tod also played it cool : all in a day 's work . |
| 14 | The sound of an engine coming closer said it all . |
| 15 | It was easy for him ; the cloak of arrogance he habitually wore probably made him oblivious to the speculation of people like the receptionist . |
| 16 | So do they go up did they all go along two squares at a time ? |
| 17 | They formed in 1980 as a purely instrumental jazz-funk band and their excellent playing always kept them interesting as a live band : I know ‘ they can really play their instruments ’ is a boring credential , but it can count for something . |
| 18 | We , you did n't bought us any more Coke |
| 19 | Not knowing what lay ahead made him excited and nervous but he could n't help wanting to discover what was behind a door or round the next corner . |
| 20 | Even those who were prepared to join in found it difficult to understand what the camp was trying to achieve . |
| 21 | Oh we danced all the dances you can think of long ago like Browns Reel , the Lancers and the Quadrilles and Jackie Tar , Rory More , Pluars Edinburgh and er Oh I think we 've near named them all up and down . |
| 22 | Champions Bath also made it two wins out of two after thrashing London Irish 42-16 thanks to two first half tries from prop Victor Ubogu . |
| 23 | The passenger whom I picked up informed me that , throughout the journey , no information regarding delays was given to the passengers on the train . |
| 24 | ‘ The fans who did turn up gave us tremendous support and I know they 'll be back but it would be nice to have an even bigger crowd roaring us on . ’ |