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 | Joe tried ter put 'im wise an' it nearly come ter blows . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Fear often made him sarcastic ; he had noticed that before . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Tod also played it cool : all in a day 's work . |
| 8 | It was easy for him ; the cloak of arrogance he habitually wore probably made him oblivious to the speculation of people like the receptionist . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Even those who were prepared to join in found it difficult to understand what the camp was trying to achieve . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |