Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the summer of 1820 , after a visit to Russia the previous year to promote his recently translated New Testament , which eventually saw the light of day in 1847 , Vuk again approached Miloš , this time offering to teach the ruler to read and write . |
| 2 | And they almost went in front on eight minutes , Michael Surgeon beating the Comrades ' off-side trap only to see his well struck 20-yard drive brilliantly tipped over by 'keeper George Cathcart . |
| 3 | Oh my God , darling , I 'd forgotten I ever signed that ! ’ |
| 4 | She 's sh she 's a bitch , she 's a oh has she still got that horse ? |
| 5 | Has she still got that boyfriend . |
| 6 | Has she still got all that weight ? |
| 7 | ‘ Has she ever done this before ? ’ |
| 8 | ( Why has he only given magic mushrooms four for euphoria , when Collis Brownes gets five ? ) |
| 9 | Has he ever suggested this before ? ’ |
| 10 | Never mind , it is a reckless , bloodthirsty tale , with Roland ultimately being punished for his hubris in refusing until it was too late to blow his oliphant , or horn , to summon back Charlemagne and the rest of the army to help his vastly outnumbered rear guard . |
| 11 | In the circumstances in which they were used they powerfully augmented other forces of change by providing data on the state of society at a period when so little was known . |
| 12 | You 've got it well done that 's lovely . |
| 13 | Well I just wondered if turning it down made any difference . |
| 14 | First he had to sustain the shock of getting up at eight am , then he had to wash and transform his carefully arranged untidy hair into real tidiness , for on this day , the bucket hat was taboo . |
| 15 | And I know you quite liked this did n't you ? |
| 16 | Or if you 're forty percent you would have actually paid a thousand and sixty seven , but because you did n't pay that because it 's tax exempt you actually gained that amount of interest on the tax that stayed in with your account . |
| 17 | She swung her heavily stuffed silver-mesh purse on its long chain and made something like a little skipping step towards the door Nicandra thought she had never looked prettier . |
| 18 | Suppose I better put some on , I 've used it all up . |
| 19 | His raw material consists of Stephen Fry playing Stephen Fry thinly disguised as a throw-back aristo who decides to share his recently inherited stately pile for a few days with his old friends from revue days . |
| 20 | Well you 've obviously studied your local history very closely , and I believe you actually run local history classes , do n't you ? |
| 21 | Well , you are you 've obviously studied your local history very closely and I believe you actually run local history classes , do n't you ? |
| 22 | When applicants were shortlisted we immediately cancelled any interviews . |
| 23 | I would n't mind betting that Bill 's lists that you gave him actually contained all these things and only then can we actually put them down in order . |
| 24 | Why had I not felt this when she was there ? |
| 25 | Had I really written all those nasty things ? |
| 26 | But had I ever done that ? |
| 27 | Some discernment she had , however , for had she not made most complimentary remarks about his filets de sole Murat ? |
| 28 | It would have been too sad to think about had she not met two apprehensive Wrens : Lucinda and Jane , kids hardly out of their gymslips who would need a bit of looking after . |
| 29 | And had she not felt elated when he praised her in that soft , beguiling voice ? |
| 30 | For had she not earned such curses ? |