Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not sure why this quarter was called ‘ Chinese ’ except that perhaps its apartness from the regular secular and religious life of Salamanca made it seem like another country , and a far-off , exotic one at that . |
| 2 | Only with the retirement of Roberts did he get promotion to the new ball , whereupon he stepped up his speed and took 31 wickets against Australia in 1983–4 , although he then reduced it again . |
| 3 | ‘ What part of England did you know ? ’ |
| 4 | Thinking of Lee made him remember Uncle Walter 's medals that he still had in his pocket . |
| 5 | And what sort of God did they believe was best worshipped in a basilica that leaves no lily ungilded ? |
| 6 | " Then what in the name of Christ did you buy her for ? " |
| 7 | A teacher at the junior high school in the town of Kizu made them hold negative and positive terminals while he turned on an electric current . |
| 8 | Ten to one , the Prince of Wales saw him do it , ’ pointing at Auguste . |
| 9 | The thought of Benedicta made him smile . |
| 10 | But the memory of Mala in that half-embrace with Gharr made me wonder if she had not already … travelled beyond my reach . |
| 11 | Only on her way home with Bobby did she learn of her mistake . |
| 12 | Only with Pilade did he act as she would wish a husband and father to act . |
| 13 | The fellow 's smugness and unnecessary familiarity with Mala made me dislike him at once . |
| 14 | The difficulties experienced in dealing with Blackpool made him feel there should be regional departments to make contact easier . |
| 15 | Erm , whereabouts in Llaneilian did you live when you were young ? |
| 16 | A shout from David made her start . |
| 17 | " Then when you were removed from Ballychratigan did you go of your own free will ? " |
| 18 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 19 | Only after his work was replicated by Adrian and Matthews in Cambridge did he get the credit he deserved for having laid the foundations of human electro-encephalography . |
| 20 | Only amid the mud and chaos of the West German embassy in Prague did they try to explain where they were going . |
| 21 | Where in Luxembourg did you say ? |
| 22 | They hate monkeys in Hartlepool did you know that ? |
| 23 | She finishes in August did you say ? |
| 24 | ‘ Being here in Majorca made me think of Seville . |
| 25 | Only in Lebanon did it survive , outliving even Franco 's political offspring . |
| 26 | Whereabouts in Needham did he have his shoe |
| 27 | Perhaps talking to her about Rob made him feel that someone was dancing on his own grave . |
| 28 | The Nobel had afforded only a temporary alleviation of this condition : indeed , the abbreviated stay in Princeton , the rush back to England , and the trip to Stockholm made him feel worse rather than better . |
| 29 | Only when , in April , Elizabeth made it clear that he was the one Marian exile who would not be welcomed back to England did he accept the inevitable and come to Scotland . |
| 30 | I said to Jay did you do any work yesterday ? |