Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were grey areas in what she had told him — or rather allowed him to believe . |
| 2 | like I said we at least to go on one complex exercise every month which , although they ca n't physically make you go on it there was , you know , they more or less made you go sort of thing pay to do and then we were there the other weekend we had one of these weekends where be more fun , really hard work though it 'll be more fun for |
| 3 | Some man at the college had arranged it for her … she more or less admitted she 'd worked on him . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah , a and in fact in the programme I th the one that Barbara was in , I can remember the er , as it happens , I , I was out er when that programme came on and I taped it so I s I , I 've still got that particular programme , and the lady at the end er on one of her questions she 'd obviously forgotten what she was going to say er and sort of made something up and er she turned to er as they were just panning away from her , she turned to her next door neighbour and more or less said I forgot what I was going to say , you know . |
| 5 | He refused to come downstairs into the cellar but more or less instructed me to return to Oakington at once , as the Commander-in-Chief wanted to speak to me . |
| 6 | You you more or less guessed I suppose it would somehow get get to be known by somebody you know . |
| 7 | And where exactly did she think she was running to ? |
| 8 | And eventually I convinced her — or anyway caused her to throw up her hands in rage and dismissal and stamp off to her cabin . |
| 9 | Or ever saw it done on the Eurovision . |
| 10 | 122 miles you 've just pushed this seven and a half ton truck I believe yet what was the one moment that really stood out or really got you going ? |
| 11 | Our negativity may have sent the fire brigade on strike , or even made them uncouple their hoses from that hydrant that gave all that lovely , cool life-giving water that would have quenched the fire and instead couple them to the nearest petrol tank . |
| 12 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |
| 13 | Curiously it was the less forward-looking G major Sonata which in the faster figuration of its flanking movements once or twice had me longing for the greater clarity of a modern grand — likewise its greater ability to sing in the slow movement . |
| 14 | The union section of the college has 40 per cent of the votes and the leaders of five unions , controlling 24 per cent , have publicly declared or privately indicated they will back the Shadow Chancellor . |
| 15 | It was no good wondering how had it happened , or why had it happened . |
| 16 | Or when did we get that vase ? |
| 17 | And s and so wh when did you er who s who built this house or when did you move to this part ? |
| 18 | W w w when did a person or when did you stop being stop being a ? |
| 19 | Indeed , one of Paul 's first actions was to issue a bull denouncing the alienation of ecclesiastical property , and it was only the considerable diplomatic efforts of Pole that eventually persuaded him to exempt England from its provisions . |
| 20 | ‘ Even though it was the rise of Nazism that eventually prompted me to write A Child of Our , the scapegoats of the North of England and especially the effect on the children remained very much in my mind . ’ |
| 21 | But perhaps that only encouraged them to move faster elsewhere . ’ |
| 22 | He continued as if she had n't spoken , his voice dropping to a level of intimacy that suddenly made it feel as though they were alone , not being listened to by thousands of people . |
| 23 | Although greatly outnumbered they engaged the Scottish forces at Dupplin Moor south of Perth on 11 August 1332 and routed them . |
| 24 | The IBA 's increasing concern for programme standards and balance , plus pressure from the smaller companies that rightly felt they had more and more production potential to offer , added to the complications . |
| 25 | When I visited the sites of three major Civil War battles ( Edgehill , Marston Moor and Naseby ) I encountered a number of obstacles that soon forced me to rethink where and how the additions to my collection would be made . |
| 26 | The difficulty with this anemone is that once established it reproduces at a tremendous rate and literally swamps the aquarium with large numbers of offspring . |
| 27 | Said Ian : ‘ Tranmere Rovers were the last team that ever paid me to play . |
| 28 | If Bob 's taking ‘ Zen Arcade ’ then I wo n't need that , but I might need a shot of ‘ Metal Circus ’ — that 's the one that always got me charged up … ’ |
| 29 | There was something about Granny Morkie cheering people up that always got them moving . |
| 30 | The princely sum of one guinea a month was agreed on , and though it was not as much as Beth would have liked , it was a welcome increase , and one that positively staggered her disbelieving husband . |