Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Please describe in your own words , how you reached your decisions ( i.e. what strategy or strategies did you use ? ) |
| 2 | Not by the slightest word or look did she betray to Miss Miggs that she knew she could n't read . |
| 3 | As he wrote years later in his long unpublished memoirs , ‘ hazard or Providence made me knock on the door of the Hôtel Terminus of the Gare du Nord . ’ |
| 4 | Er and when you saw the figure or figures did you say anything then ? |
| 5 | He spoke with such calm practicality that Isabel felt her resolve harden . |
| 6 | ‘ Once Stalin made me dance the Gopak , squat down on my haunches and kick out my heels , ’ writes Khrushchev , an image hard to call up in view of his shape , but — ‘ When Stalin says ‘ Dance ’ , a wise man dances , ’ added the peasant proverb-spinner in his accustomed vein . |
| 7 | It 's alleged he cut his thumb on the broken glass and that Paterson helped him get rid of the bloodstained clothing . |
| 8 | To neither Pound nor Yeats did it seem that Virgil had much or anything to say about this matter which so preoccupied them . |
| 9 | story time I think , Mrs still there and that Mrs did he tell you |
| 10 | It was not that God let him get out of hand because he was too weak to control him . |
| 11 | It was the first time that Flavia heard her do so . |
| 12 | It was only when Ian Salisbury came on that Waugh made one mistake , clipping the leg-spinner to mid-wicket in his first over . |
| 13 | I have seen my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford being poisonous or venomous , but neither poison nor venom did I detect when he raised a fair , sensible and extremely important matter that needs to be debated frankly and fully on the Floor of the House without the sort of ignorant , absurd and childish platitudes that we have so recently heard . |
| 14 | ‘ You know that Terry saw it happen ? ’ |
| 15 | Seriously though there can be no way that Wilko let him go not even for 2.75 million . |
| 16 | She had always had a vague idea that psychotherapists made you lie down on a couch and waffle on about your problems until finally , in some miraculous way , they were no longer problems , just a pain that had been gradually eased away . |
| 17 | He would not race hard — no more than Lauda did he wish to risk his life — but he would race . |
| 18 | At a speed that neither could match Louisa and Horrocks saw him hasten back down the lake . |
| 19 | The mestizo lost his footing , and Trent heard him slide , swearing . |
| 20 | The last time I saw her was when Benedict Joseph shoved her into his car outside the Villa Fiesole , and Philippe made me go with him to Nice . ’ |
| 21 | He was half turned towards her , and Maria saw him lift a hand and watched it move towards her , coming to rest against her bare midriff , warm fingers shaping themselves lightly to its gentle curve . |
| 22 | All day and then he got all to do at lunch time yeah they kept it up all the day , they had separate play time , they had had to eat their lunch in the class room all they were allowed was a piece of fruit , a bread and water and they all had to have , you know , they had a bread roll supplied by the school an a an apple I think And Jan made them write out their names and some of them could n't write their name ! |
| 23 | Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . " |
| 24 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
| 25 | Cos mum made me laugh tonight but she came in and she said oh you can have a hot cross bun there , I said well I think I 'll have a piece of chocolate cake and she said alright then ! |
| 26 | Nevertheless , Dame Agatha 's advice was wise and Corbett felt his temper cool . |
| 27 | The clear autumn day drew to a close and Corbett made them rest their horses for a while . |
| 28 | ‘ Your cousin at home , is he , Angharad ? ’ he asked mildly and Hari felt herself grow tense . |
| 29 | And Bobby did you see Moira last night ? |
| 30 | What particular cities and districts did he visit ? |