Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [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 | Er and when you saw the figure or figures did you say anything then ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What particular cities and districts did he visit ? |
| 5 | But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway . |
| 6 | A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard . |
| 7 | Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements . |
| 8 | Erm how many brothers and sisters did you have ? |
| 9 | Roots tripped him and rocks made him slip , and in places the path was so soft-edged that it simply dropped away from under him in the darkness . |
| 10 | It had since been rebuilt ; its arched windows and roofs made it look like a Russian provincial home . |
| 11 | ‘ There is no doubt , the prosecution suggests , that this young defendant must have realised what had happened , but witnesses saw him accelerate away . ’ |
| 12 | Comedian Michael Bentine recounted that he had asked a sensitive why some parts of the chalk countryside around Folkestone , where he lived , gave him a great feeling of security and peace while others made him feel uncomfortable and nervous . |
| 13 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |