Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences . |
| 2 | What other relationships did he have and who else might be grieving ? |
| 3 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |
| 4 | How many kids did he have when moved here ? |
| 5 | An early goal by the visitors made it look as though we were heading for our nineteenth League defeat of the season , but thanks to my inspirational coaching from the touchline , new boy Kev Knowles levelled the score on the stroke of half-time . |
| 6 | Often the tensions made it appear as though there was a ring of invisible men sitting outside the circle of women , a silent audience whose approval we often still needed . |
| 7 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In short , their easy manner and friendly ways made us forget that they were the King and Queen of England . |
| 10 | ‘ As I heard the gossip , Riddle replaced the Scapegoat in the Wheel and two witnesses heard him scream as he bowled down the hill . ’ |
| 11 | But enquiries from two missionary friends already recruited as Kachin advisers made me realise that there would be little opportunity to influence policy and relationships . |
| 12 | While the councillors felt it appropriate that the Church Hall should be put to some use they objected to the proposal for a function room and made the following points : |
| 13 | We left the bar together ; one of my friends saw us leave and winked at us . |
| 14 | Not until I was out in the open countryside again , reassured by the songs of the birds and the murmur of streams did I feel that I had emerged from a dream and rejoined the familiar twentieth century . |
| 15 | So , what forms did we say that Elizabeth was collecting ? |
| 16 | Wh what , what sort of hours did you work when you were at did they , did they change |
| 17 | In the quiet of his own skull he called it manly , but he would never have used such a word to her , not only because she was privately decorous but also because the way she talked about her children made him sense that she dreaded being thought lesbian . |
| 18 | Only when she checked with directory enquiries did she learn that the receiver was off the hook . |
| 19 | Only when he stooped and some lire changed hands did she realise that he must be intending to walk back . |
| 20 | Fascinated , she watched as this object rose towards her , and only after several seconds did she realize that it was a screeching flight of birds , whirling on the updraught towards the freedom of the skies . |
| 21 | That sense of disintegration which he always feared was now all around him ; earlier in 1938 , he had told Martin Browne that public events made him feel that he was working against time and that , in any case , the race might be lost . |
| 22 | A great late run by Chats saw it fizzle as the winning post came too soon for them , victory went to the in form Likely Lads team of Patsy McGee , Kieran Ferry , Eamon Devlin , Frank Ferry , Daniel O'Connell and Brian Deehan . |
| 23 | When knitting your samples did you notice that although the back bed was making the pattern , the design actually shows on the work facing you as it comes down between the beds ? |