Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
2 | But although they both tried to smile still , neither of them failed to notice the past tense she had used for the word ‘ love ’ . |
3 | The three of them moved thought the ship at a speed that I can hardly describe . |
4 | In the summer of 1557 , some of them tried to break the stalemate . |
5 | One of them tried to jump the ditch and landed on Canny , breaking his neck ( Lincoln Journal , Nebraska 28 December 1987 ) . |
6 | I asked to pass the time until the tea cooled . |
7 | After downloading the umpteenth version of one program , loading and reloading assembling and EEPROMming software , I chanced to query the need for using the EEPROM programmer . |
8 | I lived to tell the tale , but my aeroplane , G-FLIX , Flyer 's own , did n't . |
9 | ‘ You timed it rather well , although perhaps you were in too much of a hurry to get away , because I lived to tell the tale . ’ |
10 | She had let the lines go when the first brutal snap had straightened the nylon , and stood glancing back at me and staring up into the sky as I fought to control the power in the skies above us . |
11 | I sought to extend the body 's education , |
12 | ‘ The reason I agreed to do the film was because of the script and the potential that I thought was there . |
13 | ‘ I agreed to do the job for five years but I feel that it is taking up too much of my time , ’ he declared . |
14 | For the moment my boat was staying on Straker 's Cay , and she would only pass into the senator 's care if I agreed to extend the trial two weeks , cruise-cure into a full summer 's excursion . |
15 | I agreed to take the girls there , and for a month I wrote down French words in a little pocket book , to help me on the journey . |
16 | I indicated to the Bishop when I agreed to take the canonry that he did n't possess the personal qualities I require in my subordinates . |
17 | Dunlop said : ‘ I agreed to alter the gear box for Darren so it would be more suitable for Donington but I was riding in every race after the 125 and I physically just had n't the time to attend to it immediately . |
18 | I failed to see the connection . |
19 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
20 | This fascinated me so much I failed to notice the Mamba slip out of the gate beneath me . |
21 | But I failed to make the connection . |
22 | I felt such a strong love for them that I planned to spend the rest of my life among them , and to try to become more like them . |
23 | Oh my god , well they 've estimated mine , it 's fifty five pounds eighty , I checked to see the numbers on it and it 's a hundred eight |
24 | Then after I got half way along the I used to go down to that was another place where there was two more bungalows , you see , and then come out of there and go away to call on some more houses until I got to Miss the finish of the round . |
25 | ln the end I got to scrape the jam off with my finger . |
26 | ‘ I got to see the vicar . ‘ |
27 | I got to remember the name so I do n't forget . |
28 | Needless to say , before the actual commissioning I got to know the Brooke Marine Yard and staff very well , and made many friends there . |
29 | I got to know the man behind the voices that people heard . |
30 | I got to know the blobs and wiggles in that rough circle that looked like a sample from an oil slick , until I could draw them blindfold , and I began to visualize them inside me . |