Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 He suggested that the club expected him to score more points .
2 I think attending an evening class in life drawing helped me overcome this hurdle .
3 I think attending an evening class in life drawing helped me overcome this hurdle .
4 What happened next , was done by a child ‘ who had suffered years of subtle torture at the hands of a madman whose twisted mind helped him justify all his crimes ’ .
5 This way of thinking allowed him to concede some shortcomings of moral insight in the Old Testament .
6 When his horse staled he kept some of the urine .
7 I had always assumed that this song was either fictional or referred to events long ago , and Ricks ' talk contained nothing to contradict this .
8 I suppose the defendant thought he had some benefit ; at any rate , there is a detriment to the plaintiff from his parting with the possession for even so short a time .
9 What I felt consciously was anxiety , accompanied by shame , and at school the procedure for dealing with menstruation did nothing to diffuse either emotion .
10 Took them out to make the tea did you get any biscuits ?
11 My agent said he had some private work for me , and I was to contact the party myself . ’
12 The Ramblers ' Association said it welcomed any measures that allowed more people to walk in the countryside , and assistant director David Baskine said : ‘ It is important that the proposals will not offer payment to farmers who own land where public access is already allowed . ’
13 The superintendent said she wanted some men to investigate the stories that Nicola was looking into before her death — child porn and drugs .
14 Er , if we turn to the revenue split I think this underscores the recession er , and you 'll notice that there 's a much lesher lesser proportion of revenue coming from advertising .
15 Harbury 's loose talk suggested he had few facts .
16 my mum told me to wipe some of it , some of it off cos I could n't her shout , I , I , I caught her shouting at my sister , she got really angry with my sister
17 He lay for some minutes listening to the clatter of boots , slamming of doors and distant shouts before the snorts and squeals of armoured personnel carriers below his window made him realise this was far from normal and was , in fact , an Agile Blade .
18 The sun made it warm enough to sit outside and , although swimming in the pool was out of the question so early in the year , Jenna managed to get an even golden tan .
19 When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed .
20 When the sun rose we did all the necessary and then noticed this cat only had one eye .
21 The suffering involved which receives most publicity takes place in intensive or factory farms , although it is not confined to them .
22 However , a more careful analysis of methods of work and recreation in the Easter vac helped me to overcome these problems and be more in charge of myself , rather than being tossed about at random .
23 When the coach arrived it took some time to organise the teams .
24 While moral suasion had been favoured in the War ( in preference to rationing ) as a means of restricting domestic demand , and had for a time been partially successful , as peace returned it lost much of its impact .
25 Now if if the management at home heard me doing this of course er giving you a choice but I believe in it .
26 The majority of women workers were between 20 and 25 as the management felt they had fewer problems with young women .
27 Rozier 's suspenison meant him missing several preliminary rounds and he needs a high placing in today 's last qualifier to reach the final .
28 Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction .
29 And that 's why at that time , near the end of the war , and when the talk of nationalization become greater , the hope of nationalization because as I said before , never in our wildest dream did we think that Labour would get in with such an overwhelming majority .
30 And never in my wildest dream did we imagine that Labour would get in with the resounding majority that they did get in .
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