Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [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 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 . |
| 8 | Took them out to make the tea did you get any biscuits ? |
| 9 | My agent said he had some private work for me , and I was to contact the party myself . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | The superintendent said she wanted some men to investigate the stories that Nicola was looking into before her death — child porn and drugs . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Harbury 's loose talk suggested he had few facts . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 18 | When the sun rose we did all the necessary and then noticed this cat only had one eye . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When the coach arrived it took some time to organise the teams . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Now if if the management at home heard me doing this of course er giving you a choice but I believe in it . |
| 23 | The majority of women workers were between 20 and 25 as the management felt they had fewer problems with young women . |
| 24 | Rozier 's suspenison meant him missing several preliminary rounds and he needs a high placing in today 's last qualifier to reach the final . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | And never in my wildest dream did we imagine that Labour would get in with the resounding majority that they did get in . |
| 28 | ‘ It never did , Fernando ; not for one second did I have any doubts of how deeply I felt for you , only doubts of how deeply you had felt for me . |
| 29 | The soft little click the door made when she closed it caused him to turn his head , and not by one flicker of an eyelash did he betray any emotion of her entrance . |
| 30 | The loser then was Ray Laccohee who might well have been more than a match for Dale overall had he played more competition golf . |