Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fearing a wholesale decimation of its executive ranks , The Journal said , DEC tried to persuade him to stay but failed . |
| 2 | Pascoe tried to stop himself stiffening to a seated attention position and could n't quite manage it . |
| 3 | By setting this film against a backdrop of the London Underground , Christine Halsall and Steven Sprung made us feel inextricably woven into this madness . |
| 4 | David tried to see her to persuade her to change her mind , but she refused any further contact with him . |
| 5 | Yeah she said Aunt Jean tried to get me to work , but no ! |
| 6 | Friend tried to get her to open up , but she would not . |
| 7 | As The Maniacs Came Killing I rolled three more into the trusty Smith and West Point and took up a manly pose . |
| 8 | And that 's another thing , I was told that Pete was pissed and Sue seemed to think he got off with me because he was totally out of it , Pete was . |
| 9 | Bernice woke to find herself lying outside the temple . |
| 10 | Fairbrother had not picked up the emphasis in that suggestion , and Richard decided to let it go . |
| 11 | Trevor Skeet struggled to make himself heard against the din . |
| 12 | ‘ Which is exactly what Tristram did ask her to do — in the only one of his letters to Beatrix I 've read , sent from Tarragona in mid-March 1938 . ’ |
| 13 | Catriona liked having someone to trade silly remarks with at the staff table , and to say ‘ safe home ’ when she walked back to her bedsitter after the evening shift . |
| 14 | On one occasion Mrs Singh had asked me to go with her to visit one of the boy 's teachers . |
| 15 | ‘ If Allah had intended us to fly , he would have given us wings , not arms , ’ the policeman had replied . |
| 16 | Ewan had seen you leap on Hector , and struck out at you — I tried to hold back his blow ! ’ |
| 17 | Earlier in the day , Mr Corbett had said he hoped progress was being made on signing a deal . |
| 18 | They turned a corner and Corbett had to hide his trembling at the appearance of the small , squat , one-eyed man who seemed to rise out of the darkness before them . |
| 19 | Tammuz had told her to relax into the fire , swim with it , let go . |
| 20 | Neil had told me to try and forget about the ‘ mystery ’ , and this proved surprisingly easy to do . |
| 21 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 22 | Bernice had found herself resenting their casual familiarity . |
| 23 | During a break in which the designer 's assistant smeared the mirror above the fireplace with vaseline — ; Meredith had complained it reflected too much light — Dawn Allenby apologised for the drenching smell of eau de Cologne that pervaded her person . |
| 24 | Judging by the Prince 's appearance and demeanour , Corbett sensed that Gaveston had advised him to stand on his dignity in his dealings with both him and de Craon . |
| 25 | And , she thought with relief , if new evidence had turned up in France , it might mean that Veronica had had nothing to do with her husband 's death . |
| 26 | It was reported that Yazov , Kryuchkov , Baklanov and Tizyakov had flown to meet Gorbachev in the Crimea , where Gorbachev had had them arrested ( his 32-strong bodyguard having remained with him ) . |
| 27 | When David had asked her to clear the mess away , for fear of inciting his stepfather 's rage , Beth had astonished him by refusing . |
| 28 | David had told her to trust him , but had he been implying that everything would be all right and that their relationship would continue ? |
| 29 | Edwina Currie had kept him talking and Edwina is not a woman to be rushed . |
| 30 | Iorwerth had taught him to ride , Morgan had been his idol in boyhood by reason of his prowess at wrestling , Meurig , unfree but irrepressible , could never be kept out of any fight though his only real duties with the army were as a baggage-servant . |