Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tyrants of classical Sicily did indeed behave like the kings of hellenistic Greek history , intermarrying ( with a vengeance : they practised polygamy ) , shifting populations around ( Gelon 's transfer of capital and population to Syracuse ) , and building on a heroic scale . |
| 2 | England did finally come to terms with their first-half lineout problems . |
| 3 | England did actually begin with a victory , Miller and Willey rather unexpectedly bowling out the Young West Indies XI on the last afternoon . |
| 4 | What was discussed between the two has not been revealed , although Tcherkassoff did modestly state to the press that ‘ the cheloviek in the white hat has a bigger following than I do . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Th 'd best see to the port then , instead of blowing about under my feet , ’ Salt snapped . |
| 6 | Deborah did actually say to me , she thought that Harrogate might feel I think it 's to do with priorities for the |
| 7 | if you were aware that er when you voiced your concern Mr did clearly agree with you , right ? |
| 8 | Maybe my Tom had better speak to Father Donovan . |
| 9 | He had always thought the MP for Arden read little save for the Motor Traders ' Gazette . |
| 10 | And it 's been , yet again , been put to you directly that Mrs did indeed lunge at this imaginary weapon . |
| 11 | The sergeant wondered aloud whether Maggie Parkin did secretly believe in her husband 's guilt . |
| 12 | Although the Bible 's claim for itself is that God did directly speak through men , and that he so controlled them that they said what he wanted them to say , it is clear also that the men concerned used their own minds in the process . |
| 13 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 14 | And Unigram 's generally reliable sources reiterated their claims that USL did indeed talk to the Santa Cruz Operation about acquisition ( UX No 396 ) , and now add that USL ca n't possibly decide what to do about SCO until after it knows whether USL itself is going public , going for another investment round or going to get acquired . |
| 15 | If Glu-Ser-Gln-Glu did indeed correspond to the minimal DNA-PK phosphorylation site , we reasoned that this region of c-Jun might serve as a phosphorylation site when placed in the context of another protein . |
| 16 | ‘ Nevertheless , I have come to the conclusion , after much hesitation , that Mr. O'Brien did falsely represent to her that the charge was limited to secure £60,000 and that it would be released in a short time , when the £60,000 had been raised by remortgage . |
| 17 | Dawn did once disappear for two days , but I now know where to look for her if she vanishes . |
| 18 | A friend of mine , who ministered to her late in life , gained the impression , from one or two things she let drop , that , contrary to what has been stated , Eliot did indeed go to Northumberland House , the nursing home where Vivien was looked after . |