Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 2 | The students say they dropped legal action after they 'd been promised full consultation , as the Visitor of Somerville College , Lord Roy Jenkins had insisted last year . |
| 3 | The students say they dropped legal action after they 'd been promised full consultation , as the Visitor of Somerville College , Lord Roy Jenkins had insisted last year . |
| 4 | The agency say they broke new ground by bringing together a drinks company and an existing client , the DoE , to sponsor a major anti-drinking and driving campaign . |
| 5 | They say they gave considerable thought before making the decision which they hope will help the trade ride the current recession . |
| 6 | They say they paid premium prices to a firm with exclusive rights to sell holidays to the Olympics , but in return were given appalling accomodation . |
| 7 | They want it kept low profile . ’ |
| 8 | A study of the skulls of both types showed they probably possessed mammal-like muscular cheeks , and the teeth fossils show they ground grain-like food . |
| 9 | John was rarely seen in Blackpool ; after he had written the outline for the summer show he put assistant directors in charge of rehearsals . |
| 10 | Squint or no squint he had excellent eyesight , thought Amiss resentfully . |
| 11 | I must say to those of you who tend we had nice interview |
| 12 | You know I bought Carinish Court from my father ? |
| 13 | Like you had boiling water on you or something . |
| 14 | I know she had bad spots . |
| 15 | She had been outraged when her husband left for another woman , had addressed him with religious vehemence and spoken of hell , but as time passed she had realised that life was very much more pleasant without him , that he was generous with money , and so she had , not forgiven , but ceased to revile him ; and I know she found grim amusement in my stepmother 's harassed countenance and the irritating ways of her two small children . |
| 16 | you know you had high standards and you knew where you were aiming for and that 's what I want my kids to go through as well , you know , somebody who 's gon na do their best |
| 17 | After the War , well I know you did military service |
| 18 | And you know it had little blobs , alright , leading up to the big long shit ! |
| 19 | We know he had fantastic grants , we know how much he had , you know when we went on this strike . |
| 20 | ‘ I know he liked young people . |
| 21 | I suppose I lacked serious ambition . |
| 22 | In other words , sticking to those sectors that we know and understand and which we chose for the nineties because we believe they had good growth prospects . |
| 23 | I feel that if he got extra , I feel he got extra work , homework , school work and things . |
| 24 | And erm later on let's see f when the war started and I mean they wanted cheap labour and all that , there was room for apprentice . |
| 25 | Yeah , that 's what I said to him , I bet you had good fun . |
| 26 | I bet he created absolute hell ! |
| 27 | Ooh , aye well oh what , that 's what Sam over road said I mean he had open heart surgery , said I do n't know what I 'd of done without the National Health |
| 28 | Towards the end of my Baghdad tour I had regular tussles with the group captain in friendly games of tennis , but I was never able to take a set off him , which never surprised me since he was more or less the permanent Inter-Services Tennis Champion in the UK , ( Oddly enough , Jackie Hunter was my station commander early in the war and saved me from the wrath of my Air Officer Commanding — " Maori " Coningham — when I brought my bombs back when everyone else had " found the target " , but this was before the days of the night camera . ) |
| 29 | And I I think I had great admiration for the er in particular for the the woman who was the erm president of the tenants association . |
| 30 | I say , the reason I think I had bad dreams , recently , in the last sort of three nights , is because they 're the three nights I went swimming early , so I thought I better go to bed early . |