Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd love eating I had roast parsnips , brussel sprouts , carrots , and boiled and baked alaska , and it was really nice . |
| 2 | ‘ Nobody 's denying you did good work on that blend . |
| 3 | Two known meetings have so far taken place between both party leaders , with a whirlwind of protest from unionists when they issued a joint statement before the elections , while denying it reflected any form of electoral pact . |
| 4 | When they were not meeting they wrote long letters . |
| 5 | By tactfully praising and criticizing at the same time , he had pupils flocking into the school , eager to train , rightly believing he had special abilities in this sphere . |
| 6 | It matters not that these natives were the people who had the original rights , and Thomson 's own humanity would never let his reader forget that fact ; all he lamented , as he always did , was the passing of an old way , especially when the future replacing it felt less sound . |
| 7 | Before anything could be removed her ladyship was asked to supply receipts proving she owned each item . |
| 8 | Where they were wrong was in leading you to believe that the package they were selling you represented good value for money . |
| 9 | I asked , rather wishing I had more clothes on . |
| 10 | ‘ I will be thinking of you all and wishing you continued good fortune with your worthwhile venture , ’ said Sharron , who was the star of a promotional video used to raise funds towards the pool reopening . |
| 11 | Are you saying you found illegal drugs on this property ? ’ |
| 12 | However , some chemical peelers may also be an irritant and have the unfortunate effect of giving you irritated red patches as a side effect . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not saying we became best buddies because we never did , ’ says Penny . |
| 14 | Well well I I as I er as both myself and my wife understood it , everything had been paid and then obviously when we got the letter saying we owed this amount of money it did n't come to light till Mr and Mrs came to see you |
| 15 | At midnight , David kissed her gently and left shortly afterwards , saying he hoped that snow had n't blocked the roads . |
| 16 | Mr Lamont , who sees the Budget as his attempt at political rehabilitation , was boastful , saying he believed last year 's Budget had contributed to the Tory victory at the election and this one would also prove a winner in the next election in 1996 ‘ or whenever the election comes ’ . |
| 17 | I first knew it unmistakably when Herr Sussmeyer replied to my first letter , saying he had this quest for pubic hairs because he loved and respected women so much . |
| 18 | In his conference speech Mr Fowler attacked Labour 's reviewed industrial relations policy , saying it had one aim : to make strikes easier . |
| 19 | HDS declined to specify its installed X-terminal base , saying it had 200,000 units in the field , most of them serial terminals . |
| 20 | In so doing he found another character , John Higgs , who became central to his development . |
| 21 | Planting it outside the backdoor was a sure way of keeping witches out of the house , and it was thought never to be struck by lightning ; cutting it brought bad luck , and traditionally it was the wood the Cross of Calvary . |
| 22 | Knowing I had two members of the local cave rescue team with me , I followed them in . |
| 23 | It must have been a strange experience for him , Rufus had thought , knowing he owned all sorts of things but not knowing quite what or where they were . |
| 24 | Brunel University chiefs invited the talented four-year-old , who can already speak French and knows the Highway Code by heart , to their West London Institute after hearing he found primary school dull . |
| 25 | The jury returned a unanimous not proven verdict on a charge alleging he supplied five men including depot employees with the drug on Hogmanay 1991 . |
| 26 | Tory Darlington councillor Peter Jones hit out at the show after hearing it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic , and a simulated sex act . |
| 27 | It 's a well set out machine and using it became second nature after just a couple of hours . |
| 28 | But after graduating he joined rival firm Scott Oswald to complete his formal accountancy training , although the understanding was that he would return to the family fold once he had qualified with the opposition , which he did in 1985 . |
| 29 | But he came here thinking I had that jewellery , and then it fell right out of my closet . |
| 30 | The fishermen understood what she meant , that there could be a capsize if they put to sea , but they laughed at her , thinking she had mental hallucinations and put out to sea — at that time in calm conditions . |