Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were grey areas in what she had told him — or rather allowed him to believe . |
| 2 | like I said we at least to go on one complex exercise every month which , although they ca n't physically make you go on it there was , you know , they more or less made you go sort of thing pay to do and then we were there the other weekend we had one of these weekends where be more fun , really hard work though it 'll be more fun for |
| 3 | Some man at the college had arranged it for her … she more or less admitted she 'd worked on him . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah , a and in fact in the programme I th the one that Barbara was in , I can remember the er , as it happens , I , I was out er when that programme came on and I taped it so I s I , I 've still got that particular programme , and the lady at the end er on one of her questions she 'd obviously forgotten what she was going to say er and sort of made something up and er she turned to er as they were just panning away from her , she turned to her next door neighbour and more or less said I forgot what I was going to say , you know . |
| 5 | He refused to come downstairs into the cellar but more or less instructed me to return to Oakington at once , as the Commander-in-Chief wanted to speak to me . |
| 6 | You you more or less guessed I suppose it would somehow get get to be known by somebody you know . |
| 7 | And eventually I convinced her — or anyway caused her to throw up her hands in rage and dismissal and stamp off to her cabin . |
| 8 | Or ever saw it done on the Eurovision . |
| 9 | 122 miles you 've just pushed this seven and a half ton truck I believe yet what was the one moment that really stood out or really got you going ? |
| 10 | Our negativity may have sent the fire brigade on strike , or even made them uncouple their hoses from that hydrant that gave all that lovely , cool life-giving water that would have quenched the fire and instead couple them to the nearest petrol tank . |
| 11 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |
| 12 | Curiously it was the less forward-looking G major Sonata which in the faster figuration of its flanking movements once or twice had me longing for the greater clarity of a modern grand — likewise its greater ability to sing in the slow movement . |
| 13 | The union section of the college has 40 per cent of the votes and the leaders of five unions , controlling 24 per cent , have publicly declared or privately indicated they will back the Shadow Chancellor . |
| 14 | It was no good wondering how had it happened , or why had it happened . |
| 15 | Or when did we get that vase ? |
| 16 | And s and so wh when did you er who s who built this house or when did you move to this part ? |
| 17 | W w w when did a person or when did you stop being stop being a ? |
| 18 | I nodded , and nervously watched him leave the room . |
| 19 | He was aware of making an effort to pass this question off as casually as possible and thereby knew he had failed . |
| 20 | Cod separated the pair for fear they would reproduce , and eventually forced them to do battle with each other . |
| 21 | Wednesday could tell Endill was upset and eventually persuaded him to explain why . |
| 22 | First he sought to use it to spread the gospel of trade unionism elsewhere in the north-east and eventually persuaded it to establish branches at Middlesbrough , Hartlepool , Seaham Harbour and in North and South Shields . |
| 23 | Been all been cleared f f erm What we used to call it , cut and clear felled you see . |
| 24 | When she looked at him closely , Jill felt sorry for him and rather wished she had n't spoken so pointedly . |
| 25 | Hyacinth felt excluded from it all , and rather wished she had waited for Carole Swan , or for Angela Cartwright , the delegation 's leader . |
| 26 | steps up and right footed he blasts it into the bottom corner , it subdues the Shrewsbury crowd somewhat , Blackburn fans are rampant because at last there 's some light for them but they 're still trailing Shrewsbury by three goals to two . |
| 27 | She needed to keep up her continuity of male companionship , and humbly thought she had nothing to offer but sex . ) |
| 28 | I looked down and suddenly realised I had forgotten to bring my own umbrella to work that morning . |
| 29 | She had difficulty with the perspective and so persuaded me to help her sort it out . |
| 30 | He used to get bored driving around looking for locations alone and so bribed me to go with him by buying me a camera . |