Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Please describe in your own words , how you reached your decisions ( i.e. what strategy or strategies did you use ? )
2 Er and when you saw the figure or figures did you say anything then ?
3 What particular cities and districts did he visit ?
4 But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway .
5 A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard .
6 Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements .
7 Erm how many brothers and sisters did you have ?
8 Roots tripped him and rocks made him slip , and in places the path was so soft-edged that it simply dropped away from under him in the darkness .
9 It had since been rebuilt ; its arched windows and roofs made it look like a Russian provincial home .
10 ‘ There is no doubt , the prosecution suggests , that this young defendant must have realised what had happened , but witnesses saw him accelerate away . ’
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