Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is very likely that the subordinate you publicly rebuked for reading his newspaper will :
2 What time you got ta fetch your car then Monday ?
3 You got ta move your thing first .
4 must , got ta ring your mum back some time tonight when you 've done the quoits , right Hurst Welfare then , quoits Ivy S three
5 So I got ta get your birthday present now .
6 I got ta get your dinner .
7 And you got ta put your name where you can take
8 you got ta put your hand in there .
9 Well you got ta fill your timesheet out .
10 You got ta ask your dad , remember , for a bottle .
11 You got ta buy my Christmas present yet mind .
12 You got ta buy my Christmas present yet .
13 The clinching argument that Mr Dixon made about informing his father of his literary success was that probably Hank would need help in investing discreetly the earnings of the book , and it was well known that Mr Stych was an astute businessman .
14 They supplied machinery to Pilkington 's of St Helens , where Deacon moved after completing his apprenticeship in the early 1840s .
15 As the government moved towards honouring its promise to restore religious freedom , the newly created Ministry of Religious Affairs called upon the churches " to contribute to the moral redemption of the nation " .
16 PLUMBING and heating engineer David Main appeared in court yesterday charged with murdering his ex-wife 20 years ago .
17 Darren Dargue , 23 , of Brinkburn Drive , Darlington , appeared before town magistrates yesterday charged with assaulting his brother Gary Dargue .
18 However , I received comments from members of our Executive and Branch Committees which helped in drafting our response .
19 It only remains to emphasise that the new Parliamentary Labour Party was socially far more representative of the country as a whole than the party of 1935 onwards , and that its leadership , which had had the experience of participation in government during the war , was able to assume the reins of office without any of the difficulties that Ramsay MacDonald encountered in forming his minority governments in 1924 and 1929 .
20 Dubbed by The Times a ‘ chemical Croesus ’ , he rejoiced in using his wealth for philanthropic ends .
21 I 'm glad to say it was a business-like meeting which focussed on clarifying what action should be taken by the European Community on furthering Coastal Zone Management , particularly in the context of its 5th Action Programme .
22 Furious with myself for these creeping insidious thoughts I focussed on lengthening my stride and levitating the rucksack .
23 His Spanish ADC , General Alava , however , remembered to his dying day the way his heart sank on hearing his Commander cheerfully giving orders for ‘ cold meat at dawn ’ before a long day 's reconnaissance , or perhaps a day 's hunting in Portugal with his ‘ family ’ .
24 Maurice concentrated on filling his pipe , very slowly and deliberately ; he put the stem between his teeth , and struck a match — a soothing ritual .
25 You are to come now. , He concentrated on positioning his shoulder so that it was in a cave formed by a fold of the stiff , harsh blanket , untouched by it .
26 Tom concentrated on stuffing his pipe with strands of dark tobacco .
27 As it was , she concentrated on organising her household to better effect .
28 Silently , she concentrated on cutting her mango into thin strips .
29 Instead he opted for getting his penknife out and fraying the elastic in the waistband .
30 He opted for smashing her china dog instead .
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