Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised I wanted another guitar player . |
| 2 | But I found I had little idea how to set about producing a crime short story . |
| 3 | When I started writing it , I found I had more sympathy with Frank , and he started saying more and more , and Betty merged into the background . ’ |
| 4 | morning , I found I had blank spot with the old twenty pence piece . |
| 5 | This was partly because of the structure of the lexicon used which enabled efficient storage and search , and cut off non-productive alternatives at an early stage . |
| 6 | But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself . |
| 7 | But in Tom 's room , when Peter had poured the wine into two mugs and an inch into a glass for her and she had tasted it , she found she liked this wine that had a taste of how elderflowers smell , reversed her decision and asked him to do as he had offered and fill her glass . |
| 8 | Odette found she lost three stone keeping busy , then to her dismay found she was pregnant again . |
| 9 | It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread . |
| 10 | When we moved we had one armchair and a sewing machine . |
| 11 | In the latest they were called to the home of a man in his early 20s in Frenchgate , Richmond , but found they needed more equipment so took him back to the Richmond Fire Station and released the cuffs with a hacksaw and vice . |
| 12 | Carter and Cureton 's entries on " style " seemed to match the first brief and I found they complemented each other in interesting ways . |
| 13 | Looking up in surprise , she found he had one eyebrow raised as though waiting for her to make some sarcastic comment , which successfully ensured that she did n't do any such thing . |
| 14 | As Rick was re-baiting , the clip on his other rod pulled and on checking the line he found he had another take . |
| 15 | The rescue co-ordinators include Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals abandoned plans to use whale song on Sunday , when Mr Goold found he needed stronger amplification of his recordings . |
| 16 | Nick found he disliked this idea very much . |
| 17 | The Christian Social Union ( CSU , part of Kohl 's coalition government ) and organizations specifically representing the 12,000,000 Germans who fled what became Polish territory after 1945 , had called for the treaty to include a " right of return " , and for German " topographical designations " to have official status in the traditional settlement areas of the German minority in Poland . |
| 18 | A key change was to ‘ remove that part which the Bar told me implied undue interference by the Lord Chancellor , as a minister of the Crown , with the processes of justice . |
| 19 | Early on within this game I th when Blackburn scored I thought this game would be taken away from 'em . |
| 20 | Maria did n't think Luke seriously believed she craved some material gain to show for their relationship . |
| 21 | And in the pitch black , it seemed she had some sort of body after all ; distantly she could sense hands feeling their way , feet stumbling . |
| 22 | Really I suppose much the same way as those parents whom we interviewed who had some sort of educational knowledge or understanding of their own , since we 're both involved in education . |
| 23 | Before they came we removed all trace of our connection to television , rearranged the office furniture a bit , and hid a camera in a bankers box . |
| 24 | She wrinkled her freckled teenage nose . |
| 25 | Looking into her churning heart as she stood there that night , she knew she felt an affection for the man opposite and believed he had some affection for her . |
| 26 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 27 | He touched her face very tenderly and believed he felt warm flesh . |
| 28 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 29 | The cabbie 's expression told anyone interested that Christmas was probably not his favourite time of year . |
| 30 | It seemed he heard that question again , a thousand years ago and in another world . |