Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb past] [det] [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the later pharaonic centuries Egypt found itself sacked several times by Libyans , Ethiopians , Persians and Assyrians , before being conquered by the Greeks under Alexander in 332 BC . |
| 6 | It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Carter and Cureton 's entries on " style " seemed to match the first brief and I found they complemented each other in interesting ways . |
| 9 | Despite anecdotal reports of serious bugs in Microsoft Corp 's new MS-DOS 6.0 , PC Week Labs says it has been unable to reproduce in a controlled laboratory environment any of the data-threatening errors specifically attributed to MS-DOS 6.0 or its DoubleSpace component , adding that it believes that many of the reported data-destroying errors can be attributed to the sudden introduction of SMARTDRV , the MS-DOS and Windows cache program , onto previously uncached systems — SMARTDRV caches disk writes , and any sudden power-down can cause unrecoverable file and disk errors — but be that as it may , Microsoft is taking the reports of data loss sufficiently seriously that it has pledged to do whatever it takes to track down and purge any serious flaws , although it has found none , and InfoWorld reported it found several problems , including one in the DoubleSpace data compression — but Microsoft said two of its engineers looked into but could not replicate the problems InfoWorld saw . |
| 10 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 11 | As Rick was re-baiting , the clip on his other rod pulled and on checking the line he found he had another take . |
| 12 | Nick found he disliked this idea very much . |
| 13 | Early on within this game I th when Blackburn scored I thought this game would be taken away from 'em . |
| 14 | Maria did n't think Luke seriously believed she craved some material gain to show for their relationship . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Her long nails were pearly pink , beautifully manicured , and Luce noticed she wore several rings , one of which looked like a wedding band . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew said the RUC still had his full support and he believed they pursued all killers with equal determination . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The cabbie 's expression told anyone interested that Christmas was probably not his favourite time of year . |
| 23 | It seemed he heard that question again , a thousand years ago and in another world . |
| 24 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 25 | Left to her own devices , Lucy wondered what she should do next , then realised she had little option but to wait until she ran into Silas . |
| 26 | But when the prince reminded her — oh , so gently — of the deception practised upon his royal parents on Twelfth Night , Anne realized she had little choice . |
| 27 | When we arrived they kissed each other good night and Albert kissed me on the cheek before he turned and walked off . |
| 28 | Speaking in a Belfast safe house a hooded IRA member claimed it had enough explosives and terrorists in place for a major offensive . |
| 29 | The magazine , Politis , claimed it had more evidence after the French Environment Ministry dismissed the report but adding that it was dangerous to dig in the recently closed dump because it ‘ would be like opening a tomb ’ . |
| 30 | He reckoned he had enough time to see Maidstone , then get down to the pensione and change before making his way back up to the Vomero again . |