Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that 's variance of reproductive er success and I mentioned I think last week , I anyway , the most extreme examples of this which is elephant seals where in once again a similar population to this , a closely studied population in California , five percent of the males were found to account for ninety five percent of the offspring in one season . |
| 2 | But once granted that we have adequate ground for interpreting people 's preferences as those of conscious beings , it is not clear why it should be denied that we have adequate clues as to whether they have pleasant or unpleasant experiences under various circumstances and for some judgements about the degree of the pleasure or pain involved which allow interpersonal comparisons . |
| 3 | He gave her specialist child custody advice and helped her win legal aid for her court battle . |
| 4 | I reached the flat just after so helped her carry clean sheets and towels upstairs as well as my luggage and B. The two bedrooms in the flat are small — ‘ compact ’ in estate agency jargon I expect ! — and the bathroom is very nice with a washing machine in it . |
| 5 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 6 | As inevitably occurs when abstract semantic properties are posited independently of form and then forms sought which express these properties , however , the binding hierarchy explanation , while offering some significant observations , does not square very well with the full range of data from actual language use . |
| 7 | They played I mean all sorts of games that we played they do n't play today . |
| 8 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 9 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 10 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 11 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 12 | And it ended up we owed him say ninety quid . |
| 13 | 8e Lawrence admitted : ‘ We watched them play that day and they slaughtered us . |
| 14 | Rachel was in trouble deeper than her own ; Rachel needed her help this time . |
| 15 | She watched him raise one hand to rub the nape of his neck , then flex his shoulder muscles . |
| 16 | Duke Michael made her write this letter ! ’ |
| 17 | The man 's trembling want of her made her feel that speck grow into a force ; she began to enjoy denying him , then permitting him again , she used her strength to grip and pin him and squeeze him in parts that made him cry out , to gouge and scratch his pale , thin flesh , she fortified him with tisanes that make men what was called in her language ‘ cross ’ , and gave him leaves to chew to stay his excitement so she could explore the crustacean pinkness of his flesh and turn her curiosity and its tinge of disgust to a form of power over him which gave her pleasure . |
| 18 | They gave her some astonishing Ophir crystal that made her feel three metres tall and very sharp . |
| 19 | For a period in the 1950s she flirted with Roman Catholicism , and whether her Catholic point of view made her see moral issues exclusively within a religious framework , or whether she simply did not share the same experience as English-born-and-raised writers who faced the dissolution of their class system is difficult to judge . |
| 20 | Sky TV yesterday announced they have exclusive rights to show his championship challenge and , if successful , his first defence . |
| 21 | And I knew I know this bloke eh , when he was a sergeant I think , anyway he was an officer , and eh , said we go to Sheppeards , I said you silly devil I ca n't get into Sheppeards Hotel I 'm a signal man I had to laugh he said , shame , he said cor , you 're about my size , get stuck into one of my uniforms we had a couple of weekends at Sheppeards Hotel , we had a great time . |
| 22 | I thought you find this wallet love |
| 23 | Gazzer saw her take one hand off the top of the gates and jam it into a wide split in the wood , then she crouched down and grabbed Simon 's jacket with the other hand . |
| 24 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 25 | You know , I always thought they put anti-bonk pills in the coffee . |
| 26 | If the child 's genius is not recognised and nurtured they face boring lessons way below their intellectual potential and run the risk of becoming disillusioned and ‘ problem ’ pupils . |
| 27 | Members of the star-studded cast objected strongly when producers insisted they shoot one scene with LIVE WORMS in their mouths . |
| 28 | One of his specialities is a droning refrain , performed I think some years ago on one of those Saturday morning comedy-pop-and-hobbies programmes for children , in which a long-haired tennis-player with a head band gives out with his sporting autobiography . |
| 29 | There are two other books that I co-authored which cover this aspect . |
| 30 | You liked you like nice holes with flowers and vases on and things |