Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I could never become well-educated just by attending old Mrs Wopsle 's evening school , so I asked Mr Wopsle 's cousin Biddy to teach me everything she knew . |
| 2 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 3 | Anyway , I realised I could never find that awful wool in that dreadful dirty mustard colour . |
| 4 | If all else failed I could usually rely on Massimo getting an ego-boosting tip from Helga , who was n't allowed to take part herself . |
| 5 | Like the dozens of blue uniformed Serbs , who hold the high ground around outlying Serbian villages to the east of Sarajevo , the bands of Muslims who greeted me on the other side with loud applause expected I would somehow provide aid . |
| 6 | They were very quiet and sad at first , because I would be leaving them , but I promised I would never forget them and would often return to visit them . |
| 7 | So I promised I 'd never hit anyone again if I need n't go back to Dr Pseud , and they said yes . |
| 8 | How this deficit occurred I shall never know , but in some strange way the Medical Clerk was held responsible . |
| 9 | Most of the living accommodation at Low Birk Hatt faces north and I always thought that when I moved I would definitely have a south-facing house . |
| 10 | and I I found I 'd just put a hundred there instead and that 's why I put two hundred |
| 11 | But I found I could just sit down and play by ear . |
| 12 | I then bought some designers ' gouache ( colourfast ) and found I could still paint wet into wet without the whole thing going into a swim as in a watercolour painting . |
| 13 | ‘ No matter how hard I tried I could never reach your standards . |
| 14 | Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow 's leaking out , the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones , power centralised , corruption institutionalised , and a generation created which 'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out . ’ |
| 15 | She found she could just catch a direct Finnair flight if she hurried . |
| 16 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 17 | She doubted she would ever sleep again while fitzAlan was in the immediate vicinity , but the prospect of remaining awake and having to keep her mask of aloof composure in place was daunting indeed . |
| 18 | Open , friendly and honest by nature herself , she was happiest with others who acted in the same way , but Adam Burns was a riddle she doubted she would ever find the answer to . |
| 19 | Maggie wanted to say that the way she felt she doubted she 'd ever want to eat again , but did n't . |
| 20 | Nigel Lawson then proposed we should either scrap SERPS and put nothing in its place or leave the whole issue until the next Parliament . |
| 21 | ‘ If I do n't get Seawitch moved we could well end up as wreckage on those rocks . ’ |
| 22 | It 's combining forces really ; with Cozy 's thing it would have been mostly instrumental , including Cozy 's ‘ Greatest Hits ’ , but with Tony involved we can legitimately do some Sabbath songs which he co-wrote , as we effectively have three quarters of the line-up . |
| 23 | By the time the mare impacts occurred there would probably have been too little dust available to fill the maria . |
| 24 | But though they were excellent makers of models to other people 's plans and designs I quickly found they could only work well if they were given very detailed constructional drawings and plans . |
| 25 | I CAUGHT my boy of 14 sniffing aerosols a year ago and he promised he would never do it again . |
| 26 | the time he phoned he could only get Friday of the first week |
| 27 | He strove through all his waking hours to impose a smartness and snap on Camp 3 , Zone I , that he knew had never been present before , and that during the night hours when he was alone he doubted he would ever achieve . |
| 28 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 29 | At fourteen he found he could also copy perfectly any handwriting placed in front of him . |
| 30 | He spoke slowly , his gaze never leaving Fairham , who found he could only hold that gaze for a couple of seconds at a time . |