Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move seemed intended to protect domestic supply — there had been a 25 per cent fall in production in the first half of 1991 [ see p. 38492 ] . |
| 2 | The measures proposed in the first SCSE resolution seemed designed to gain popular support , and , according to a report in Le Monde of Aug. 22 , food unavailable for months suddenly appeared in Moscow 's shops during the coup . |
| 3 | His throat was dry and he 'd forgotten to buy any candy . |
| 4 | The truth is I had nothing at all in the bottle — it was empty because I 'd forgotten to get new supplies . |
| 5 | And he said that we 'd got to have some softening , some change , some relaxation after the intensity of the march to the hut . |
| 6 | And you 'd got to pay five shillings . |
| 7 | This album was actually recorded back in 1990 , just after we 'd played with Lloyd Cole , so we 'd got to know each other pretty well . |
| 8 | But Mr laird said he 'd have stopped if he 'd had to use excessive force . |
| 9 | In the morning , she 'd ask Marie-Christine to take him a note , saying that she 'd had to make other plans . |
| 10 | I did n't know why I 'd agreed to attend this festival . |
| 11 | In the pre-Marcus days she 'd seemed to have greater control over every aspect of her nervous system than she did now . |
| 12 | They 'd gone to see another hill , which had been a Roman fort , covered in ferns now . |
| 13 | And then the timekeeper could mark down that they were present , they 'd gone to work that day you see ? |
| 14 | There was clearly no point in arguing with the man any longer , she consoled herself , wearily removing her short-sleeved ivory silk blouse and the skirt of the pin-striped navy suit in which she 'd gone to work that morning . |
| 15 | He 'd gone to get those tickets . |
| 16 | If I 'd wanted to do red nipples there was n't a decent whole stick of red left . |
| 17 | She 'd tried to get another position in hotel work , but nothing suitable been available . |
| 18 | Once or twice he 'd — well he 'd tried to make some sort of advances to her . |
| 19 | He slipped one hand forward to restrain hers even before she 'd started to lift panicked fingers to her scalp . |
| 20 | Is he I did n't know he 'd started doing advanced French . |
| 21 | He 'd driven her directly to her hotel so she could change her clothes and she 'd elected to wear lightweight cream cotton jeans topped by a matching sleeveless cotton stretch top , taking the precaution of carrying a jacket when Rune warned her that the breeze from the Baltic could be stiff despite the increasing warmth of the day . |
| 22 | In effect , I 'd lost a day and I wondered if there had been something I 'd planned to do that Monday , like work , for instance . |
| 23 | Every precaution that she 'd taken had proved to have been justified , but she doubted that she 'd managed to do any good . |
| 24 | Suppose she 'd managed to acquire personal things of Harry 's , his sunglasses , a pen , even a belt , and wore them or carried them with her , as young people do . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd been asking why she 'd taken a clerical job when she 'd had an art training and she said it was all she could get at first but after a while she 'd managed to wangle this daytime class . ’ |
| 26 | At this point I would like to stress that the tank was overstocked but the number of water changes I made helped avoid any problems . |
| 27 | 90% of the 300 MPs lobbied promised to take positive action including asking Parliamentary Questions , writing to Sir George Young , the Housing Minister and visiting local housing projects within their constituencies . |
| 28 | The work needed included replacing rotten window sills , removing dangerous floorboards and cleaning the bathroom and carpets . |
| 29 | The Girls slept in cubicles with others , which seemed strange at first but the fun they generated helped to overcome any homesickness . |
| 30 | It seemed unlikely that anyone so competent as Dora would make such an elementary mistake , but under that fierce gaze Melissa felt bound to make some suggestion , however implausible . |