Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says a man tried to abduct her in similar circumstances around the time of the murder . |
| 2 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 3 | Voluntary organisations took mainly ‘ first offenders ’ and tried to place them in domestic service . |
| 4 | At my weekend surgery three pensioners came to see me in considerable distress because of the difficulty that they faced in paying their water and electricity bills and other bills from private utilities following the large price increases . |
| 5 | We met at a luncheon party at the University Club in Montreal and came away together , since we seemed to have something in common and got along well . |
| 6 | At the same time , different peoples , sometimes referred to as barbarians , began to establish themselves in different parts of Europe and evolve their own culture , sometimes Christian , sometimes not , but the former was not necessarily more civilised than the latter . |
| 7 | It indicates the means whereby a form of Christianity which entirely circumvented the Pauline orthodoxy of Rome began to establish itself in Western Europe . |
| 8 | Gabriel took over John Coffin 's neglected cup and began to drink it in anxious little sips . |
| 9 | Without any preamble , except the customary offer of a cup of tea which I declined , the Inspector began to take me in painstaking detail through my account of my discovery of Froggy 's body . |
| 10 | Most of her guests brought flowers when they came , knowing how she liked them , and how she loved to arrange them in tall glass vases on the kitchen table while people gathered around her , chatting in a tight excited crowd . |
| 11 | and I , I went to see her in open evening , I could n't understand her , cos she you know , she real , I mean she is French |
| 12 | Britain managed to isolate itself in international fora — such as the 35 Nation Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UN ECE ) — by rejecting the scientific consensus that forest decline was linked to air pollution from industry , power stations and vehicles . |
| 13 | The lovely Polish mezzo Stefania Toczyska , who had three arias of her own , as well as joining Carreras in duets from Cavalleria Rusticana , Il Trovatore and Carmen , was also permitted a single encore before she quietly disappeared to leave him in sole charge . |
| 14 | His employers offered to pay him in full until the 12-month period expired and the High Court granted them an injunction , preventing Mr Henderson from leaving prematurely . |
| 15 | But that modern schools struggled to make themselves in various ways as academic as grammar schools did not entail any real equality between the two kinds of school . |
| 16 | Every morning , Mandru liked to indulge himself in religious spectacle , although the Ixmaritians all doubted whether this was inspired by faith and devotion . |
| 17 | The early industrialists were proud of their achievements and liked to have them in full view . |
| 18 | Yes , that is what I should do , if I wished to match you in devious cunning . |
| 19 | Despite his disappointment then , he continued to interest himself in Irish affairs . |
| 20 | The metal-winged VH-BAF joined the Airworld Collection in 1988 , who continued to maintain it in airworthy condition . |
| 21 | She wished to offer herself in complete love , without demanding in return any limit to his interest in other people . |
| 22 | One girl wanted to cover him in whipped cream and honey and then slowly lick off every bit . |
| 23 | Despite the time of year she intended to dress herself in mauve silk , a coat and skirt faced with regal purple and embellished with a cream lace jabot . |
| 24 | He also wanted to dress her in warm wraps , soft furs and the finest of leather boots . |
| 25 | He began to unlace her bodice , and her hands attempted to stop him in vain . |