Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would never ask her why she was pulling faces , in case it encouraged her to pull worse ones . |
| 2 | They were helped by their post-war cost advantages — rapid reconstruction at home meant they had newer facilities than many of their competitors — but they were also pre-disposed towards exporting by the Allies ' confiscation of their pre-war overseas assets . |
| 3 | He said she wrote better letters than any woman he knew — ‘ only it is a different letter each time you read it . ’ |
| 4 | The daughter fidgeted through her long wild monologues and wished she wore prettier clothes . |
| 5 | I said he 'd better things to do than roam about up there . ’ |
| 6 | This will amuse you , he said he liked older women . ’ |
| 7 | She omitted to mention that , when they last made representations to the bookseller , Mr Pascall , he had said that he stocked the books he could sell ; and if the ladies wanted him to sell better books they should take to buying them and reading them , instead of watching television all day . |