Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assumed she subscribed to that of her kin . |
| 2 | As her father had so often complained , to engage with this task was to enter a labyrinth , and it seemed that whichever way she turned she came to this impasse . |
| 3 | But if you hammered you had to careful to miss the joints : the felloes were dowelled together and if you hit one of the joints the wrong way , the dowel was certain to break . |
| 4 | She was a fine person and he knew they related to each other , shared the same sense of humour . |
| 5 | The only faces that greeted them belonged to sundry dead abbots glaring down from dusky oil paintings . |
| 6 | has she been any better this woman cos she was always on about her , and she said no , she said I went to higher authorities about it , is that it ? |
| 7 | But I 've got a message , will you tell my brother , no , do n't tell my brother th sa they said she said to one of the nurses and they said , your brother ? |
| 8 | Pat said they went to late-night movies , and then on to parties . |
| 9 | Said they had to two |
| 10 | Clinton said he talked to other world leaders including John Major , Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , and South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela . |
| 11 | Charles adopted a cutting tone which he considered he used to great effect in the final stages of an argument . |