Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his side the King promised I would receive food and drink , enough for 1,724 Lilliputians . |
| 2 | While I was on bail and Stephen was still with foster parents , they promised I could have Stephen for Christmas . |
| 3 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 4 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 5 | And pretended she could hear gulls mewing and the squeak of sand under the balls of her feet and the rhythm of wings . |
| 6 | ‘ After Dad died she promised we would visit Italy together , but somehow we never did . |
| 7 | So we still promised we 'd see nanny and we have n't , and we still promised to go to aunty 's and we have n't . |
| 8 | Oliver said , ‘ We 're going to play sardines , you promised we could play sardines … ’ |
| 9 | When I got rid of fear I found we could make friends . |
| 10 | Experts say chicanes do work but wrongly designed they can speed traffic up . |
| 11 | During the inquiry , Lord Romsey promised he would spend £9m on urgent restoration work on his estate , but that the income from visitors to Broadlands was insufficient to carry out the renovations . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , this Satanist promised he could make things fly . |
| 13 | Gerry promised he 'd take care , promised to come back to me , but … ’ |
| 14 | They also maintained it would harm pub businesses and severely dent the services offered to tourists . |
| 15 | Hitch maintained he could stop buses with his head ( and frequently did ) . |
| 16 | I always assumed I 'd leave school and get a ‘ proper ’ job , then get married , have kids and look after my family in a modest little house . |
| 17 | A counsellor commented : ‘ They always assumed I 'd do disability counselling ; they were hanging a label round my neck . ’ |
| 18 | But he was the first grown-up person who assumed I could discuss ideas . |
| 19 | If she drove she 'd save money that way . |
| 20 | From the sudden change in Rune Christensen 's demeanour it seemed she might have cause to be optimistic . |
| 21 | Was she insane , that she imagined she could force people to bend to her will in this arbitrary fashion ? |
| 22 | Goram said : ‘ Not many people in England believed we could beat Leeds and I do n't suppose there are many Frenchmen who think we can beat Marseille either . |
| 23 | ‘ Like most married couples , ’ says Matthew , ‘ we imagined we 'd have children . |
| 24 | They believed they could win votes in Sunderland just as surely as in Mid-Sussex . |
| 25 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 26 | Banks made provisions of up to around 70% against total third-world loans , and assumed they would get tax relief as if they had actually lost money . |
| 27 | Serota , who danced with the Royal Ballet ( as Angela Beveridge ) , persuaded Bruce to apply for the position of artistic director because she believed he could restore Rambert to the forefront of British dance . |
| 28 | ‘ His victims genuinely believed he could obtain goods at cheaper prices than they got from their usual outlets . |
| 29 | Theo the go-between was soon urgently warning Vincent that his parents believed he should have treatment and were in touch with the lunatic asylum at Geel near Antwerp . |
| 30 | One retail analyst said he believed it would make customers more likely to spend on food and gifts . |