Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart was beating in my throat making it hard to swallow , my nose was running , my hands were cold and I could n't get enough oxygen , which made me yawn every few seconds . |
| 2 | ‘ From what I heard you say a few minutes ago , you 're not feeling quite so grateful for the job now . ’ |
| 3 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 4 | I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon . |
| 5 | I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him . |
| 6 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |
| 7 | Why did I choose the same piece , The Education of Children ? |
| 8 | As my old friend , the Communist priest , performed the last rites , did I see a half smile on those weatherbeaten features ? |
| 9 | Did you do the same on this record ? |
| 10 | Did you have a few unsolved crimes that needed tying up ? ’ |
| 11 | things are looking clearer now than they did you know a few weeks ago . |
| 12 | And never again did she make the same mistake . |
| 13 | Culley and Jackson did n't know one another , did they know the same thing . |
| 14 | Did they get the same services ? |
| 15 | He was exact in his choice ; not only did they have the same slender shape and were equal in height , but they were malleable too . |
| 16 | or did it mean a few more ‘ Hail Marys ’ |
| 17 | Did it do no more than keep a subsistence economy running ? |
| 18 | It was apparent to Miss Wharton , on that first day , that he had never been inside a church before , but neither then nor on any subsequent visit did he evince the least curiosity about its purpose . |
| 19 | If Monet always ‘ made something new ’ , why did he repeat the same effects or subjects so many times ? |
| 20 | ‘ And did he use the same formula in his intimate relationships ? ’ |