Example sentences of "[vb past] to [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hated general sales tax also contributed to making him one of Canada 's most unpopular leaders ever . |
| 2 | The battledress was very good , I mean the army seemed to wore it all that time so er we had it for several years and we had to press that every day , thick material , very heavy . |
| 3 | that he injected Royan with a substance he knew would harm him , in the presence of the press , and failed to given him adequate medical attention . |
| 4 | Ultimately I took to wearing them all the time — only whipping them off when approached by a boy I vaguely fancied or at the doorway of the house of a friend of my mother 's , with a boy my mother fancied for me inside . |
| 5 | Ultimately I took to wearing them all the time , only whipping them off when approached by a boy I vaguely fancied , or at the door of a friend of my mother 's with a boy she fancied for me inside . |
| 6 | Many other women I spoke to told me that for protection from racial attacks it was essential to have Asian neighbours . |