Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That bit made me think even then . |
| 2 | In neither case did they mean they had personally been involved . |
| 3 | Deacon had taken over the head of the formation as the leader 's R/T was not working , and calling a warning to the other pilots , he swung into the attack on one Messerschmitt from the quarter position , breaking away to attack a second similarly , though in neither case did he observe any results . |
| 4 | When I got down to the park , the combination of the cold and my long sleep that afternoon made me feel too restless to contemplate actually going to sleep again , so I just sat there on one of the benches , thinking . |
| 5 | Would you believe that the sight of her in that condition made me feel differently about her ? |
| 6 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 7 | This question made me realise that there must be lots of new knitters out there with electronic of Duomatic 80 machines who do not know this technique . |
| 8 | The reputation for energy and honesty which Truman gained from this work helped him win the nomination for the vice-presidency in the 1944 election , after more prominent candidates had cancelled each other out . |
| 9 | Why when he had lavished so much care and time , not to mention a medium-sized fortune on this aeroplane did it let him down so utterly ? |
| 10 | Another director made it sound like a Faustian pact with the devil : ‘ You have to be careful not to lose your soul ’ , he whispered . |
| 11 | Only once in this period did he sleep with someone of his age , and on this occasion he chose someone who looked almost exactly like himself . |
| 12 | ‘ My conversation with him this evening made me realise that he can be quite devious , and also that he has a rather cruel sense of humour . |
| 13 | As Branch Manager Ian Davies said ‘ the excitement must have been terrific because only at this point did anyone realise that Stella could n't swim and it was only Freddy and the wet suit that were keeping her afloat ! ’ |
| 14 | This contact made him study the issue of conformity to the established church . |
| 15 | ‘ When you arrived this morning did you see Miss Garland at once ? ’ |
| 16 | Quietly he unwrapped the covering paper , then paused , as some instinct made him check again . |
| 17 | Oh Sarah should have her roof on by this week did you hear what I said ? |
| 18 | Not till you came to this barrier did you realise that you were in a cage , reinforced to contain humans . |
| 19 | He really wants the mud to show his best , but I have to say that this ground helped him get the trip . ’ |
| 20 | This sight made me realise that the herbicides not only caused the trees to lose their leaves , as I had heard , but also sometimes killed the entire tree . |
| 21 | This incident made me realise that our careful descriptions of the relationship between dialect and Standard English might be misread , and so in the final Report I insisted that we should reiterate many times that all pupils should learn , and if necessary be explicitly taught , Standard English . |
| 22 | This secrecy made me feel cold and lonely . |
| 23 | You see this thing did you buy this separately or did it come in the Walkman ? |
| 24 | This memory made him look more often at Tess than the other dairymaids . |
| 25 | This last point is certainly not irrelevant , since the commemorative scroll sent to me from the Palace names Leslie as of the Parachute Regiment ; and under this unit did he appear for the last time in the Army List . |
| 26 | They 're gon na do another series did you read it ? |
| 27 | it appeared to me little short of a miracle that a hard , matter-of-fact scientist should have been able to establish a real friendship with wild , freeliving animals , and the realisation of this fact made me feel … as though man 's expulsion from the Garden of Eden had thereby lost some of its bitterness . |
| 28 | How much money did she make in the end on er garage thing ? |
| 29 | how much money did you leave , leave to it ? |
| 30 | How much money did you have in your bag ? ’ |