Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The memory will always be with me of those lads ' faces , even though at the time I was only twenty years old myself , to see them sat on the floor of the aircraft , and some of the trying to negotiate the main spar , and the cheers and tears when we came over the white cliffs of England . |
| 2 | At this Mr Healey was jolly pleased to see me trapped in the Thickets of Quotation , and , again merrily , said , ‘ Plato ? |
| 3 | The bomb-bay of a Mosquito was too small to accommodate so large a bomb , and they had to carry them slung underneath the fuselage with the bomb doors open . |
| 4 | The first efforts to drain them began in the 1880s , but the main push came after a hurricane in 1947 drove floodwaters over Lake Okeechobee 's southern edge , drowning more than 2,000 people . |
| 5 | Houses to accommodate them rose as a compact group south of the churchyard , and the church itself was soon ambitiously transformed to provide the setting for an elaborate cycle of daily worship . |
| 6 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 7 | These are ancient divisions of the territory , recognized for centuries past as distinct pays , but you are unlikely to find them entered on a modern map , so I should apologize for introducing what will seem like obsolete names . |
| 8 | Beyond a certain stage it becomes pointless to indicate what went into the landscape of ‘ The Hollow Men ’ . |
| 9 | Last Saturday night Channel four show showed Sex , lies and videotape well , we got the lies and the video tape , I 'd like to know what happened to the sex . |
| 10 | My reply to these people , if they asked me what happened at the branch meeting I say , do you want to know what happened in the branch meeting ? |
| 11 | It is hardly difficult to guess what happened at the Downes 's residence immediately after the death of Kemp . |
| 12 | The comment was made with the intention of changing the subject and , thanks to the Dane 's interest in his commercial success , her ploy worked , for he nodded and proceeded to recite what sounded like a full two pages from his order book . |
| 13 | She did n't have to worry what happened from the waist down as this would be hidden by the table holding her notes . |
| 14 | In fact , the whole place defied you to find anything installed after the fall of Mussolini . |
| 15 | More timid children who are just watching can be encouraged to remember who went into the tunnel first and watch for them coming out again . |
| 16 | As her door began to open she grabbed for the telephone , then dropped the receiver as Luke appeared . |
| 17 | But skipper was then obliged to sail to a mark to fulfil a penalty imposed by the race officials for taking on a new sail in Hobart to replace one lost during the second leg . |
| 18 | Keegan knew his side would face Barnsley 's stifling three-man central-defensive formation , yet the attempts to counter it bordered on the banal . |
| 19 | I think , I think it 's important to remember what said about the body . |
| 20 | She insisted on knowing who her intruder was , and so she would wait down by the car to see who emerged from the building . |
| 21 | Cleo stood on tiptoe , trying to see who hid behind the door . |
| 22 | It is now common practice to use a series of different strength weak links , and to select one suited to the strength and weight of the glider . |
| 23 | I have enjoyed playing this miniature ever since finding the reproduction of it on page 248 of Eric Walter White 's Stravinsky catalogue ( 2nd edition , London , 1979 ) , but it is delightful to hear it played by a pianist of Béroff 's stature . |
| 24 | The Public Prosecutor pointed Zen out with one finger , and as everyone turned to look he slipped through the suddenly passive ranks to the safety of his office , closing the door firmly behind him . |
| 25 | Our main concern is to identify what happened in the premises . ’ |
| 26 | It was n't dense enough , however , to obscure what lay on the bottom . |
| 27 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 28 | GRIDIRON : London Monarchs yesterday drew 17–17 with Birmingham Fire to leave them anchored at the bottom of the European Division of the World League . |
| 29 | At this stage , one member of staff understood to record everything said on a flipchart , so that everyone could check its accuracy . |
| 30 | Later , when the boys had gone below deck to sleep we sat in the bow and trailed our hands in the warm water . |