Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm we have n't got anybody here with a beard so we ca n't demonstrate and anyway it would be a dangerous experiment if we did , but supposing you tried to strangle me and I 've got a big beard you know , a kind of Karl Marx style beard well a big beard , er you get your hands round my neck and what can I do ? |
| 2 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 3 | I tried to improve it and I remember him screaming at me in the street after the first-night party in London . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The Phalangists tried to attack us but we beat them back . |
| 5 | I forgot to ask you whether you use a sewing machine in your work ? |
| 6 | This is what they wanted and I undertook to do it and I tell you , all me life I 've been able to and have done that . |
| 7 | ‘ I called to tell you that we find it necessary to remain on your grounds for a day or two . |
| 8 | ‘ I called to tell you that you have to pay Toby Sutch , and fast . ’ |
| 9 | He chose to support them as they have helped two members of his family recover from heart disease in recent years . |
| 10 | No , no I , I do n't know how but there was two cars that was , that was er behind me and I managed to avoid them but I do n't know how . |
| 11 | Erm , some of you chose to do it because you like reading , you like reading books , and you thought , it would be a chance to get an A Level doing something that you enjoy doing . |
| 12 | Meant to tell you about Margaret the other day and it 's just dawned on me , I meant to tell you before I forget . |
| 13 | Just just a And you 'd to set them right We had to set them that they 've stayed like that . |
| 14 | So you had to draw it as they describe it . |
| 15 | I mean I , I mean I du n no I mean I just , I just ha , I just had to tell you because I mean it really is pissing me off the way fucking Catherine treats me , she was alright before like and when I 'm on my own , no |
| 16 | ‘ Some people wanted to kill it but I do n't think that 's a good idea , ’ said Grimma . |
| 17 | But I wanted to do them because they give very good training and will let me work all over the world . |
| 18 | ‘ I merely wanted to tell you that you 've scared the hell out of everyone at Saracen — except me . |