Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel assured me that it would be more efficient than the wheel and produce considerably more electricity , and I had to be content with that . |
| 2 | The ceiling was so low that Frank could never stand up straight and even the shorties like Brian , Terry and I had to be careful not to bang our heads when we were exercising . |
| 3 | As I left the room I seemed to be in a school and I saw many children in the hall and I seemed to be late for a class . |
| 4 | I could not make her understand it was herself , and I began to be afraid that her illness was real . |
| 5 | And I began to be conscious of my unnatural state , and cry in the night sometimes for no real reason except that I wanted a man beside me — any man at all , I sometimes thought , and the little voice which had been so snooty before , now held its peace on the subject . |
| 6 | But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it . |
| 7 | Although our debate today will continue until 2 am , there is a long list of hon. Members who wish to speak and I promised to be brief . |
| 8 | And I , er and I pretended to be incapable and I , and said I would like someone to go and help me do shopping , home health service would have , come along . |
| 9 | A new set of feelings about the baby had begun to emerge since I had nearly lost it , and I wanted to be sure that they were going to take root before I risked dispersing them with talk . |
| 10 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 11 | ‘ There was a night a few weeks past , when I was ill , when my spirit left my body and I wanted to be free for ever . |
| 12 | I 've had enough of it and I wanted to be alone . |
| 13 | I had to say it , and I decided to be selfish . |
| 14 | Lectures and concerts were to be given , for which topics of current interest should be very carefully chosen , and which had to be free for all comers . |
| 15 | and you had to be nice to everybody do n't you ? |
| 16 | And you had to be ready . |
| 17 | And you had to be Jewish . |
| 18 | And you had to be quick you see , because the birds sometimes used to come and stop over . |
| 19 | And you had to be careful and you had to keep your hands clean . |
| 20 | The exiled oppressor of her people had to die , and she had to be sure of it . |
| 21 | After all , Luke was still something of an unknown quantity , and she had to be sure of her ground when the right moment came , otherwise he would annihilate her . |
| 22 | She would only have one shot , and she had to be ready to make it count . |
| 23 | We 'll have to get the formalities over with first , ’ he said , and she had to be satisfied with that . |
| 24 | For they were melting as she stood there , and she seemed to be liquid inside too , her limbs strangely turning to water . |
| 25 | I mean no one noticed anything unusual about her and she seemed to be full of plans for the wedding . ’ |
| 26 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 27 | It was early afternoon and she wanted to be sure of getting to Panshanger before Wyatt returned . |
| 28 | She would see– him occasionally for the rest of her life , and she wanted to be able to chat to him , invite him for more games of chess , more visits to historic gardens . |
| 29 | Sheila , a year younger still , was too self-centred and bright ever to challenge authority on poor ground and she pretended to be sick in order to escape the tension of the day . |
| 30 | If Dorothy gave a party , and it was only a small party , it was an effort , and she appeared to be tired of it all , to have forgotten how , in the sixties and early seventies , parties just happened . |