Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman , however , recollects that at first Minton did not take it very seriously ; but one evening , when the two men had arranged to meet in a pub before going to the opera , Norman arrived late , having spent the afternoon with Henrietta , and realised on seeing Minton that he had begun to feel left out . |
| 2 | Karim Khalil , prosecuting , said the girl met Ellis while she was living in the home . |
| 3 | There are no real limits , other than disk storage , to the number of sizes and styles you could produce using Fontware but it can be very frustrating to find that the size you want is n't there and have to go back to the font compiler to produce it . |
| 4 | Bill Clinton had gone for his inaugurations now President of the United States so John high U K John and he met Colin and we had about two sort of erm semi heads of state battling in the what went on . |
| 5 | But it says this could lead to ‘ presentational difficulties ’ given ministerial assurances that the ‘ actively seeking work ’ condition would not affect ET because it was voluntary . |
| 6 | Joshua , in order to be friendly , asked Harvey if he had heard of Clemenceau 's remark about Lloyd George , made at the Paris Peace Conference after the Kaiser 's War ? |
| 7 | Ralph Pike asked Harvey if he could smoke . |
| 8 | The carelessness of the creators ( for not noticing the mess their employees were making ) and of the people who looked after the food meant animals , plants and insects were accidentally given Herakleophorbia so they grew . |
| 9 | By now I think mum and dad had gone home but they 'd rang Ian and he 'd come straight to the hospital and sat with me . |
| 10 | Dunlop appeared to be catching Moodie and he had already put in that record lap of 115.62mph on lap three , but Moodie always had matters well in hand . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ Bailey answered then held up his hand to silence Sabrina before she could speak again . |
| 12 | A concern with theological questions has sometimes prompted new lines of scientific inquiry , as when Richard Bentley ( 1662–1742 ) , wishing to use the latest science to defend his Christian theism , asked Newton whether he thought it possible that the frame of the world could have been produced , from a uniform distribution of matter , by mechanical principles alone . |
| 13 | ‘ I asked Nutty and she was very evasive . |
| 14 | As he passed across a cup of coffee , he asked Jim if it was ‘ going all right ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I first met Geraldine when I was 11 . |
| 16 | Midge , who had cancelled none of her engagements , asked Patrick if he would accompany her in Stevie 's place . |
| 17 | Although the therapist was probably correct in initially providing a chance for Pamela to express her worries to someone outside the family , she should have progressed as soon as possible to helping Pamela and her parents tackle together the problems surrounding their communication and lack of mutual trust . |
| 18 | In passing , Boswell asked McQueen whether he felt content as a clergyman on Skye , and the reverend man answered — or so Boswell interprets — that much of his satisfaction with his lot derived from his Skye ancestry . |
| 19 | A customer asked Sarah if her brother had been near Guernica in Spain when bombs were dropped on it from aeroplanes . |
| 20 | Terry admired it and asked Sarah if she had another copy , and she said casually , ‘ Yes . |
| 21 | She clung to Joe when he came home , and he spent most of his leave with her , though he went with Anne one day to see Sarah and her family , and told Sarah that Terry had her photograph pinned up above his bed . |
| 22 | In January Joe came home on embarkation leave and was more free to see Sarah because his father was so engrossed in the baby . |
| 23 | ‘ What you mean , ’ said Camille , after a moment 's thought , ‘ is , everyone drinks Coca-Cola and we 'll have world peace . ’ |
| 24 | I took , wait till I tell you come here , I I was gon na make Kelly and me sandwiches but I had n't enough for Dee and his girl and er I was n't gon na make tea for , for |
| 25 | I asked Gary and he said he 'd packed it in ages ago , and so did young Bean . |
| 26 | ‘ I never met Barney but I caught sight of the other one once , scuttling across the yard like a nervous rabbit . |
| 27 | I asked Clem if there had been any other jingle sessions where he 'd had to recreate an original . |
| 28 | I asked Frankie when I had pushed through to him . |
| 29 | No , oh , er , you 'll be seeing Jeff when you 're married |
| 30 | ‘ Are you a Catholic ? ’ he asked Donna as she brought out the drinks . |