Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 2 | But although they both tried to smile still , neither of them failed to notice the past tense she had used for the word ‘ love ’ . |
| 3 | The three of them moved thought the ship at a speed that I can hardly describe . |
| 4 | In the summer of 1557 , some of them tried to break the stalemate . |
| 5 | One of them tried to jump the ditch and landed on Canny , breaking his neck ( Lincoln Journal , Nebraska 28 December 1987 ) . |
| 6 | It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again . |
| 7 | Everyone pretended to ignore the reaction of the surveyors to the fact that the senior administrative member of Rostov 's staff was a member of a race which could be expected to have little respect for the Imperial establishment . |
| 8 | I asked to pass the time until the tea cooled . |
| 9 | I applied to join the Royal Air Force and ended up in the Pay Corps , stationed initially at Devizes for three months ' square-bashing . |
| 10 | After downloading the umpteenth version of one program , loading and reloading assembling and EEPROMming software , I chanced to query the need for using the EEPROM programmer . |
| 11 | I lived to tell the tale , but my aeroplane , G-FLIX , Flyer 's own , did n't . |
| 12 | ‘ You timed it rather well , although perhaps you were in too much of a hurry to get away , because I lived to tell the tale . ’ |
| 13 | She had let the lines go when the first brutal snap had straightened the nylon , and stood glancing back at me and staring up into the sky as I fought to control the power in the skies above us . |
| 14 | ‘ Although I ceased to need the physical link some years ago , I still have the ability to use it . ’ |
| 15 | The three judges I met included the first woman judge to be appointed in Geurrero State . |
| 16 | I sought to extend the body 's education , |
| 17 | ‘ The reason I agreed to do the film was because of the script and the potential that I thought was there . |
| 18 | ‘ I agreed to do the job for five years but I feel that it is taking up too much of my time , ’ he declared . |
| 19 | For the moment my boat was staying on Straker 's Cay , and she would only pass into the senator 's care if I agreed to extend the trial two weeks , cruise-cure into a full summer 's excursion . |
| 20 | I agreed to take the girls there , and for a month I wrote down French words in a little pocket book , to help me on the journey . |
| 21 | I indicated to the Bishop when I agreed to take the canonry that he did n't possess the personal qualities I require in my subordinates . |
| 22 | Dunlop said : ‘ I agreed to alter the gear box for Darren so it would be more suitable for Donington but I was riding in every race after the 125 and I physically just had n't the time to attend to it immediately . |
| 23 | I failed to see the connection . |
| 24 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
| 25 | My confidence suffered so much that I failed to reach the 50-wicket mark in three successive County Championship campaigns with Middlesex . |
| 26 | This fascinated me so much I failed to notice the Mamba slip out of the gate beneath me . |
| 27 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 28 | But I failed to make the connection . |
| 29 | I felt such a strong love for them that I planned to spend the rest of my life among them , and to try to become more like them . |
| 30 | Oh my god , well they 've estimated mine , it 's fifty five pounds eighty , I checked to see the numbers on it and it 's a hundred eight |