Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's where you met Colin and told him I was having a new car . |
| 2 | BHC engineers came up with a floppier , tapered skirt that allowed them to reduce the pressure of the air cushion . |
| 3 | After a while he made tea and brought it back to bed and they talked in a way she never could have with Mike , or anyone she knew , about Garstang 's book on the songs of birds and about Haydn 's Bird Quartet and Wagner 's bird music in Siegfried . |
| 4 | He changed course and reached it , just as a hand came into view , with the top of somebody 's headgear lying inside . |
| 5 | His atheist views , his contradictory and somewhat unscientific analyses , his dismissive attitude towards women , and his convinced hereditarianism created notoriety and left him isolated . |
| 6 | He approached Vickers and convinced them of his worth as pilot for their Atlantic crossing attempt . |
| 7 | The PCAS has accused UCCA of poaching after the universities ' system approached polytechnics and told them it would delay the deadline for its 1993 handbook by two weeks to allow them to join . |
| 8 | St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push . |
| 9 | Baron Ferdinand de Rothchild built Waddesdon and furnished it exclusively in 17th and 18th century French style . |
| 10 | He was a man of profound education , but having acquired it himself he treasured words and used them with unique skill and often with a strange individuality . |
| 11 | if we 're serious about that we need I think to review that very regularly , because I moved offices and discovered I was still a fire officer for a part of the office I was n't even part of , |
| 12 | Furthermore , the Sharmas had contacted Mr Frank Mitchell of the Yorkshire Collie Rescue who phoned Brenda and told her that if the dogs were not returned to the Sharmas she would be banned from showing her dogs at London Collie Club shows . |
| 13 | He found Tallis and lifted her . |
| 14 | Rogers found Killion and congratulated him on his work . |
| 15 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 16 | ‘ Is there a chance Ed phoned Sandy and told her something important — something so important someone thought it was dangerous that she went on living ? ’ |
| 17 | Meanwhile in August 1982 , Clark visited Allison and gave him a copy of his paper for Infection and Immunity . |
| 18 | Then he changed tack and asked us if we had any problems with his friends . |
| 19 | Phoned Moira and told her I wanted it out as soon as possible ; if she would n't have it I would find someone who would . |
| 20 | So she , she phoned Wendy and said you know , this is ridiculous . |
| 21 | She phoned Kate and told her about the funeral and the goat clinic and Kate laughed and said , poor old thing . |
| 22 | Walton created Wal-Mart and developed it into the nation 's largest stores chain with annual sales of $44 billion , but always maintained a down-to-earth approach . |
| 23 | The lad caught Drifter and brought him to join us . |
| 24 | We expect that our median time to this decision will be less than eight weeks , and we have , in exceptional circumstances , peer reviewed papers and published them within a fortnight of submission . |
| 25 | I phoned Annie and asked her to cancel both performances today , and those on Monday and Tuesday . |
| 26 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
| 27 | After dinner he played patience and made it clear that ‘ he had had enough of coal for the day ’ . |
| 28 | All of them were big men who had drawn lots for the honour of the occasion , and carefully they lifted Artai and carried him up the short flight of steps to the summit of the plinth . |
| 29 | There was in Tolkien 's later life , he notes , ‘ a perpetual discontinuity , a breaking of threads which delayed achievement and frustrated him more and more ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ He was about 25 miles offshore when he approached the fishing boat and the crew was so alarmed at his ignorance they radioed coastguards and brought him back to Falmouth , ’ Mr Taylor said . |