Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | The manager of the Hotel España was very kind and thoughtful : he would have to let my apartment while I was away , should anyone want it , but promised to let me have it back when I returned after the funeral . |
2 | As he gripped me and tried to make me touch him , I remember screaming inside , ‘ Why do n't you stop ? |
3 | The sod would probably breathalyze me after he 'd made me drive him home . |
4 | I thought I 'd seen something like it before but the woman came over and I had to move away before I could look at it more closely . |
5 | I think Sam accidentally kicked Hannah , or kicked Hannah I do n't know I was n't there , but he came flying down , really got to curb that child he said , I said I beg your pardon , he said you 've got to curb that child kicking Hannah , I said if I 'd seen him kick her , he said that well I 'm not sure that he actually kicked her it might have been an accident |
6 | He never seemed to let it trouble him . |
7 | But she turned to let me undo it and I got impatient with the damn thing . |
8 | When I offered to let him finish it he laughed . |
9 | " I meant did they bother you , " Mrs. Favor said . |
10 | So I thought do you think she 'd like a flower as well ? |
11 | She probably managed to make him pay her a little more before she agreed to do what he wanted — and altogether earned for herself in one evening more than she does in several days of being a parlourmaid . |
12 | ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’ |
13 | did did do you think you you were able to form a judgement of people on the basis of your experience ? |
14 | Yeah but I did still did see I do I wan na do a blue |
15 | And he cried do you think she would need a worm and he held up a worm , but he came and put this poisoned worm in the mole , you know that 's what they did , they had er mole er worms that had doped with poison , you see and then they dropped them in the hole and that was the end of the mole . |
16 | So did did they think they were doing themselves a disservice then when they , maybe when they amalgamated , or when they became part of the boilermakers , or when the boilermakers started taking in various trades to approach the employers as a as a a black squad unit for wage rises and conditions and so on , or did they they Would they have preferred to have done it themselves do you think ? |
17 | and did did they speak it to you when you were children ? |
18 | Did did they say they 'd come today yeah ? |
19 | Did did they know you 'd gone home ? |
20 | Sorry did did I say it wrong ? |
21 | So did you t did you like it in Ireland , I mean , did did you like it when you lived in the Republic of Ireland or did Did you like living there ? |
22 | Did did you see it a couple of weeks ago where |
23 | Did did you find it d er difficult t t to believe when you were told ? |
24 | ‘ Forget it — I 'm not talking to you in your suite ! ’ she snapped , chagrined by the way she had let him lead her . |
25 | What was unforgivable was that he had systematically lied to me — and I had let him do it . |
26 | But instead , she had let him drive her back to the flat ; had stood by in mute acquiescence while he 'd ransacked her drawers and cupboards and packed her a bag . |
27 | The bloke was a fucking nutter and she had let him tie her up ! |
28 | She had let him have it to comfort him because he minded leaving home and their mother more than she did . |
29 | She had seen one like it before — well , almost like it . |
30 | Tallis had seen nothing like them in all her life , their hides so thick , their fur patterned in blacks and browns and whites , infested with parasites . |