Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We just asked them to leave and told them we would explain later . |
| 2 | Erm so on that one that 's , that 's you did n't use any slang , the belief in the way you asked I think that came out , I was trying to be a prospective client rather than be the trainer cos I could see that Mike was uncomfortable and I was trying to , well okay , how , how would I well I think yeah there was a belief that you had there , I think he was er reasonably attentive , Mike , to your response ? |
| 3 | Then the good Cid Campeador stroked his heard and said , Fear not , all this is for your good . |
| 4 | Firstly , having broken the rules of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland by attending Catholic mass , he found himself suspended and denied the sacraments . |
| 5 | As Walvin ( 1986:9 ) explains , ‘ The country which had developed and then exported the game found itself ostracised and reviled in the world 's footballing fraternity . ’ |
| 6 | The civil service found itself penetrated and politicized in the mid-1980s in a manner unknown since the days of Lloyd George . |
| 7 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 8 | The dark-haired vibrancer caught him staring and gave him a withering look . |
| 9 | The sergeant followed him in and found him smoking and put him on a discipline charge — idling his time . |
| 10 | Eventually she let him win and asked who told him . |
| 11 | Uproar then , and shouts of : ‘ The nigger 's got th'measure , short-arse … fist like a cannon ball … who 'll have twopence on him to win … ’ as the crowd heaved Garty to his feet , helped him round and sent him flying back towards Midnight . |
| 12 | Just as she thought he was going to kiss her he let her go and strode to the door . |
| 13 | He let her go and straightened up . |
| 14 | He let her go and beckoned her to follow him . |
| 15 | ‘ The devil ! ’ he uttered , and as her hands left its edge he let her go and seized the tray before it could fall . |
| 16 | He let her go and ran a long finger across her cheek . |
| 17 | As soon as she stopped struggling and stood motionless he let her go and bent to pick up the shoes she 'd dropped . |
| 18 | He let her go and smiled cruelly . |
| 19 | As it moved it creaked and crackled , an old tree moving over crisp leaves . |
| 20 | The ‘ sheriff ’ came out and said that Customs wanted us to fly to Darwin for clearance , but we begged for mercy and he let us stay and gave us a ride to a lodge in the police wagon . |
| 21 | One had failed to penetrate airport security at Budapest , got himself arrested and deported . |
| 22 | Jean-Claude announced himself rested and refreshed when we got back to Paris . |
| 23 | ‘ The warder came and told me to dress and led me to an officer of the court , ’ the small , self-effacing lawyer recalled in an interview on Saturday . |
| 24 | Anyway , one of them told me to stay and gave me a raffle ticket . |
| 25 | Orcadai gestured them to silence and paced the length of the room . |
| 26 | I , too , had seen what I believed I saw and heard ; what I wanted to hear . |
| 27 | When none came she turned and looked up at him . |
| 28 | So I told him to leave and took in lodgers to make money . |
| 29 | When he did , with a flustered Lady Agnes in tow , Corbett abruptly told him to leave and asked Agnes to sit on the crude bench opposite him . |
| 30 | And she laughed her laugh , that shocking laugh which turned heads and caused her to blush and put a hand over her naked mouth . |