Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually film production became their main preoccupation , but only Cecil Hepworth became sufficiently involved to continue after the industry had hit its first crisis . |
| 2 | She was n't sure just how she felt , but she retained enough control to know that she could n't give in to shock in front of fitzAlan . |
| 3 | He tried not to look impressed as he slid gingerly across the cream leather of the front seat . |
| 4 | Controlled experimental hypoglycaemia induced by a clamp technique similar to that which we used clearly showed delayed and diminished hormonal and symptomatic responses to hypoglycaemia in diabetic patients receiving intensified insulin therapy — a situation in which loss of awareness of hypoglycaemia and increased risk of severe hypoglycaemia is well described . |
| 5 | The Shakers believed rooms should be tidy so they designed finely crafted fitted and storage furniture , all available from this shop . |
| 6 | Steve looked at it , he said I think you 'd better go to shop and buy yoursen a new one . |
| 7 | And you 'd better get moving if you 're going to meet the deadline . |
| 8 | My father sent me the cheque , needless to say , so David and I thought we 'd better get married because that was the reason he sent the cheque . |
| 9 | ‘ I figured I 'd better get started before I ended up like Brahms or something , ’ he deadpans in a voice that betrays his Welsh origins ( he was born in 1942 in Garnant ) rather than the last 25 years living in New York . |
| 10 | He 'd only agreed to go because Lily told him it was a musical and had walked out the moment Bernadette started sinking to her knees in the fields . |
| 11 | ‘ Did n't you say I 'd only got to come an' see yer if the geezer got awkward ? ’ |
| 12 | And as I say , if it was done in a very civilized way by people who 'd perhaps learnt to smile or somehow turn this , what must be a minor offence , into a minor occasion , erm I think it , it might actually ease relationships . |
| 13 | Bashed your dad 's side , the wing and we could see a policeman putting , it was pouring with rain and he was putting his er , big mac on and he should of been directing the traffic , he told us that , he come over to us and he was only young like and he said , oh I 'd just left , I was on duty here I 'd just left to go and put my mac on ! |
| 14 | Something for the weekend , sir , she said , stopping him just as he was about to leave with another young man — you see she 'd noticed that they had n't talked before going off together , they 'd just started kissing and were going to drag each other home without discussing anything , and they were young , really young , eighteen . |
| 15 | He 'd already seemed to sense that she was steering him somewhere . |
| 16 | It was what I 'd always wanted to happen but thought never would . |
| 17 | She wore an outfit she 'd always wanted to try but felt she was too plump to risk — a scarlet bustier and a black net skirt . |
| 18 | It was her dad 's favourite piece that he 'd always refused to sell and which had had pride of place on top of the mantelpiece in the parlour . |
| 19 | Tom , when he woke later had insisted that they should absorb some culture , had chivvied them both into his car and driven them first to the Villa Lante . |
| 20 | By that time I 'd really stopped noticing whether people are male or female and just got on with the physics . |
| 21 | It was felt that , although widespread commitment to languages was apparent through the extensive resourcing in all companies surveyed , staff interviewed frequently felt undervalued and under threat from central management . |
| 22 | I came here sweating thinking that I might have to do some work |
| 23 | He 'd almost decided to quit because the recording equipment could n't handle the volume that Eric was playing at . |
| 24 | He seemed completely to have forgotten that Charles had ever played the part . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I 'd never done weights before I came to Chelsea , and my wife gives me better things to eat than bananas . |
| 26 | Asked about apparent defections from his cause , he claimed never to have said that he was counting on anybody . |
| 27 | Eliot 's words : ‘ no longer at home in the old dispensation ’ , they returned home having found and having been found . |
| 28 | Now the young woman , as tidy and trim in her dark uniform as Alice in hers jeans and bomber jacket came slowly towards her , an annoyed , decided little face showing that words were being chosen to put Alice in her place . |
| 29 | He was that pathetic and undernourished I kept on having to stop and let him catch me up . |
| 30 | He went on pretending to read and then he suddenly looked up and stared at her , examining her . |