Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd offered to lend him the money to have the bike fixed , and when he accepted she said , ‘ I 've broken something precious , have n't I ? ’ and knelt in the street among the bits of glass , looking up at him as if she understood it was more than a lamp she had smashed . |
| 2 | We er You always made friends with people , could talk to people and if they want to miserable they can be miserable , you 'd got to tell them a tale , whether you know it or not . |
| 3 | It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift . |
| 4 | If she 'd hoped to unnerve her the way she did Letty then she was wrong . |
| 5 | And with Forest still at the bottom of the Premier League , Clough insisted : ‘ If I 'd waited to offer him the contract after Saturday he may have blown it . |
| 6 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 7 | Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , its plain white mount carrying its title offended the judge , but he still felt compelled to award it a Merit Certificate . |
| 9 | He was presented with a video recorder by his colleagues and friends who had gathered to wish him the very best on his retirement . |
| 10 | Her seven veils were much in demand ; one had fallen into the hands of the Party 's Wessex Area Treasurer who had undertaken to make it a prize in the Christmas draw . |
| 11 | I think events proved that she had come to know me a little better , and talked to me , and tried to find out what I was planning and what I was doing , and how David 's career was going , and co-operated with me to assist David , I think he would have had a much happier period ahead of him . ’ |
| 12 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 13 | But Estabrook had grown to trust him a little , even so . |
| 14 | The two sides eventually reached agreement but not before at least one priest had threatened to make it an election issue . |
| 15 | So this being his last free Wednesday for a while , he had decided to give himself a treat . |
| 16 | His well-being is of even higher importance to Scotland now that Peter Dods , such an admirable understudy with 23 caps , had decided to call it a day . |
| 17 | They had decided to call it a day , that was all . |
| 18 | The defendants wrote to him and told him that they had decided to pay him a pension of £200 a year and that he was at liberty to enter into any other employment or enter any business , ‘ except in the wool trade . ’ |
| 19 | It seemed the letter writer had decided to pay him a visit . |
| 20 | Days later , when I had decided to find myself a less cushy job , someone telephoned me and said , –You are ruining my life . ’ |
| 21 | Matthew , standing in for his friend , had promised to give him a full and complete report . |
| 22 | Before leaving home , he had promised to send me a dollar note . |
| 23 | Still , she had promised to send him a postcard and the wording of that would need careful consideration . |
| 24 | She had her first meeting this morning with a textiles importer called Colin Weatherhead , who had promised to show her a range of fabrics he was positive she was going to love . |
| 25 | Sophia thought this looked rather odd and had offered to lend her a string of cultured pearls , but the beads seemed to go with the piled up hair style and the long pointed-toed shoes that Penelope was wearing . |
| 26 | ‘ I had thought to ask you the same thing . |
| 27 | Shortly afterwards he left the licensed dealer which then tried unsuccessfully to get him sacked from the stockbroker he had persuaded to give him a job . |
| 28 | The water had helped to relax her a little , and the pale aquamarine hues of the bathroom had lent a soothing balm to her damaged spirits . |
| 29 | Of course he had got to know him a good deal better at Ecalpemos … |
| 30 | On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book , Matilda set out all by herself to walk to the public library in the village . |