Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sales plummetted and he was forced to quit . |
| 2 | If L grants a lease to T and then T assigns it to A , there is no privity of contract between L and A since there has been no direct transaction between them ; but there is privity of estate , for A has become L's tenant by acquiring the estate which L created and which is held of L as the immediate landlord . |
| 3 | It does give them the opportunity to provide the facilities , and on top of that on top of classification we now have grading , where every aspect of that hotel 's operation is examined and inspected and they are giving erm the classification as well as the grading , which could be highly commended or commended , and to give you some idea , out of the hotels in this region , you know , very , very few so far have reached the highly commended accolade , and those that do are well worth it , you know . |
| 4 | He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago . |
| 5 | A magistrate ordered this to be increased to 15 , but Crawford appealed and it was halved . |
| 6 | The ambulance came and I was filled with delicious brandy but was instantly sick when I got to Imtarfa Hospital . |
| 7 | Finally , my father came and I was discharged and taken home . |
| 8 | The next day came and I was running round the wing like a mad thing , up and down the stairs saying goodbye to everyone , and people were saying , ‘ The bastard , she 's got her parole . ’ |
| 9 | The police came and he was taken away . |
| 10 | The door slammed and he was gone . |
| 11 | No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents . |
| 12 | Fremantle 's motion was put to a vote and rejected and it was agreed to recommend that new fire-proof Foreign and Colonial Offices should be built on part of the park to conform with a general plan for rebuilding the area . |
| 13 | If the application is made on the grounds that debts have been paid or secured and it is known that there are creditors who have not proved their debts , the court may direct that notice be given to them of the application and order the trustee ( or official receiver ) to advertise the application and , in the meantime , adjourn the application for not less than thirty-five days ( r 6.209 ) . |
| 14 | On the contrary , he concluded that the two non-Green Belt sites referred to ‘ have the potential to offset the shortfall in the land supply which identified and which was accepted by the District Council ’ . |
| 15 | But after a while Deborah and her assistant worked out a system through which everything passed and which was regulated by a strict design timetable ; this was sanctioned , but not directed , by Laura . |
| 16 | Weeks passed and nothing was printed . |
| 17 | I felt fear at this moment but it passed and I was calmed in thought when the sensation passed . |
| 18 | The clause on which they finally agreed and which was adopted the next day as part of the constitution , read instead : Persons who can hear , taking an active interest in the welfare or education of the deaf and dumb , shall be eligible for admission to ordinary membership on the recommendation of five ordinary members of the Association . |
| 19 | My marriage failed and I was doing about one job every six months — I was on the fringe of things . |
| 20 | After many years of almost continuous work , broken only by a short honeymoon in 1833 , Gooch 's health failed and he was taken ill in 1847 at his London office . |
| 21 | erm it 's an old one and it 's called Fancy Fish and we were sorting our videos out to list 'em and then we 'll make a list and then we 'd let you have and then if you want a video and that , you know what you got and we were looking through this Fancy Fish and it 's erm I do n't know if you remember it , it shows an open show at Oxford |
| 22 | Again I was I was willing to listen to what you got and what was saying |
| 23 | He had gone to stay at a monastery and somehow a misunderstanding arose and he was asked if he had been baptised . |
| 24 | For the purposes of future collections or for legal proceedings always make notes of what happened and what was said . |
| 25 | Once the next meeting has approved them , they form the official record of what happened and what was decided . |
| 26 | No , I think Elaine meant to keep you , then something happened and she was forced to give you up . ’ |
| 27 | Sefton 's condition deteriorated and it was agreed he should be put down . |
| 28 | That night Miss T. 's condition deteriorated and she was transferred to the intensive care unit . |
| 29 | On Friday her condition deteriorated and she was admitted to another hospital , ’ he said . |
| 30 | On Friday her condition deteriorated and she was admitted to another hospital , ’ he said . |