Example sentences of "[det] [art] [noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost half the respondents said they experienced feelings of disapproval , sadness or disgust ; only 26 per cent had felt anger or resentment towards the white authorities or pleasure that rioting was taking place . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Bancroft et al. ( 1977 ) found that more than half the attempters felt they had needed some form of help before the act , and that the most common type of help wanted was someone to talk to . |
| 3 | If hysterectomy does change bowel function it seems likely from our data that the primary problem is in the act of defecation rather than in colonic function , as there was little or no change in stool form yet half the subjects felt they were prone to constipation and a quarter strained with every recorded defecation . |
| 4 | It is interesting that half the carers said they would like to see the dementia sufferer in residential care . |
| 5 | At first interview half the carers said they would prefer the sufferer to be in institutional care , and it was overwhelmingly from among these who wanted the sufferer to remain at home that those who did remain at home for the year were to be found . |
| 6 | My parents loved me without conditions , so they and all the stories told me ; I seek a lover who will do the same . |
| 7 | all the girls told me that |
| 8 | ‘ A lot of the boys would n't believe John , he 'd made up stories before , but all the girls believed me . |
| 9 | All the girls helped her to get the fire going , spread the tablecloth , put out the cups and plates , laughing and whispering and bustling about as they showed her the places and secrets of the kitchen , the room that was now her room . |
| 10 | We had a party a party for the kids in Aberystwyth on Saturday , but all the students paid it never cost us a halfpenny . |
| 11 | All the commentators said they had no chance , except Bob Hawke the Prime Minister , who of course lived in Canberra and had to say that , and me , former tipster for The Sydney Morning Herald and occasional commentator and writer on the game . |
| 12 | All the others said they would definitely recommend it to : committee , collectors , volunteers , interested people , demotivated people etc. , etc . |
| 13 | All the others thought it was so wonderful and I could n't understand what I was missing . |
| 14 | We had a grand switch-on with cameras from Yorkshire Television recording the moment for their regional magazine programme , Calendar , and all the newspapers covered it , too . |
| 15 | ‘ All the breadheads knew it . |
| 16 | All the boys said they were also aware of the danger of getting a girl pregnant . |
| 17 | It is difficult to avoid the feeling that the evidence against the arrested person was distinctly shaky — but all the judges thought it enough to justify a reasonable suspicion . |
| 18 | And what evil demon had prompted her to drive past a street market which all the gods knew she could n't resist ? |
| 19 | ‘ All the ladies impressed us with their charm , their sense of humour and their vivacity . |
| 20 | Because she [ the new maths teacher ] did n't know me , she did n't have any confidence in me … but because she did n't have any confidence in me , I did n't have any confidence in myself , and that is the thing that really makes me regret changing schools … at my first school all the teachers knew me and had confidence in me . |
| 21 | All the surveys had him ahead with leads ranging from seven to 12 points . |
| 22 | ‘ But all the experts told us to stay at Bart 's . |
| 23 | Mr Honecker is up a pole and all the ladders offered him to climb down would be an admission of failure . |
| 24 | All the children helped her redecorate the house . |
| 25 | The previous year she had produced a lovely baby boy called Tom and despite great efforts to reduce her weight , nothing seemed to work because all the diets left her feeling hungry . |
| 26 | When the experimenter has confirmed that good signals are being recorded from all the subjects involved he or she will say good night and turn out the lights . |
| 27 | All the gentlemen admired her , not only for her beauty but also for her musical skills . |
| 28 | NALGO in particular has adopted very good policies , which makes my own employment more secure , and of all the organisations listed I would suggest that NALGO 's contribution has probably been the greatest . |
| 29 | ‘ All the saints had it . |
| 30 | All the kids found it highly amusing when I had to climb up and fetch her . |