Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 2 | I was n't happy with myself and I felt like no-one really listened to me or understood me , ’ she revealed . |
| 3 | The otter either heard me or got my scent , because it suddenly looked up , then stood up and moved out of sight round the other side of the rock . |
| 4 | Well I mean they 've never really spoken about it one way or another , encouraged me or discouraged me , which I think I 'm grateful for . |
| 5 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 6 | If anybody has any absolutely yes I 'll be quite happy I mean to me chairman of the trust or with management committee to meet anybody if they feel that they 've got some concern they wish to discuss I 'm quite happy to do that all I can say is that nobody has actually wro wro wrote to me or rang me to say they 'd like to meet to discuss that and I 'm quite happy to do that . |
| 7 | He pretended he did n't know me or did n't want to . |
| 8 | Was it me or did it look like the game was in slow motion then ? |
| 9 | Erm did n't say you 'll go back and work out a plan of attack for me or did you ? |
| 10 | She , on her side , had always the sisterly feeling of wanting to ‘ thump ’ anyone who exploited me or tried to do me down . |
| 11 | It was like every time I got a letter or an insinuation from him that he cared , or that he really loved me or wanted me to be with him , it shocked me because he was n't good at showing that . |
| 12 | Masai on the government payroll contentedly drew their salaries and accepted whatever titles were bestowed upon them , but either did nothing or interpreted their duty to be that of spokesmen for their compatriots labouring under some inconvenience inflicted on them by the government . |
| 13 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 14 | We never recorded what information we sent them or received from them . |
| 15 | Do n't worry about the cards , I 'll say I lost them or got mugged . |
| 16 | It 's too easy to tell a child not to make a fuss , it 's a big playground and to go and play away from whoever has hit them or kicked them or fallen out with them . |
| 17 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 18 | Er they were n't built for dogs , yet people brought dogs with them or adopted , let's say , dogs what came there . |
| 19 | Or they put a sling round them or made a canvass and two supports on the side of it and the sling to be too hard on the cattle 's sides . |
| 20 | She surprised herself , the words came out , she had not thought about them or thought at all about this subject . |
| 21 | I no longer believed them or believed in them , having to believe in myself as a matter of survival . |
| 22 | She loaned them money , saved it for them or doled it out when necessary , all the transactions being written on the souvenir programme of whatever show she was appearing in . |
| 23 | The detective wondered whether Nicola 's husband was deliberately misleading them or had had a genuine slip of memory . |
| 24 | Blake could n't say whether the creatures were pursuing them or had their own sinister reason for haunting this part of London . |
| 25 | Suppose she 'd managed to acquire personal things of Harry 's , his sunglasses , a pen , even a belt , and wore them or carried them with her , as young people do . |
| 26 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 27 | What did you decorate them or did you just leave them plain ? |
| 28 | When machines went funny you just oiled them or prodded them or , if nothing else worked , hit them with a hammer . |
| 29 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 30 | Someone must have blown them or snuffed them , because the darkness was sudden and almost complete . |