Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exhausted and without much hope for the future , she gradually slipped into a permanent state of depression , which made life even more difficult for Josh , although neither of them realized this . |
| 2 | Preparing the ‘ patchwork pieces ’ from remnants was an ideal occupation for her continuing band of outworkers ; Laura considered it an essential part of her duty to keep feeding these women , many of whom lived such isolated lives in the hills that they might go for days without talking to anyone . |
| 3 | Animal welfare groups want them outlawed all together . |
| 4 | Everyone agreed that ‘ socialist' ’ should be removed but the debate exacerbated nationalist tensions between Czechs and Slovaks . |
| 5 | Everyone agreed that tinnitus was worse when they were tired , particularly when they were mentally tired rather than physically tired . |
| 6 | Everyone agreed that investiture by lay rulers conferred no spiritual power : it did no more than put a prelate in possession of the rights , lands , and secular dignities of his new office . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone agreed this was a rather daft time to conduct the inspection , when staff can not be expected to be enthusiastic . |
| 8 | ‘ Everyone agreed this was a rather daft time to conduct the inspection , when staff can not be expected to be enthusiastic . |
| 9 | One of them asked another if he remembered how the Magistrate Sahib had tried to make them strengthen the embankments and this caused such merriment that one of the landowners almost fell into the water . |
| 10 | ‘ No-one made any block-bookings at all , ’ she said . |
| 11 | She do n't pay me got another pack of peanuts so I have got a few that few , but you do n't need any old bag do you ? |
| 12 | Me got another one er one |
| 13 | The specimens he studied were collected mainly by J. Bennie and A. Macconochie , the official Fossil Collectors , both of whom made many significant discoveries during their careers . |
| 14 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
| 15 | Nothing made any sense . ’ |
| 16 | What was there to be so glad about when nothing made any difference ? |
| 17 | nothing got some tissues |
| 18 | The three new subcommittees each met in Panmunjom , but none of them produced any significant progress . |
| 19 | Everyone made such a fuss of him , ’ Andrew said . |
| 20 | Nearly everyone made some kind of a contribution . |
| 21 | Oh , they 'll be back , they 've none of them got that sort of money . |
| 22 | None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture . |
| 23 | Had any of them made any approaches to her ? |
| 24 | They did n't believe in things like that any more , but neither of them made any move to get out of the car . |
| 25 | ‘ And how many of them made any effort to get along with me ? ’ she exploded . |
| 26 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 27 | One author cited his own thesis seven times , out of a total of 10 citations , and two authors cited themselves six times — one of whom provided all of his total citation count . |
| 28 | Lots of them tried several times before succeeding . |
| 29 | It 's bad enough looking through the new sections and the main articles and seeing nothing mentioned less than E4 , 6b . |
| 30 | It was easy enough to demand racial equality , fair distribution of the wealth of the world , or equal rights for women : none of those would happen tomorrow , and none of them involved more than the most superficial cosmetic surgery to make yourself credible . |