Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or did he think Or did he think it was pneumonia ? |
| 2 | When you say Supported , do you mean they did n't object or do you mean they |
| 3 | Had he been caught or had he panicked he could well have been in very serious trouble : the charming young tearaway could have become a court case . |
| 4 | His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him , but he felt an uncontrollable flame of fury whenever he saw a child being bullied or mistreated which blinded him to all else . |
| 5 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 6 | To secure that aim we want it to be a condition of sale to any private operator that pension conditions are preserved through the existing pension fund schemes . |
| 7 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 8 | That was why I kept pushing you and provoking you — to try and make you spit it out . |
| 9 | You just have to try and do what got you good results in the first place . |
| 10 | To try and do what makes me happy , dress in a way that makes me happy . |
| 11 | Johnson 's reflections under the heading of ‘ Coriatachan in Sky ’ amount to only eighteen hundred words or so , yet they constitute the clearest view of him I have had so far , the best opportunity to try and assess what made him . |
| 12 | Presumably Camb 's going to try and get her to tell him just why a seasoned driver like Fanshawe overturned his car on an empty road . |
| 13 | Er I think they 've gone up to Sting 's parents , er father- in-law to try and get him to say it . |
| 14 | runs well it 's so easy for other groups to , to try and get you to help them out . |
| 15 | And Len had witnessed his reaction and this had prompted Len to do what he had said he would n't do again , and that was to try and persuade him to accompany him home . |
| 16 | It was their own idea , started without help before I began my work as an adviser and I want to try and help them make it a success . |
| 17 | She would fall and make him drag her the rest of the way first . |
| 18 | So this was quite a mission which I believe has not been adequately covered in the history and was a forerunner of things to come and like I say we got through that mission without any damage , our gunners got to shoot at the first German fighters and we were an experienced crew with one mission under our belt . |
| 19 | Towards the end he could no longer fend for himself and good neighbours used to come and help me get him up out of bed and into a chair . |
| 20 | Well that happened and er I was man and er they er brought me all the odd jobs that was going about and they used to go down the warehouse and er there was a fellow there , well a woman more than anything , know 'd where every thing was and in no time at all they showed me where the things were and er I er , young , it was in my memory , and in no time at all the men in the shop used to come and ask me to get them something from out the warehouse for this and that and the other . |
| 21 | Eventually she let him win and asked who told him . |
| 22 | ‘ You invaded my privacy , do n't you think that entitles me to invade yours ? |
| 23 | did you have it made or did you buy it ? |
| 24 | His mother looked nervously at them as they came in long after dark — she was obdurately against the recalling of ‘ the bad old times ’ and she would neither ask them what they had seen nor let them tell her . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , you see , miss , Mr Fennell wanted some shopping done and told me to leave him there , out of the wind . |
| 26 | This bloke says he wants four or five other vans by the end of next year and he says if you can get your driving lessons all done and passed he says you can take a van out on your own and have someone working under you I 'd , like you work under me . |
| 27 | But the whole lot was done and opened I think it was er in August , eighteen forty six . |
| 28 | They 've seen and heard nothing to convince them . |
| 29 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
| 30 | They gave it shouting and yelling they meant it |