Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [conj] [pron] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to know if you ever wrote to him and asked him to meet you . ’ |
| 2 | The burden of proof is shifted on to the defendant and although the prosecution does not need to prove that the accused intended that the impression be false and misleading , the defendant may need to establish that he reasonably believed that it would not be so . |
| 3 | The beautiful if bemused Dr Moule , invited to stay if she so wished , took a seat in the front row . |
| 4 | I tried to explain that you either had the vibe or you did n't , it was n't something that I could explain . ’ |
| 5 | But now that Gharr had taken Mala away — and had probably been enjoying her , as he 'd quaintly put it — I 'd began to see that I really had no choice . |
| 6 | By requiring its practitioners to possess the moral prestige necessary to guide , Indirect Rule seemed to ensure that they also possessed the means whereby , in the absence of any overwhelming display of physical superiority , they could govern . |
| 7 | Its continued presence always surprised him since it served no purpose that he could see except symbolically to cut off the headland and to give travellers pause to consider whether they really wanted to continue . |
| 8 | Eventually Angel came to believe that she probably had killed d'Urberville . |
| 9 | Neither of them seemed to realise that she never planned it . |
| 10 | Their mother seemed to rally as she always did for her children but no matter how she tried to conceal it , it was clear to all of them that she was near the end of her strength . |
| 11 | The one person who should have been with her was absent , having ( as Aunt Nessy had told me some years before in bewilderment , and with a valiantly suppressed trembling of the lip ) written to say that she never wanted to see her again . |
| 12 | The fact that two of our cones are sensitive to green is thought to indicate that we once lived in tropical forests , where this area of the spectrum dominates the scene . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I 'll tell you , but remember that we did n't know what we were going to find when we finally broke in . |
| 14 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 15 | Very very good Ian erm excellent voice , remind the prospect as to why you were gon na be asking and I thought you were very good there erm i in fact you were that good that you were actually offered to contact before you even asked |
| 16 | One would like to think that she even found it an advantage to be an ASROG , and that Miss B. and Miss T. , who could take it in their stride , had prepared her to enjoy it . |
| 17 | No , I do n't want to do that I just said to her , I said you know , you can sort of erm ask Brenda she said I 'm doing that I 'm not on christmas day , would you ? |
| 18 | Gradually as they were arguing they began to realize that they rather liked the American . |
| 19 | Charles was beginning to wonder whether he actually liked Dottie or not . |
| 20 | Pulling a face , she clamped her lips together in a comical display of acceptance , although she was beginning to wonder if she actually wanted to know . |
| 21 | She went to sit on the sofa , and there she dreamed of Johnny , tenderly and with affection ; she thought of the words that he had said , and they made a warm spot , infinitely sweet , deep inside her where it could not be touched ; for just an hour or two , she began to believe that she truly loved him . |
| 22 | Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look . |
| 23 | So the princess began to think that he really enjoyed being a monster and very ugly . |
| 24 | Jenny did not reappear and Sara began to think that she really had gone for a walk . |
| 25 | ‘ He was a middle-aged guy and I was beginning to think that he never saw a guy with long hair before . |
| 26 | ‘ Small wonder Cora-Beth was beginning to doubt if you really existed . ’ |
| 27 | " Now then … in 1959 your husband came to the conclusion , and I am given to understand that you fully agreed , that it would be a sensible step for him to take employment for 15 months with a construction firm in Central America , in order to save the larger part of his salary Nenna protested that she had never exactly thought it sensible , it was the parting of lovers , which must always be senseless , but they 'd both of them thought that David , Panama , would be a wretched place to take small children to . |
| 28 | In the seconds when Chesarynth was coming to realize that she actually mattered , another white car distorted the draughts with its brake-force . |
| 29 | His uncertainty over what he had and where it might be seemed to indicate that he only drank when he entertained , and that he did n't entertain very often . |
| 30 | I just have n't seen him since … you know … and I started to wonder if he even got back . ’ |