Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 2 | The man who , up to then , had experienced 18 years as a player at the highest level revealed how the sack made him determined to prove he had not suddenly become second rate . |
| 3 | The feel of her body close to his in the carriage made him want to hold her , and he was tempted to cover her attractive though work-worn hand with his . |
| 4 | ‘ Ann helped me try to resuscitate him . |
| 5 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
| 6 | So Dave looked up , he said well Ann worked you have to pay her , simple as that is n't it ? |
| 7 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 8 | Shiona felt her control desert her for a moment . |
| 9 | The drum disappeared beneath him and Marie thought he 'd lost it but as it shot to the surface Gazzer yelled : ‘ It 's pulling him free ! ’ |
| 10 | Only what good did it do to admit it ? |
| 11 | His girlfriend said she had loved him . |
| 12 | He stayed right where he was until good manners forced her to offer to make him a drink too . |
| 13 | Well I think like Lucy said it has made you think about the really . |
| 14 | Seeing Derek 's puzzled look , she added : ‘ You mentioned the Spanish Civil War and I 've been thinking about the message the kidnappers told me to use to contact them . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Simon reckoned he 'd adored you for years and that he intended to be that boyfriend , and he 'd make it happen by ensuring the two of you were together as much as possible . |
| 16 | The boy elbowed him trying to get him off . |
| 17 | The Indonesians wanted to start within a month , but Douglas-Hamilton and Child urged them to consider delaying it so that the army could do a pilot run and the local people could be better informed about what to expect . |
| 18 | His sister was a member of an Order in Scotland and his five brothers , all senior to him , were scattered in various parts of Britain and America , and so the little village had nothing left to hold him . |
| 19 | ‘ My Auntie Ethel said I had to mind him , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Eva said it had taken them nearly a month to get booked up . |
| 21 | Then the man in Riga asked if it was cold in Leningrad , and we said yes it was , and the man in Riga said you had to expect it now , and that the Riga Hotel was modern and well heated as long as it was n't damp . |
| 22 | The judge said he had left it too late , although he agreed the appeal would have been successful . |
| 23 | ‘ She said that Simon denied he had fathered you , and this was the cause of the feud , and that it would get worse , unless something stopped it . |
| 24 | Minton claimed he had sent it to an exhibition under the name ‘ Francis Smiling ’ and that one critic commented that Francis Smiling had been influenced by Minton 's colour . |
| 25 | Although for the reasons stated they have thought it inappropriate to discuss in detail the reasoning of the Court of Appeal , their conclusion on this question of procedure is fortified by the fact that all four judges in the local courts were of the same opinion . |
| 26 | The American Tour changed the qualification rule to one dictated by Ballesteros himself and then refused to change it again when Ballesteros realised he had got it wrong . |
| 27 | Mama made me promise to feed you before she agreed to go to bed . |
| 28 | As the last wave periscoped up , with only a minute or so left in the heat , Pottz knew he had to take it : he needed a fourth wave to beat Carroll . |
| 29 | Bryant thought he 'd lost it then ! |
| 30 | The answers Caro wished she had given him were still boiling and bubbling inside her . |