Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Little did she know that she had just landed one of the world 's greatest exponents of ‘ leap before you look ’ as a buyer , or she 'd probably have persuaded you to buy London Bridge and a stake in a Peruvian gold-mine at the same time . ’ |
| 2 | But erm they did let her know that she had n't got it instead of making her wait the four weeks or whatever it was |
| 3 | She would tell Robert that and let him know that she did n't need to be treated as though she were completely helpless . |
| 4 | If you lied so badly about yourself , how can I know that you did not lie about your innocence ? |
| 5 | Did he mean to let Ned know that he had not found her up to scratch and then , after so much humiliation , deliver her over to the Dallams ? |
| 6 | Ronald Chalmers 's term of office as vice-chairman had been a year only , he said , and he had made it know that he did not want to be considered for an office-bearer 's position . |
| 7 | How did he know that I had n't slept ? |
| 8 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 9 | More seriously , one might object that everything said here depends crucially on the assumption that there really is one activity , rather than another , that a given computer is performing . |
| 10 | On balance , Chamberlain would win although he did not deserve to , because Hitler had the Eyeties on his side , and the Eyeties had sent six hundred thousand men to crush Albania and almost been repulsed . |
| 11 | ‘ Then let's trust that they did n't see you . |
| 12 | No , it do n't count cos I did n't have that you cheat ! |
| 13 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 14 | We 'd never know if we did n't check . ’ |
| 15 | Once she had seen Harry again , she would know if she 'd only imagined that special magic between them . |
| 16 | And then , leaning closer to him , ‘ I should know if you did not mean it , ’ she said . |
| 17 | And er he had a partner , an equal partner who I do n't know if he 'd ever met him , I think he had . |
| 18 | Then of course , then when they the kids went up , did n't know where they were going , and the parents did n't know but they found new found freedom because all the bloody kids had gone to the countryside |
| 19 | The European Athletic Association ( EAA ) have said that Jackson 's European 110-metre hurdles record of 13.06 secs , set at Crystal Palace in July , will not count because he did not have the mandatory post-race drugs test . |
| 20 | She stopped a taxi , returned in it to the house , made it wait while she ran in to drag down any other curtains that remained . |
| 21 | I wondered where you 'd got , we did ring one night couple of weeks ago but we did n't get an answer and I said well I did n't know whether you 'd perhaps popped up the club . |
| 22 | I do not know whether she went on to have a family — but I do know that there was now nothing to prevent her doing so . |
| 23 | Barons could most readily huff and stomp when they did indeed own their papers , rather than being chairmen , liable to be sacked by their directors . |
| 24 | And if that is so , then I revert to the considerations already stated which as a matter of construction make me think that it did so legislate . |
| 25 | The Marshal could recall no hard and fast rule about it but he could n't think that he had ever seen the pipers during Lent . |
| 26 | He did not think that he judged wisely to accept , because he accepted another job only two years after he was appointed and then had to withdraw because he was found not old enough to be legal . |
| 27 | I found that interesting because it appears that the Minister does not know how many doctors made a claim that was above the amount of the reimbursement schedule or , if he did know , he was unwilling to tell me , so I must presume that he did not know . |
| 28 | Demand for prospectuses has been such that an Independent scribe seeking a Warburgs telephone number for publication was told the firm really would prefer that it did not appear in print . |
| 29 | As far as John was concerned the Girls did not exist once they gave up dancing . |
| 30 | ‘ How could I explain that I did n't have the money to go ? |