Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And although it was customary for the same actor to double as Mr Darling and Captain Hook the way St Ives played them there seemed little difference between the two — he romped in the nursery and he sky-larked aboard the Jolly Roger .
2 I told you before to get some mince and put potatoes in and that , see
3 What 's , what made you actually choose this position ?
4 I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth .
5 Thought I just called that Silk Screen did n't I ?
6 The first former 's stared at her in surprise , they knew she never mended any thing if she could help it .
7 But when Grandma died he just lost all interest in the garden , and since no one had the time to take it on , it became neglected .
8 The blackbirds that saw it quickly treated this bird as though it were potentially dangerous and mobbed it , even when their fellows could not see the owl and so were making no noise .
9 He was very interested in discovering whether the tattoo would grow as he grew and he thought he already detected some enlargement .
10 And suddenly to my horror I saw our delightfully edited little film of The Seekers and Georgie Girl .
11 In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water .
12 Did you then leave that room ?
13 Did you knowingly work this miracle ?
14 How did you really track this woman down ? ’
15 Oh that 's Did you ever have many sort of musicians at all in in in those days ?
16 Did you ever have any problem with a piece I painted ? ’
17 Did you ever play that part ?
18 well the questions a very simple one , back in January nineteen eighty eight , on any occasion you spoke to Mr either before or after the first article did you ever raise this question with the solicitors letter ?
19 I know that was you but y you do n't , I mean I remember u the fire we used to have here and it was n't till I gave it to a friend , I mean we kept here for a year alright , lucky enough , we did n't use it anyway I gave to a friend who doing car boot , I found it in the attic an he said to me Brenda , he said , did you ever use this fire ?
20 Did you have any writing ability , and did you ever get any chance to write songs for Elvis ?
21 Er , any pe , people who 've been in business know , what was it , did you ever get any management consultants in ?
22 Did you ever get any feeling of sort of distaste from anybody about about y your mother leaving home ?
23 Did you ever know any doctor who could do anything about that ? ’
24 LADY JONES : Did you ever see such excellence , prudence and discretion ?
25 She whispered to her husband , as Marion stooped gracefully into the hut , ‘ Did you ever see such beauty ?
26 Did you ever see that film ?
27 Did you ever see that advert at all , William ? ’
28 ‘ When did you ever learn that verse from the end of the Doomsday .
29 After a time Maxim asked : ‘ Did you ever live that sort of life ? — for any length of time ? ’
30 And how long did you actually do that job for ?
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