Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 2 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 3 | I even found I could hold her head and pet her while she threw up . |
| 4 | Finally 5 Corps stated to Eighth Army : " it would appear that unless these formations are taken over by us as formed bodies and disarmed they will force their way across border as individual bandits plunder the country disorganise economic life our zone and threatened our security . |
| 5 | They had no church affiliation : some were hurt , others were strong , but they all found they could commit themselves heart and soul to what we were doing . |
| 6 | How alarmed you must have been to discover she was receiving secret messages from some mysterious adviser , who also promised he would arrange her escape from Godstowe ! |
| 7 | He understood that Gandhi 's challenge was not primarily to his sanctity but to his power , and once he saw on what ground he might meet his antagonist he , like Gandhi , but with more evident calculation , unhesitatingly employed that sanctity in the service of power . |
| 8 | She might have resented his calm assumption that she would prefer to holiday in England at another time , but now it seemed nothing would affect her serenity . |
| 9 | No doubt M. Chaillot agreed to my demand only because he imagined I would regard his acceptance of it as an incentive to call again . |
| 10 | I noticed I could see my breath . |
| 11 | And , ’ he insisted threateningly , when it seemed she might find her voice to make some vigorous protest , ‘ if you value your job , which I 'm sure you do , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put-up affair . ’ |
| 12 | The way Greg was playing in 1986 , it seemed everything would come his way . |
| 13 | Campbell believed he could strengthen his hand by making an example of a council member in order to demonstrate where power lay . |
| 14 | 38 witnesses , among 90 creditors owed almost £2 million when How went bankrupt , have told the court they believed he 'd put their money into secure deposit accounts . |
| 15 | When he was enthusiastic about a subject , and I imagined he would turn his back on anything about which he could not enthuse , he leant forward on his bar stool , his thigh beating against it . |
| 16 | She claimed she must get her breath back . |
| 17 | It would also be better from the point of view of traffic — she had n't yet looked up Hallborough on a map , but she guessed she would need her car to get to it . |
| 18 | Why was she making excuses anyway ? she scoffed , as a flick of a glance to the small and feminine watch on her wrist showed she should leave her room to be ready to go down for when the taxi arrived . |
| 19 | The ousted chief executive confirmed he 'll continue his fight to win control of the club from chairman Alan Sugar , and that he had full but anonymous financial backing to buy him out . |
| 20 | Lucenzo claimed he would defend his family to the end . |
| 21 | Rain wanted to say she would phone in the morning , or later that evening perhaps , to check that he was all right , but she guessed he would reject her concern . |
| 22 | I sensed I would hear his story eventually . |
| 23 | McIllvanney laughed , then stepped quickly back as he sensed I might bring my knee up into his balls . |
| 24 | Then I er decided I 'd take my midwifery . |
| 25 | Nonetheless , the niggling doubt had been implanted and , at 13 weeks pregnant , to allay her own and her family 's fears , Fiona decided she would have her blood tested by her colleagues . |
| 26 | Problem No. 9 : When Mark moved out , hubby decided we should paper our house ( screams of anguish ) . |
| 27 | Although the opening batsman from Middlesbrough reported fit yesterday morning and had a net in anticipation of batting in Durham 's first innings , skipper David Graveney immediately decided he must heed his GP 's advice . |
| 28 | Although the opening batsman from Middlesbrough reported fit yesterday morning , and had a net in anticipation of batting in Durham 's first innings , skipper David Graveney immediately decided he must heed his GP 's advice . |
| 29 | So convincing was he that Amiram Nir , the Israeli counter-terrorism man — whose presence at the talks was even more risky — decided he should change his hair too . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's a fine afternoon — and early-closing day , so he decided he should take his camera along to the Tower of London . |