Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 they always seemed backward , they found that they took them to different specialist and the truth is , they 've both left school now and got jobs , but they were er , dyslexia
2 And put them your side since we found that I did them for you .
3 Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form .
4 Richard phoned and she told him about it , omitting the part about her offer of a donation .
5 Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her .
6 Defries winced as she pulled herself to her feet .
7 When , in the last days of November , a telegram arrived she knew what it must contain and trembled as she held it in her hand .
8 Her whole body trembled as he took her in his arms .
9 After a while Lily began to talk , and I realized that she understood nothing of what I had said about the war .
10 Automatically I checked that I had plenty of fuel myself .
11 The Lieutenant recommended that we bring her to you , as she was carrying this . ’
12 Where , in competition with the liquidator of an insolvent company , a creditor of the company was successful in obtaining a renewal of the certificate ( though he had neither right to , nor possession of , the premises in respect of which the certificate was granted ) and admitted that he held it in trust for the company 's creditors , he was ordered to deliver up the certificate to the liquidator : Wm .
13 Dunlop refused and for the first time revealed that he considered himself to be the sole owner of the horse .
14 On Oct. 9 , shortly after appearing before a special tribunal [ see below ] , she accused him of " naked aggression " against the judiciary , and added that she regarded him as her main opponent .
15 Hari gestured that he follow her through the door into the small back yard and from there into the small workshop .
16 I noted that he pronounced it in eighteenth-century fashion : ‘ m ’ verse' .
17 And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go .
18 ‘ I came because I considered it to be my duty , ’ he informed her quietly .
19 Until he 'd before he took me to hospital !
20 I hated rugby but I always played when they wanted me to because I was really fast .
21 Grumman veterans bear the scars from the company 's many setbacks , especially the export triumph Grumman scored when it sold lots of F-14 Tomcats to Iran under the shah .
22 ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button .
23 Goldberg delighted when I told him about the gauze and the draught , he wrote .
24 I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force .
25 He showed it to Patrizia Valesio and asked if she knew anything about the asterisks which Chiodini had pointed out .
26 He confirmed that you knew nothing about any of it .
27 happens , and somebody has to sort out why it happened and who did it to them things like that .
28 At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned .
29 What happened if you make them into threes ?
30 She nodded and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her , then waved his finger in her face and said : ‘ And no drinking whisky ! ’
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