Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and that er in my view anyway demonstrated that we 'd got it about right in terms of our assessment of the effects of the Southern Bypass . |
| 2 | Today he made a humiliating climb down in the Commons and demonstrated that he 'd lost his political touch — that he did n't realise how upset the voters would be if he put 30,000 — going on 100,000 — people out of work . |
| 3 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 4 | But they were waiting and , into a pause , he mentioned that he 'd met them over at Jimmy 's . |
| 5 | Later I found that they had put me in prison because of my madness . |
| 6 | When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness . |
| 7 | To his surprise Riven found that he had joined them , and Darmid 's sword was naked in his hand . |
| 8 | and found that he had hardened his views and was most obstructive and unhelpful . |
| 9 | When we arrived at the hotel I found that he 'd booked us both into the same double room . |
| 10 | His Dad would kill him if he found that he 'd taken them . |
| 11 | Due to her unexpected and hasty departure from England , Laura found that she 'd left her charge cards behind in her apartment . |
| 12 | When Liz came downstairs again to her party , after a ritual exchange ( how could her sister bear such intercourse ? how could it go on ? ) she found that she had lost her velocity . |
| 13 | We made enquiries and found that she had helped her mother to carry water every day in Bangladesh . |
| 14 | I never felt happy with it , and on two occasions found that it had worked its way down my arm and was loose around my wrist . |
| 15 | In their third session , Peter reported that he had had his annual pay increase and said , ‘ I think I 'm earning enough for Susie to stop working . |
| 16 | Adele phoned and she said to phone you . |
| 17 | that was the first time we had an inkling there was anything , and that was the Sunday before we moved and he said do you mind if I come and bring the shed up and then I can stop in there and I go and have , a , anyway , he came with Alan and she made you a cup of coffee did n't she ? |
| 18 | No I 'm actually quite surprised at myself I 've got two Clippers and both of them I found and I 've had them for ages . |
| 19 | ‘ Invalid and invalid as in having no effect , ’ Fernando grumbled as he went to pour her a drink from a jug on the table . |
| 20 | ‘ Better get moving , ’ he thought He stopped as he turned Had he imagined it , no , he was sure something had flashed in the moonlight It must have been a good quarter of a mile away , towards the middle of the estuary . |
| 21 | An article which appeared in the paper contained comments by three jurors on what occurred when they retired to consider their verdict in one of the most complex trials in British legal history . |
| 22 | He said the biggest problems faced by transsexuals occurred when they decided to change their sex after marrying and having children . |
| 23 | Her heart sank as she tried to negotiate her way between the truth and a lie . |
| 24 | The following examples illustrate the sorts of problems we encountered when we tried to apply our notion of ‘ shared tasks ’ in these classrooms . |
| 25 | The dried blood from my nose was smeared all over the front of my mouth and it cracked when I tried to move my lips . |
| 26 | It is in any case debatable whether the College could have survived in the face of such rapid growth in the private sector ; their lawsuits against usurping trade diminished once they realized that they had priced themselves out of the market and had little extra to offer than the trade apart from kudos and tradition . |
| 27 | Albert realized that he had forgotten his report , but trusted his memory to make it up . |
| 28 | But I realized that I had to do something pretty dramatic to avoid too serious an accident . |
| 29 | It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way . |
| 30 | Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done . |