Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will not attack , but if disturbed or cornered they will defend themselves . |
| 2 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 3 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 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 | She drew a line down the centre of Stella 's nose with a stick of No.5 and gestured she should rub it in . |
| 6 | The Widow Douglas , she took me for her son , and allowed she would sivilize me ; but it was rough living in the house all the time , considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways ; and so when I could n't stand it no longer , I lit out . |
| 7 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 8 | Anyway , before anyone from the crew of the boat could get ashore they saw two uniformed constables come down , and reckoned they 'd leave them to it . |
| 9 | Miranda thought of M. Apéritif last night , and decided she would let him go further when she next saw him , in spite of the lizard darting of his small and oddly hard tongue in the kiss she 'd allowed him at the door of the hotel . |
| 10 | This picture , the third in Faye 's series , focused more fully on her face and the likeness of features and form was very good , but it showed her with such a yearning , wistful expression that everyone who saw it and knew her would think her life had been one long secret sorrow . |
| 11 | Zack carried a gun , and knew he would use it to get away . |
| 12 | Half the racing world had seen me pick up Nolan and knew I could defend myself . |
| 13 | ‘ I can only assume they were intoxicated by the flood of enthusiasm from central government , and thought they could do anything , even build power stations in the sand , ’ he says . |
| 14 | ‘ I came across this today , and thought it would interest you , ’ it said . |
| 15 | She liked the reflected glory of her daughter 's being with such a famous star , and thought it could do nothing but good for the girl 's future in the theatre . |
| 16 | I recognized Billy Tuckett from way back and thought I 'd save you guys some time by giving you his name . |
| 17 | I was disgusted by the whole idea of class and thought I could abolish it by pretending it did n't exist . |
| 18 | ‘ I looked down and thought he 'd let me fall too . ’ |
| 19 | Fruity Fred the bull terrier took a fancy to the leggy lovely and thought he 'd try his luck . |
| 20 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
| 21 | he sez he saw the plaque and thought he 'd see what was recorded on the air disaster . |
| 22 | And when she woke she turned with such longing to where he had lain and called his name and thought she would do anything for him , anything at all he wanted , because she loved him , she loved him , she loved him . |
| 23 | ‘ She set higher store by emotional security ’ than her sister , ‘ and thought she would find it with a man soft-hearted and caring and pliant , far removed , as she thought , from father 's toughness and uncontrollability . ’ |
| 24 | Properly set up and organised it can tell you a great deal about your business and in particular your customers . |
| 25 | An and did you used to tape it with your cassette machine ? |
| 26 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 27 | He just quoted the verses , smiled , and said they would bring him great success . |
| 28 | Anyhow I gave them some antibiotic powder to put in its drinking water just in case it had a mild infection and they went away happy and said they would tell their friends . ’ |
| 29 | Sainsbury 's asked for our number and said they would call us back . |
| 30 | Other law chiefs came to see us and said they would help me to get a healthy country . |