Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as soon as we reached the interview for the home/school post a debate on the school and the community began again as shown from the notes I took where the main participants in the discussion were Phil Barlow ( the Deputy Head for Curriculum ) , Chris Cousins ( the Deputy Head for Community ) , Ann Thomas ( the Community Adviser for the LEA ) and Father Curtis ( the Chairman of the Governors ) . |
| 2 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
| 3 | So before leaping to his defence I waited until another column appeared , which I have tried to read in a less partisan manner . |
| 4 | When I set out to write this story I thought that it would primarily show how scientists come up with ideas , design a strategy to test them , carry out the experiments , share experiences and attempt to replicate claimed discoveries , thereby establishing new natural phenomena . |
| 5 | Of course , old Meg is not to be relied upon at all , owing to her unfortunate fondness for the bottle , and when I heard that she was the source of the story I said that it could n't possibly be the case , that she did n't know what she had seen , as usual — ’ |
| 6 | The hill was a switchback and at the top of the first rise I stopped and got out to have a look around . |
| 7 | When I moved on to Agra I found that the appearance of the buildings there had changed noticeably . |
| 8 | This surprised me , as I had not thought of him as someone who would favour me , and in any case I presumed that he would support Willie Whitelaw . |
| 9 | Those got taken up with a lot of promotional work , and in my case I found that charities got in touch with me a lot to open fetes , attend jumble sales , etc . |
| 10 | An ex-mason , who gave his evidence to the working party , wrote of ‘ a beautiful sense of lightness and freedom I experienced when that oppression was lifted . ’ |
| 11 | In my hypothetical discussion of cheetahs and gazelles I said that cheetahs , unlike the weather , had a tendency as the generations go by to become ‘ better hunters ’ , to become more severe enemies , better equipped to kill gazelles . |
| 12 | With perverted hope I wondered if with time love might fail , and all the pain ease . |
| 13 | But then in the next fraction of the same instant I realized that if I thought I had ceased to exist then I existed that the very thinking of this thought was me . |
| 14 | The instant I realised that we had a picture I made a steep turn to starboard and a downward movement , simultaneously I was aware of a slight tremor in the aircraft in the region of the bomb bay . |
| 15 | by the time I had gone through five operations I decided that as long as I could breath , that would do me and I , I would really recommend every body to think twice before having any form of plastic surgery , particularly unless its , if its not absolutely necessary . |
| 16 | From the two programmes I learned that , if cash is really short , the DSS will pay for a funeral . |
| 17 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 18 | ‘ Supposing for instance someone came and said they were Mr Unwin , you would check that his name was on the list and let him in ? ’ |
| 19 | On one level I knew that Robert had been unfaithful to Lili and on another I knew that he could n't possibly have been . |
| 20 | But the second my eyes cleared floor level I saw that the relics had gone ! |
| 21 | In a flash I realised that my propeller was tearing great chunks out of his cockpit and he was quite literally trapped . |
| 22 | I mean normally I do n't bother with the tokens , I mean I Anyway I paid the cheque and I said to Peter I said oh by the way what about me tokens for me for me toy I said if I get a free one of them I can give it to give it to the grandchildren . |
| 23 | After a bit I stood and stared . |
| 24 | I 've never heard of anyone working the hours I worked but then again I was living there and that was my disadvantage . |
| 25 | Also in March I announced that Dr David Owen was to give his endorsement to one of the parties in the general election . |
| 26 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
| 27 | I found John to be , as usual , watching the television , and after getting no response I sat and chatted to his mother . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't associate the mole with the sun exposure I got while in Spain , ’ she said . |
| 29 | After an hour I realized that if I did n't go after her , I 'd never be a man . ’ |
| 30 | But at the eleventh hour I heard that Nigel 's stepbrother would be attending , driving up from Somerset and coming straight to the crematorium . |