Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The changes were contreversial then , and many many people would still like to see them reversed now . |
| 2 | The banks are businesses too and we do not want to see them closed down . ’ |
| 3 | Francis added : ‘ I 'm all in favour of lots of goals , but I like to see them created properly rather than artificially . |
| 4 | Harvey would like to see them bound more closely into the decision making process . |
| 5 | He disliked occidental empires and wished to see them ended as soon as practicable . |
| 6 | Shiona could n't have agreed more , but her tone was taunting as she told him , ‘ What a pity you 'll have to wait until tomorrow to see me led away in chains . ’ |
| 7 | Er do you want them took off ? |
| 8 | Mr Peter Prescott QC told a packed London court that Silvertone had taken a ‘ big risk ’ signing the band in 1988 and that attempts to poach them had only occurred after the label had played its part in engineering their success . |
| 9 | It got me noticed here although I think the one-man show I did outside on my own was the real deciding factor with the RSC . |
| 10 | They were the school caretakers but my job helping them did n't last long . |
| 11 | It 's records like this that make me pissed off with political thrashcore . |
| 12 | ( This is perhaps why those who appointed me enquired rather anxiously whether I , too , meant to enjoy the kingdom for thirty years . ) |
| 13 | But he did hurt me did n't he ? |
| 14 | Done , it did n't hurt me did n't hurt me , did it hurt you ? |
| 15 | ‘ That 's true , ’ he agreed , and Anne who had joined them said consolingly to Sarah , ‘ Maybe the war will be over soon anyway , and Terry will see Mum . ’ |
| 16 | she did well to of got them did n't she ? |
| 17 | ‘ He said something that made the implication that I 'd copied and I was sort of so choked I did n't answer . |
| 18 | By the time we met I had almost reached The Old Castle Inn at Old Sarum and good old Dad bought me the largest ginger beer I 've ever had . |
| 19 | I realized I had n't told him anything about Cal except about the villa and Harry . |
| 20 | The crowd came together again and hid Filmer and his flower and I felt the tension in my muscles subside , and realized I had n't known I had tensed them . |
| 21 | I realized I had not been fair to myself . |
| 22 | I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |
| 23 | I could n't believe my ears but she repeated it : I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |
| 24 | I realized I had not told anybody where I was going . |
| 25 | Sometime in the afternoon I recovered a little , but I felt faint as I stood up , and realized I had not eaten anything all day . |
| 26 | I realized I had never known any other world apart from Lowood or Gateshead . |
| 27 | I realized I knew almost nothing about his background . |
| 28 | I 'd been out to meet someone , I was on my way home , I realized I did n't want to be going there . |
| 29 | realized I did n't like it |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think I realised quite how kind until they were killed . ’ |