Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent the next few days talking to Cabinet colleagues — all of whom shared my view that the demand was preposterous — and then went to see the Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Six of them lent her £3,700 , secured by the Trust with interest , to pay ‘ all incumbrances absolutely necessary to be immediately discharged ’ . |
| 3 | Some of them became my friends and have remained so until the present day , but the sheer earthy mass of them made me realize how my few months of married life had changed me . |
| 4 | planning for you but what I can show you is some sketches which the gentleman who bought the plot at Grey Lane brought to show me asked my opinion . |
| 5 | Me got them buttons |
| 6 | She coped with the frankly curious looks of the men , one of whom made her blush as he kissed her hand by saying , ‘ No wonder Ludo does not get out of bed in the morning . ’ |
| 7 | He said , contrite , ‘ I wish you 'd let me read your diary sometime . ’ |
| 8 | You will let me read your book , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | Everyone expected her relationship with Gerald Grosvenor , the Duke of Westminster and Britain 's wealthiest aristocrat , to end in marriage . |
| 10 | All of them met their husbands here at the lodge . ’ |
| 11 | If Quaid 's role seems contrived and the film betrays signs of forced editing in the abrupt , jerky resolution of an expansive but slackly focused narrative , COME SEE THE PARADISE has notable compensations : convincing performances from an unknown cast ( some of whom passed their childhood in the camps ) , a sharp sense of the sometimes bizarre and humorous manifestations of cultural miscegenation and a detailed evocation of period and locale . |
| 12 | The touch of them made her heart turn over . |
| 13 | The two of them made their way together towards the road with Caspar . |
| 14 | After the performance of Jimmy Shine , the two of them made their way from the theatre to the hotel where Dustin was staying . |
| 15 | Then , for the second time that evening , all three of them made their way to Puddephat 's window and let themselves into his rooms . |
| 16 | ‘ At the time , everyone dismissed his theory out of hand . |
| 17 | From the very beginning , therefore , witnesses to the operations and players within them suspended their disbelief . |
| 18 | At the end of that time , each one of them had experienced unpleasant symptoms ; some became hostile and argumentative ; some had panic attacks and nightmares ; all of them found their attention span had grown shorter and they were finding it more difficult to remember things . |
| 19 | ‘ I went to several used car dealers and found that the way most of them described their cars was a far cry from the actual condition they were in , ’ he recalls . |
| 20 | After he 'd coated the segments in salt and chilli he passed them round , and everyone smacked their lips and screwed up their faces in pained delight . |
| 21 | Many of them used their homes as collateral for their loans and stand to lose more than just their jobs if Monktonhall fails . |
| 22 | The Amiga 's technical superiority counted for little when there were hardly any games for it , and hardly any of them used its facilities . |
| 23 | Nothing disturbed its cadences as she spoke , except the low accompaniment of the Sheikha 's schoolgirl daughter , who translated gently and continually for me . |
| 24 | Except for a white , Ford van , similar to the van that had been parked near to the Coroner 's Court , nothing caught his suspicions ; he watched the van drive past . |
| 25 | One of them approached my master and tapped him gently on the chest , speaking in a high sing-song fashion . |
| 26 | All the promises of help from the LTA failed to materialise , but nothing clouded her ambitions or her aspirations . |
| 27 | I do n't know why I became her friend , but I do know that we got on very well , + rarely ‘ fell out ’ . |
| 28 | " Your aunt advertised part of her house to rent — I became her tenant . |
| 29 | So I bought indoor-plants and was given indoor plants , and one of the indoor plants I expended my energy on was the fern with the bright , shiny leaves and the indestructible appearance bought that day when I had suffered the apocalypse . |
| 30 | In early July , I asked its Executive Committee to examine the Black case . |