Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So no-one got it right , pollsters , reporters or bookmakers . |
| 2 | Under expert instruction , dad ( of course ) would administer the fatal blow , and mum would ensure everyone got their favourite cuts by overseeing the butchery . |
| 3 | His face was without the offensively avuncular smile that usually accompanies such trite statements ; and something intent about the look he gave me made it clear he did not mean it tritely . |
| 4 | The US Seniors ' Tour may outstrip the USPGA Tour in terms of waistlines and average age , but no-one expected its leading money winner to also claim higher earnings . |
| 5 | To babies had this dried milk and some of them got it cheap and I suppose there was no work and then they were poor were n't they . |
| 6 | The prospect of seeing them made him full of joy . |
| 7 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 8 | Whatever these changes were , many who witnessed them found them worrying and unsettling . |
| 9 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
| 10 | Most of them retained their medieval walls and intricate street patterns and they often served as ecclesiastical or secular centres of administration , but their major role was to act as retail , handicraft and distribution points for wide hinterlands . |
| 11 | Finally I asked what criminal law might contribute to legal theory . |
| 12 | Turning , then , to the relationship of criminal law and legal theory , I asked what legal theory might contribute to criminal law and I dealt with two central issues ; first , the limits of exposition imposed by the nature of legal rules which , I argue , are essentially incomplete and therefore incapable of a final , exhaustive statement ; and , secondly , the nature of methodological purity , where I argue against a tendency to distort data to fit a favoured critical principle . |
| 13 | I asked what young chap , and he gave me a description which tallies with what Sanders told us : about twenty-five , darkish , slightly built . |
| 14 | So erm anyway goes in , I said to him other day , I asked him other week , he says our turn to give me a ring |
| 15 | I asked her right and she said er |
| 16 | Both sports were clearly popular and well-established traditions ; but when I asked my Indian friends about their survival in modern Delhi , they all shook their heads . |
| 17 | I asked my old friend , Ricci Burns . |
| 18 | I asked my vital question : ‘ Will it run on XT ? ’ |
| 19 | I hugged my bursting shins , thinking , Ow , my fucking shins are bursting ! |
| 20 | It is n't that God is unreal ; lack of commitment his made everything unreal . |
| 21 | I wiped it special . |
| 22 | According to one obscure belief in ancient Rome , smearing mouse excrement over someone made them impotent . |
| 23 | Back at Stuart Street I cemented my new-found friendship with Doogie and Miranda by presenting them with the leg of lamb . |
| 24 | Basically , I made myself invaluable . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't wait to be told twice and I made myself scarce . |
| 26 | Father hated to be disturbed when he had anybody with him and I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce ; I mean I did n't stay to say what I wanted . ’ |
| 27 | They did n't notice me so I made myself unobtrusive and listened . |
| 28 | I made myself presentable and sallied forth . |
| 29 | bought the wagon round , yeah I made them clear the site cos well actually it 's twelve being as , they are a bit stained |
| 30 | I made him close to forty years old and that meant the stubby Mauser he was holding was in good hands . |