Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh fairest of creation , last and best of all God 's works , creature in whom excelled whatever can to sight or thought be formed , wholly divine , good , amiable or sweet , how art thou lost ? |
| 2 | Perhaps because I was hot-tempered at times , I became what used to be called a ‘ natural ’ as a boxer . |
| 3 | This is of course what I did — rather than repeat exactly experiments done on mice or rats that other researchers had already reported , I asked what would happen if I tried a similar procedure with my chicks . |
| 4 | Last time I asked who 'd come on from reading TSB , no one replied . |
| 5 | The thing I most disliked was the disapproval of the dons because I admitted I would like to write ! ’ |
| 6 | If I fainted I 'd be rushed to hospital in an ambulance and they 'd summon Mum and Dad and as soon as I 'd got better they 'd start about Exams and Re-sits and Careers . |
| 7 | I was glad I knew her because I realized what would happen to me . |
| 8 | Then I realized he must have known many bisexuals before me , and many homosexuals too . |
| 9 | I realized he must be Catherine 's nephew , Hareton , and tried to shake his hand . |
| 10 | I realized he could not catch them , because they had nearly got to the ship , but I did not wait to see the end of that adventure . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're not going to believe this , ’ said Alex , ‘ but I actually picked up the phone to call you this morning , except I realized it would have been the middle of the night your end so I put it down again . ’ |
| 12 | And then I realized it might not have been so all of a sudden at that . |
| 13 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 14 | I realized I would get no help from the Treasury and , indeed , I suspected that they could not understand why the department was wasting its time on this issue at all . |
| 15 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 16 | I realized I could never become well-educated just by attending old Mrs Wopsle 's evening school , so I asked Mr Wopsle 's cousin Biddy to teach me everything she knew . |
| 17 | Anyway I realized I 'd have missed you at the Club , so I turned round and set off back . |
| 18 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 19 | In 1975 , my engineers and I realised we should enter a new area of application — robots for arc welding . |
| 20 | British Aluminium own the land , and as soon as I realised I would have to trespass with a car , my imagination started its fevered travail . |
| 21 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 22 | I was going out and playing five nights a week and I realised I should be a hell of a lot better than I was . |
| 23 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 24 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 25 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 26 | I realised I could no longer pussyfoot around ! |
| 27 | Anyway , I realised I could never find that awful wool in that dreadful dirty mustard colour . |
| 28 | I wanted to touch her and make her better but I realised I could n't do that . |
| 29 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |
| 30 | I was sure I could cope but the CF clinic people had all gone home by the time I realised I could n't manage — ’ |