Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , said he , ‘ Would the comrade who interrupted me please stand up ! ’ |
| 2 | And expected everyone else to do the same . |
| 3 | A deep , shockingly familiar voice made them both turn and look towards the door . |
| 4 | The truth , more probably , is that he laid them aside to take on commissions for which he would be paid : at this stage in his life he could not afford to compose for sheer pleasure . ) |
| 5 | Thus in Ibrams ( 1982 ) there had been considerable ill-treatment and violence by the deceased towards D and his girlfriend , and this led them eventually to plan and carry out a night-time raid on the deceased 's flat , during which they attacked and killed him . |
| 6 | Increasing dissatisfaction among both teachers and students led them frequently to ask the question , ‘ Why study at all ? ’ , with some justification . |
| 7 | say anything about you like it 's only if I got nothing else to say really |
| 8 | We got nothing else to do . ’ |
| 9 | I got nothing else to do , and at least we 'll be able to feel we 're trying . ’ |
| 10 | He thought he should acquire a sober ‘ Anthony Eden ’ black Homburg hat and asked me where to buy one . |
| 11 | So I did n't know anything about it you know , till somebody asked me Well asked me really , Mr 's going away is n't he ? |
| 12 | Seconds later , he asked me urgently to bring over a large roll of cotton-wool . |
| 13 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 14 | He asked me not to misquote him . |
| 15 | The thing that 's teasing my mind is that I 'm fairly sure he asked me not to tell anyone he 'd been there . ’ |
| 16 | It was on one of these occasions that Guy Gibson was ushered into " Cocky's ' presence and , just prior to his appearance , the AOC had given me a slip of paper with the names of about 20 pilots whom he asked me not to recruit — as a favour to him — which was his style . |
| 17 | Well , to tell you the truth , your boys asked me when had I last seen my father alive and I said Friday instinctively , and then by the time I 'd realized my mistake , it was all written down , and , you know , I thought if I changed it , that 'd only create trouble . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yer muvver asked me ter come round an' tell yer . |
| 19 | Mr Love , he asked me out dancin' . |
| 20 | He got me so riled I lost a race this afternoon I should have won . |
| 21 | Her mouth tight , she hurried into the cottage and slammed the door , but that one brief glance had been more than enough for her to take in the fact that he 'd removed his shirt as though quite impervious to the chill wind that made everyone else shiver , and was digging over the colonel 's vegetable patch with an economy of movement that she might have admired if it had been anyone else but him . |
| 22 | ‘ It actually , ’ said Emma , raising a hand to her face and brushing it across her eyes , ‘ made me rather weep , listening to her . |
| 23 | At this time still a regular smoker , I made one film which made me drastically change my views about it . |
| 24 | That made me just want revenge . |
| 25 | You felt my star-sign made me somehow to blame |
| 26 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 27 | That episode made me quickly learn how to repair a puncture and from that time on I always carried a repair outfit . |
| 28 | It made me suddenly realise how much they had changed . |
| 29 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 30 | So it looks awfully fresh the wretches made me almost squashed it . |