Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't been in the force very long and my sergeant met me and said , ‘ That chimney 's smoking . ’ |
| 2 | I flew out to Chino , California , where the aircraft was based , Merril met me and flew an impressive display in the aircraft . |
| 3 | Er until they actually met them and got to know them . |
| 4 | For various reasons they were wrong ; but illusion of continuity was easily available because they had at least some of their kinsmen at close quarters , met them and socialized with them each day . |
| 5 | ‘ You attacked me and tried to force yourself upon me , you wanted to blackmail me , you followed me around and spied on me in Helmsley — and you say I 've nothing to fear ! ’ |
| 6 | One morning , as we were sailing round the Cape of Good Hope , they attacked me and tied me up . |
| 7 | Well we 've brought the two leagues together and amalgamated them and to do this , obviously the old British League was much stronger than the old National League , and we 've had to do some evening out . |
| 8 | When machines went funny you just oiled them or prodded them or , if nothing else worked , hit them with a hammer . |
| 9 | A patch of lights off to the right revealed the presence of a town which slowly orbited them and disappeared into the darkness . |
| 10 | As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones . |
| 11 | Poets had found their way over ( and sometimes back , to tell the tale ) ; so had a good number of priests over the centuries , and hermits , meditating on their essence so hard the In Ovo enveloped them and spat them into another world . |
| 12 | Afterwards , he got me and asked what I was doing in the doorway with Symington . |
| 13 | But Mrs Cooper fought them and refused to say where any money was kept |
| 14 | In fact it immortalised them and ensured that all future anti-apartheid movements would vow their allegiance to the heroes of Rivonia . |
| 15 | It was half-blind and its fur was staring and it expected nothing and desired nothing save the crust by the table leg on which its half-gaze was fixed . |
| 16 | This time they were sent to Alfred Bowles of Ipswich and bear the inscription " Alfred made me and hung us all " . |
| 17 | Citizens of the tsar read them and contributed to them . |
| 18 | Although the ITV companies sold them and collected the revenue , their frequency , duration and content were regulated by the supervising body , the Independent Television Authority . |
| 19 | Ben looked into her eyes and she lowered them and turned her head away . |
| 20 | The day after Marlene Dietrich 's death , it reported that the legendary actress ‘ had German , French , British and American newspapers delivered each morning , and devoured them while drinking Fortnum 's Prince of Wales tea ’ . |
| 21 | He goes Jo got them and laughed as loud as he could , and then blew off down your house . |
| 22 | Mr Steyn , who voted for Prime Suspect , said the jurors handed their votes to Miss Shubik , who checked them and announced a majority of four to three , though she did not say who had won . |
| 23 | Mr Steyn , who voted for Prime Suspect , said the jurors handed their votes to Miss Shubik , who checked them and announced a clear majority of four to three , though she did not say who had won . |
| 24 | He avoided them and carried on . |
| 25 | The horses moved in their stalls as she passed them and threaded her way to the ladder . |
| 26 | Dulé passed them and remembered how he had only felt wonder , not this stab of pleasure , when first he saw them sleeping on the ground near Ariel 's cabin that long year ago . |
| 27 | Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet smiled and nodded at people who passed them and tried not to flinch every time anyone went within ten yards of the Mitsubishi . |
| 28 | A large number of rebels were imprisoned in Wells Cathedral and later in the jails of Taunton and Bridgwater , where Ken visited them and ministered to their spiritual and material misery . |
| 29 | The term Earth Mysteries covers not just ancient sites but also the people who visited them and found them significant in their lives . |
| 30 | She hooked me and took me in tow . |