Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This enforced poverty made them easier targets for propaganda : if they left with no more than their allowance , they could be portrayed as shabby Untermenschen scuttling away like rats ; if they managed to outwit the system , then they were economic criminals fleeing with stolen goods . |
| 2 | Unfortunately their crude tactics , due to a very low educational level , made them better counter-agents than agents for the Bolsheviks . |
| 3 | You know and and it actually sort of , it made them really sort of think about quality and excellence and su and stuff like that which |
| 4 | Well , got nothing here Stewart . |
| 5 | Oh yeah , we stuffed them twice heheheheh . |
| 6 | This group 's unsuccessful conduct of the war incurred them much unpopularity , and discontent at their domination of the king , together with rumours of corruption , self-seeking and extortion , underlay the commons ' attack upon them in the Good Parliament of 1376 . |
| 7 | While shooting in the beautiful Maldives last year , it cost me about £200 for a model , plus the various costs of transport and hotel . |
| 8 | Though not looking to Christmas to make up lost sales , Amberstone found itself about 15% up , said Sandy Bennet . |
| 9 | The political police , the equivalent of Britain 's Special Branch , detained him yesterday morning . |
| 10 | His passage cost him just £10 . |
| 11 | Mr Hill 's huge jackpot cost him just 54p . |
| 12 | One of those accused told me that a proper legal defence cost him only £140.00 with legal aid , which he got back because they won . |
| 13 | The 12,000 unitholders who have invested in any of the 11 funds managed by Dumenil Trust Management , the French-owned unit trust group , found themselves this week locked into their investments when the fund managers suspended all dealings because they believed there was an error with pricing . |
| 14 | Which if nothing else , qualifies it as more mature than those Ministry of Agriculture officials who pronounced themselves this week to be ‘ absolutely happy ’ that it should now be on sale . |
| 15 | Mr Enoch Powell asked himself only weeks before the riots erupted in the British cities in 1981 . |
| 16 | We all sat round the van , the caravan about quarter to four and she 'd just got one , she 'd got one of her friends and they got theirs about quarter to four . |
| 17 | They specialise in interesting shirts as well as underwear which started as an experiment but became their best selling items . |
| 18 | Cos we played them twice Witham did n't we ? |
| 19 | ‘ They told me little James 's coat was around his head , ’ Kevin claimed . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're talking to a bankrupt — almost ! ’ he told me yesterday lunchtime . |
| 21 | And you can say well look I told you so dad . |
| 22 | I told you so Labour and the Lib Dems betrayed democracy , says Stephen Howe |
| 23 | The dice players ignored him so Corbett lay on his cot bed and tried to marshall his thoughts . |
| 24 | Told him only Moira F. had seen it so far . |
| 25 | Helen 's main problems since she moved into her own home have been a period of illness , which caused her much discomfort , and a spate of difficulties in accepting personal care from temporary staff . |
| 26 | That gave me the chance to tell what Braden had done , sounding disgusted as I told it so Mendez would have no doubt what I thought about Braden 's trick . |
| 27 | I drove it both times in similar test conditions , so any change would be down to the car . |
| 28 | When she opened them again Niall was still there , still a threat . |
| 29 | Mr Major also increased the annual limit on investment in PEPs from £4,800 to £6,000 and allowed them more scope to buy unit trusts . |
| 30 | She poured them more tea and he kept silent , anxious not to disturb her present mood . |