Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in , I was in the industry for thirty years before I realized or find out that it 's an Arabian craft . |
| 2 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 3 | As recording and video costs can rise with the artist 's gradual development , there will be an evaluation of every record 's sales figures to ascertain why a record failed or achieved only marginal success . |
| 4 | He either failed or did n't take his finals ; I could n't make out which . ’ |
| 5 | It is Vic 's impression that English wildlife is getting streetwise , moving from the country into the city where the living is easier — where there are no traps , pesticides , hunters and sportsmen , but plenty of well-stocked garbage bins , and housewives like Marjorie , softhearted or softheaded enough to throw their scraps into the garden , creating animal soup-kitchens . |
| 6 | This distinction soon proved acceptable to juries , who were increasingly inclined to acquit matter which depicted or described apparently normal , healthy or pleasurable sex between consenting adults . |
| 7 | People offered to raise whatever sum of money needed to keep the Community Radio Station on the air ; even those who never cared or listened much , now felt that 1OAB must be preserved ! |
| 8 | She had said nothing , nothing at all to reveal to him how she took the idea of Florence Ames , whether she cared or did not care . |
| 9 | They would admit nothing ; they sat there like stones , and their one aim was to sit there like stones , so that no one could tell if they cared or did not care , so that there should be no difference between caring and not caring . |
| 10 | No-one gritted or jutted better than Hanif Mohammad . |
| 11 | 6 medium-size potatoes , peeled and diced or sliced finely |
| 12 | He appeared and re-appeared snapping everything that moved or did n't — such as the bowler whose fingers got stuck in the three finger holes when attempting to launch . |
| 13 | Between 1879 and 1912 Matcham built or rebuilt over 150 theatres , an achievement approached in Great Britain only by C. J. Phipps [ q.v. ] , who designed seventy-two theatres . |
| 14 | The Scotsman ICM poll on moral values found 75 per cent either disagreed or disagreed strongly with the government line that there is no link . |
| 15 | He dismissed that fear instantly , because there was no sign of an army 's passing . |
| 16 | I I was hoping for something different this year and for a budget that erm er proposed that did n't depend on er us taking far more from reserves than any other party . |
| 17 | Woe betide anyone who moved that bar forward without first indenting on stores . |
| 18 | Several people mentioned that getting as far as the interview was the main problem . |
| 19 | TEENAGERS looking over Queen 's University today found that research there helped put a ferocious roar into Steven Spielberg 's Jurassic Park dinosaurs . |
| 20 | She tried looking out of the window to the hospital 's green lawns and the tall eucalypts that stood motionless against a gloriously blue August sky , but found that looking away seemed too impolite . |
| 21 | A second US study of 100 large R&D spending US firms in thirteen major industries found that rivals generally learned about decisions to develop major new products and processes within 12 to 18 months . |
| 22 | If he loved Emmie , then , his love was only a projection of his need , and even if he found that need curiously weak and shameful , it was common enough . |
| 23 | His teenage resolution was shared by many young refugees , though when it came to offering their services they found that joining up was not as simple as the recruiting posters had led them to believe . |
| 24 | Odd-Knut found that record harder to defend , and ultimately gave up trying . |
| 25 | Ben Gunn had told me his boat was hidden near the white rock , and I found that rock farther along the beach . |
| 26 | The Black Panthers used that gambit well , and the TV crews followed their presence . |
| 27 | As with Auer 's lace , the verisimilitude was striking and The Times reported that touch alone could convince the beholder that the minutely detailed weeds with their infinitely varied tints were not actual specimens from the sea shore.2 |
| 28 | Hubert Molland was an unpractised driver and his nervousness seemed to communicate itself to the big car , which juddered and groaned alarmingly . |
| 29 | So he 'd sort of had a well I suppose he 'd messed around helped and played about in the smithy . |
| 30 | ‘ That is not your business ! ’ she shouted and went upstairs to dress for the evening . |