Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had sobbed or fainted or begged him , he would probably have given way . |
| 2 | Who owned or used it ? |
| 3 | If she asked or noticed it , he would blame it on the college refusal . |
| 4 | As time goes on the need for such support will , obviously , diminish — it 's more than likely that your staff will become more conversant with the product than the person who either sold or trained them on it . |
| 5 | No one was allowed to resign ; people served until the Shah dismissed or moved them . |
| 6 | three or four times I had to speak to him last night , and you never said a word , you just pretended or said you did n't hear |
| 7 | Whatever it was that lured or drove them there , these creatures , over the millennia , lumbering after their food , became more and more efficient at moving and breathing out of water . |
| 8 | I found a medicine dropper and used that to feed it the milk they left me . |
| 9 | There was an odd quality to the tone he used that sent her rushing in to speech . |
| 10 | When Paula used that tone it usually meant trouble . |
| 11 | ACCUSER : She says Mia beat and cursed her |
| 12 | A talented student , she was immensely serious about her work and Modigliani helped and encouraged her . |
| 13 | ‘ He helped and encouraged me so much . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ Carrie promised and remembered she had once said ‘ Do n't laugh ’ to him . |
| 15 | The radio was on in the living-room , he entered and saw her lying on the floor , When he knelt down and touched her face it was warm , and she moved a little . |
| 16 | They entered and sprayed it out with water . |
| 17 | Thirdly , the stated objectives of such a project are not necessarily a true representation of the motives of those who designed and implemented it . |
| 18 | I designed and built it myself . ’ |
| 19 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 20 | Kalchu was ashamed of his drunkenness and Chola grumbled and rebuked him for it . |
| 21 | Lizzie grumbled and said she was getting thin and doing too much , but then Lizzie would have grumbled if she had done too little . |
| 22 | The process was patented by Squire in 1875 , and Squire and Messel described and demonstrated it before the Chemical Society the following April . |
| 23 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 24 | His voice fluted , thin with panic as he fled from his father and blundered into Nick , who caught and held him . |
| 25 | So remorseful was Shiva that he took the head of the first creature he encountered and placed it on the boy 's shoulders . |
| 26 | Wexford winced and hoped she had n't seen . |
| 27 | She winced and pushed it away from her . |
| 28 | When Mme Fournier joined them , Flavia rose and relieved her of her market basket ; Fournier did neither . |
| 29 | He rose and led them both down the stone steps , coming to a halt at the entrance to the vestry door . |
| 30 | I rose and followed him . |