Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl he got sacked because of . ’ |
| 2 | I guess she really liked those , she only got moved because of er the |
| 3 | I was getting used to the odd feeling of distance , which made it seem as if it was all about someone else , but it was alarming to see how most of the articles highlighted the love-story angle , rather than the conditions in which John was held or the reasons I 'd given as to why the Government should be doing more . |
| 4 | However , in half-anticipation , I 'd calculated that after the one hour twenty flight from Porto we would still have a two hours forty endurance at 75 per cent cruise for the return flight to Porto in order to clear Customs back into Spain . |
| 5 | She had dismissed as rubbish Nina 's allegations that the men thought he was interested in her , but she had to admit he was good company , and for the next half-hour he entertained her with stories of his work in Australia , of the people he 'd met and of his excursions into the bush and to the Great Barrier Reef . |
| 6 | When she 'd said that to Pascoe she 'd realized it was true . |
| 7 | If anything , she was relieved at the outcome –f that particular incident — Josie had been right when she 'd said that after going so far Lucy was now marking time and getting no further . |
| 8 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
| 9 | Jason Levy finally admitted what he 'd done and in court pleaded guilty to arson . |
| 10 | Antique furniture , yes , erm , because I 'd bought that during the war in various antique places , you know , and erm , what did we buy , no I think my father gave us the bedroom furniture was , which was at the |
| 11 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 12 | She 'd thought that at least she 'd be put with her own kind — border-crossers and minor political dissidents-but it did n't happen . |
| 13 | We 'd known that in the mountains and in due course I was to see it myself from the other side of the fence . |
| 14 | And she said last year I 'd pulled that on the furniture , and like the first year you 're old enough to really wrap and there was a tap on the window and Theresa went out and she went , and come back and she went oh my God Father Christmas is out there and she said |
| 15 | His easy manner bordered on the avuncular , but Charles was wise enough not to take offence with the experienced NCOs , particularly this one under whom he 'd served while in the ranks such a short while before . |
| 16 | It was what I 'd worked for for twenty years . |
| 17 | For she 'd literally been shaken to her roots when the clothing firm she 'd worked for for the past six and a half years had collapsed , making the entire work-force redundant . |
| 18 | I felt relieved once I 'd started because at last I felt I was doing something about my life . |
| 19 | Melville explains , ‘ The downside got overlooked because of the crusading side , but eventually I got the sex mag blues . |
| 20 | On the first day of the blizzard 30 of my sheep got buried and on the first night my kennel runs were covered with six feet of snow , making it difficult , if not impossible , to get the dogs out . |
| 21 | Small stones , sticking to the rim , became dislodged and at one point were tumbling down the curve as quickly as the wheel was rising , giving the appearance of effervescence . |
| 22 | ‘ It got pulled because of the murder . |
| 23 | Her face was grave and shocked hurt because of Faye . |
| 24 | Slept in that bedroom , eaten in that kitchen ; used the earth privy in the daytime ( Nick got constipated because of the spiders ) ; kept out of Mr Evans 's way ; woken up to the pit hooter wailing ; gone running to school down the hilly , main street … |
| 25 | First of all , I think that it it 's difficult to be sure of this because of the way in which the County Council prepared their the evidence on which I relayed relied and like Mr I did n't come here prepared to talks in detail about the inner northern . |
| 26 | The pines grew spaced as in a plantation . |
| 27 | The leapfrogging process which resulted meant that as a wage round progressed , later settlements tended to be more favourable to the unions and also more costly to the employers . |
| 28 | It was felt that , although widespread commitment to languages was apparent through the extensive resourcing in all companies surveyed , staff interviewed frequently felt undervalued and under threat from central management . |
| 29 | After I got started and into the conversation I felt a lot more comfortable . |
| 30 | Only two subjects in the nicotine patch and one in the placebo group had withdrawn because of side effects . |