Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would all be worth it to see them settled and thriving in their new home . |
| 2 | I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else . |
| 3 | For those of us who focused our energies on lesbian and feminists issues we were to find ourselves marginalized and isolated in English feminist groups , amongst women whose racism mirrored the population at large . |
| 4 | I finally got one job offer , but when I turned up to work I found that it had been a mistake . |
| 5 | While we were waiting for our ferry to come we went and visited the Mary Rose war ship . |
| 6 | Attempts to revive him failed and he was dead on arrival at hospital . |
| 7 | Attempts to revive him failed and he died later in hospital . |
| 8 | His war record and the fact that he had never been able to catch him redhanded whilst poaching appealed to his old world code of honour . |
| 9 | Joan had not visited Brian 's grave in five years and had expected to find it neglected and overgrown . |
| 10 | Leaving it , they marched to Hastings , to find it deserted and on fire ; in retribution for this ‘ scorched earth policy ’ they burnt Rye to the ground . |
| 11 | We need to know what happened if it is not it is not , like thalidomide and practolol , to be swept under the carpet of history |
| 12 | Members were so kind in their congratulations that they will want to know what happened when I went to the Palace on February 7th to receive the M.B.E . |
| 13 | He complained that there was no root of Veratrum to replace one lost nor of the various martagons which he had found so slow to mature from seed in England . |
| 14 | Brenda goes on to recount what happened after she rebuffed the boy in question . |
| 15 | BANG ! 27.3 million Britons tuned in to see who fired that long-overdue bullet at Southfork 's J R Ewing in November . |
| 16 | ‘ I want to see you washed and almost dried by the time I come down . |
| 17 | Long before it was time to fire he realized that he would have to pull out or crash ; below fifty feet there would be no recovering , not from this angle , not at this speed . |
| 18 | For years afterwards I only had to hear it played and in my mind I would be back on the muddy camp site , feeling again the excitement and fun and tragedy which filled the air . |
| 19 | But when you get to the end of your book and your detective explains why the poor chap had to be murdered with porcupine quills your readers are likely to start trying to imagine what happened when the murder took place . |
| 20 | A model was now starting to emerge which indicated that a number of stages were involved in the business of assessing the role of the message in communication ( Ackerman , 1983 ) . |
| 21 | When they went to leave she realised that Mr Pollard intended to drive home : |
| 22 | Stapleton brought the Leeward Islands together again by 1682 and the Codrington family managed to keep them united until after the end of the seventeenth century , but the general tendency to fragment into separate colonies seemed irresistible to people on the islands , no matter how foolish it seemed to British administrators who saw them as tiny communities that on a map of the world looked very close together . |
| 23 | There was quite a social calendar to keep me occupied if I ever tired of my own company . |
| 24 | Her kindness broke the ice and as we began to chat I discovered that instead of feeling awkward I was eager to talk to her . |
| 25 | Wherever you go , there will always be a mountain gasthaus somewhere close at hand to keep you fed and watered . |
| 26 | And what can there be about the arrangement of a few slices of sausage and a dozen black olives on a dish brought by the waitress in the seaside café to keep you occupied while your fish is cooking that makes you feel that this is the first time you have seen and tasted a black olive and a piece of sausage ? |
| 27 | If you enjoy walking , this could be heaven there are over 80 kms of marked paths to keep you occupied and walks are arranged weekly with an English speaking guide , both easy and strenuous . |
| 28 | I will continue to keep you informed and as matters develop will write again on the pros and cons of the conversion , and on the broader issues . |
| 29 | Conferences and Seminars Designed to keep you informed and to improve the use of Lotus products to solve business problems , these regular events are available at a discount to members . |
| 30 | The Training Programme has been improved recently with invited lecturers and an interesting choice of classes ; all of which are designed to keep you informed and up-to-date . |