Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this campaign too — the battle of the River Ebro — the government forces had the initial advantage of surprise , but their much depleted physical and military strength made them unable to turn it to their permanent advantage and they were eventually pushed back to their original positions . |
| 2 | ‘ You might own this place , Miguel , and you might have the right to stand where you like on it , but you 'll never make me pleased to see you ever again . |
| 3 | It made me sad to hear him speak like that ; he did n't seem to understand that was all I wanted to do . |
| 4 | Although I felt sorry for him , that prickliness in his manner made me reluctant to reveal myself . |
| 5 | 'You tell me this in order to comfort me and make me able to betray you without rending my own heart . |
| 6 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 7 | I 've hardly got any in cos when I left my nursery I got them all to do me one and when I left my school I got a load of them to do me one I did n't get many at the day nursery , but I got a handful . |
| 8 | Unlike Kyle , Mallaig has nothing much to commend it apart from being a busy fishing port and railhead which is , of course , its sole raison d'etre . |
| 9 | You 've proved to me that your country has nothing valuable to offer us . |
| 10 | Deeply ashamed of my wayward notions , I tried my best to contradict myself . |
| 11 | I tried my best to comfort her but she was beyond consolation . |
| 12 | I just tried my best to get something else for myself . |
| 13 | If he gave me a shagging I tried my best to get me heel of my boot down on the stair , something of that kind . |
| 14 | The current was starting to tip the canoe over and I began to panic as the boat was filling up rapidly and I tried my best to bail it out with my hands but had little success . |
| 15 | Though Sir Derek must ultimately carry management responsibility for the mess ISC has got the company into , it would prove difficult to find someone better to sort it out if only because any newcomer would have to spend so long in getting to grips with the problems . |
| 16 | This proposition was also rejected by the revolutionary junta in Madrid , who were therefore obliged to continue their efforts to find someone willing to wear what the English Foreign Minister had described as ‘ that crown of thorns ’ . |
| 17 | Sal continued working as a waitress in a cafe on the Commercial Road , but Charlie knew she could n't wait to find someone willing to marry her — whatever physical shape he was in — just as long as I can sleep in a room of my own , she explained . |
| 18 | It tried its best to clobber it . |
| 19 | Eventually Richards told Killion to shut up and then found himself obliged to say something else in his place . |
| 20 | But he found himself unable to say it , especially not to this so very obvious gentlewoman . |
| 21 | Though his compositions won many prizes internationally , Tan says that gradually , he found himself unable to express his real self . |
| 22 | Dr.Thomas Manton thought so highly of Baxter that he did not even consider himself worthy to carry his books behind him , and that ‘ Mr. Baxter came nearer the apostolic writings than any man in the age ’ . |
| 23 | Seems to me a very reasonable conclusion , I mean you can redress it up in Freudian terms and say their conscious did it , which is really very similar thing to say , I mean the unconscious becomes a sort of god in that case . |
| 24 | Fabia was conscious of Ven every step of the way , but tried her hardest to concentrate her thoughts elsewhere . |
| 25 | The ‘ germ ’ of this story , I think , is the idea ( I do not know who first expressed it ) that couples of servants who apply for situations as man and wife have often met for the first time in the registry office . |
| 26 | Opren , the anti-arthritis drug , was banned after its large-scale use and Mexico found itself unable to meet its international debts because it had discovered enormous oil resources . |
| 27 | It is now travel business legend that Airtours had seen ILG 's demise coming and despatched staff to the most popular resorts in February to talk to hotel owners about the possibility of booking spare space if any other tour operator found itself unable to fulfil its obligations . |
| 28 | Now , men , I hope I can trust you all to do your work well for me . |
| 29 | ‘ I want you two to make your way up North , to Huddersfield . |
| 30 | " And I want you first tell me why you took the gibbon to the palace when you knew it was wrong . |