Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Climbing up to the right and beyond Cow Dub , I followed the beck , dry where it had drained away through the limestone but flowing where the bands of sandstone outcropped , until on the open fell the limestone gave way to glacial moraine and the beck gurgled noisily back down towards Cow Dub . |
| 2 | Perhaps you 're exhausted where you 've had a gear problem . |
| 3 | If they just make it totally private where everybody has to pay |
| 4 | Was this where he had trained as a young man ? |
| 5 | He escaped in his pyjamas , and the plaster of Paris on his leg was sopping wet where he had fallen in a ditch , but he was in good spirits . |
| 6 | Moreover , hospital early discharge schemes have been slow to develop , yet are immensely popular where they have taken root . |
| 7 | It was much lighter than he had expected , largely because of a rear door , now open , which led to a glass extension giving a view of the headland . |
| 8 | Life in the office was tense , but the work was far more interesting than she had imagined it would be . |
| 9 | Now that she saw Rupert again he was rather less interesting than she had remembered — a little older , slightly inhibited in his conversation , and unresponsive to her semi-flirtatious looks and remarks in a way that puzzled her . |
| 10 | This Sara Monroe was much prettier than he had expected , judging from the numerous snaps and photographs of her at all stages of her development from baby to schoolgirl to young woman , which were strewn about Moorlake House . |
| 11 | His shoulders are broader than he had supposed , he notices as he walks away from himself ; his bottom sticks out less . |
| 12 | She had stopped being so afraid once she had heard him talking to her mother . |
| 13 | People need to account for their time for many different reasons and so your final template may look quite different once you have tailored it to your needs . |
| 14 | They had found him quicker than he 'd anticipated , sniffing him out through the darkened streets . |
| 15 | He was taller than she remembered , more powerfully built , the angles of his face even harder and more menacing than she had recalled coming up in the lift . |
| 16 | Now they 're not the easiest things to speak into because the noise volume of the traffic is quite horrendous so you have to shout . |
| 17 | Nor should we ignore the fact that in the not-too-distant future eastern Europe and Russia will be able to realise their massive agricultural potantial once they have become fully harnessed to a market economy . |
| 18 | But , remember these are wet so you have to leave them out , flat to dry . |
| 19 | But the truth is that Uncle Buck , the film , has been rendered totally superfluous once you 've seen the trailer you have seen the film . |
| 20 | So I used to go with him , and incidently he was a , he was very good on classical music , although we never went into this although I 'd got very close to him but I 'm sure he were brought up in an orphanage you know , and never talked about this but I 'm sure he was . |
| 21 | Soon , however , she did not have enough time to do this although someone had to relieve the poor beast , and the fresh creamy milk often sat in a gleaming churn in the corner of the kitchen untouched until it went rancid and had to be thrown away . |
| 22 | The new flat was smaller than the old so I had to sell some of my furniture . |
| 23 | The reaction of spectators was less marked than I had expected . |
| 24 | It had been pleasantly surprised to find that , after years when nobody had bothered to find out , political control over the investment decisions was more direct than anyone had realized . |
| 25 | For the most part it had been easier than she had expected . |
| 26 | It was easier than she had anticipated . |
| 27 | In the end , it was much easier than she had thought to push the silver door open by a few inches and to stand listening , trying to see , trying to hear , trying to feel the lingering dark presence . |
| 28 | Formation flying on the photographic Aztec was easier than I had expected considering the airframe 's sleekness and the early jet engines ' reputation for poor acceleration . |
| 29 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
| 30 | ‘ It was much easier than I 'd expected though we had very good weather , sunny and dry all the way . |