Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The good lady thought that he was shy , and constantly twitted him to bring him into the talk ; Paul hoped that she would get over it as the days passed , and this proved to be the case . |
| 2 | In telling me that , until my confirmation , my godparents were , by proxy , responsible for my sins , merely drove me to keep it that way . |
| 3 | He tried the same with Flora but she only told him to save it for his interview with Dr Mackintosh that morning . |
| 4 | The rasping noise was quite upsetting but when he did n't make it I gently shook him to make him breathe again and I did n't feel that I could relax , let alone sleep , for one minute . |
| 5 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |
| 6 | Having observed his or her own former situation by means of regression , the patent will then during the course of a counselling session have the opportunity to discuss what happened ( something that may never have been done before ) , to express anger at the perpetrator and possibly at others who may have guessed what was going on but perhaps did nothing to prevent it , and to understand that he or she was in no way to blame for what occurred . |
| 7 | ‘ She only did it to take him off you , ’ Nick said . |
| 8 | It 's my humble belief you only did it to hurt me , oh yes , spit on the bourgeois , épater the middleclass , oh aye , get your own back on Mr Grant and me for our fitted carpets and crinoline toiletroll covers when you grew up on berr linoleum in a singelenn' in Bridgeton . |
| 9 | I only ran it to get us clear of the bay and to charge the batteries . ’ |
| 10 | I so wanted him to know I was hurt . |
| 11 | The 1940s and war made seditious literature a vital concern ; the 1950s and anti-communism made left-wing literature seem so threatening ; the 1960s and permissiveness eventually caused us to think we could go too far with ‘ indecent ’ and ‘ obscene ’ books ; and the 1970s and 1980s and the move towards a more multicultural society and the assertiveness of nationality made us conscious of the damage of racist and religiously intolerant literature . |
| 12 | ‘ He just asked me to do it , and I felt like playing live again to keep my chops up . |
| 13 | ‘ And he just asked you to deliver them ? ’ |
| 14 | Just got him to give me a mint gasping for it |
| 15 | His name is Peter Davenport and it just amazed me to watch him . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ My friend T. Poole ’ , Coleridge wrote , ‘ strenuously advised me to accept it . ’ |
| 17 | Dad , dad , Auntie has to go somewhere I do n't know where , but she just told me to call you cos it 's quarter past fifteen minutes past six or is it seven ? |
| 18 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 19 | Kate said nothing , just allowed him to lead her out into the winter sunshine towards the waiting car . |
| 20 | I was pretty sure I would , but I just needed something to give me an extra push . ’ |
| 21 | But I never took it that seriously ; I just did it to do it . |
| 22 | In November 1819 the poverty of Kitto 's family finally forced them to send him to the workhouse , where he was set to learn shoe making . |
| 23 | Well you two can do it when you get back from the walk , just left me to do it |
| 24 | Yet she desperately wanted him to acknowledge her , to have some impact on his contained life . |
| 25 | I just wanted her to take me back , to talk to me as she always did . |
| 26 | She just wanted her to take it . |
| 27 | You know , so personally for my area of work I just wanted them to think they were getting someone respectable . |
| 28 | ‘ They just wanted me to swallow it hook , line and sinker , ’ a disillusioned student said . |
| 29 | He just wanted me to tell you . " |
| 30 | ‘ She … she did n't want to go and see him ; she just wanted somebody to tell her he was alive and , what seemed important was , how she was going to tell his people what had happened to him and where he was . |