Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once she met the Queen she would not need fitzAlan 's protection . |
| 2 | Monty was supposed to be on the wagon and I certainly did n't see him drinking , until I discovered that every time he passed the bar he 'd pick up any bottle that was on the bar and drink it . |
| 3 | As soon as she passed the gate she could hear the sirens of ambulances echoing round the valley , and see the flashing lights of the emergency vehicles . |
| 4 | If you respected the law you would n't survive . |
| 5 | If I ruled the world everyone would sing and shout , war and bombs are the things I would throw out . |
| 6 | With a spoken command , he operated the control which would open the roof of the AVR Lab , allowing the pod access to free space . |
| 7 | The man who the media said could do no right , because he would n't give straight answers and most of all enjoyed mocking the stupidity of the press , suddenly became the man who could do no wrong . |
| 8 | No , every time he got the ball he 'd kick it away |
| 9 | Well I do n't expect they will , but er I mean if a number of them were interested enough , I mean people are away on holiday at that time , but , if we thought , if we got the response we could , what do you think ? |
| 10 | ‘ That 's what I said ; I just got the impression it might be something like that . ’ |
| 11 | I always got the impression she would n't have minded slipping between the sheets with him , but I ca n't claim there was ever any real evidence she did . |
| 12 | ‘ I got the impression she 'd not 'ave wanted anyone to know about it . |
| 13 | You got the impression he would have liked to have brought all six volumes with him if he could . |
| 14 | Mick 's lay at the end of a row of long , low wooden buildings with a careful air : there were no guards or electric fences or anyone to be seen at all , but you got the feeling it would be inadvisable to appear shifty in any way as you traversed the path . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll never ferget that night when we got the news she 'd bin drowned . ’ |
| 16 | She had told them that once women got the vote everything would be all right : ‘ Poverty will be swept away ! |
| 17 | And I got the book it must have a bus you know ano , another , an extra bus on because he was allowed to get off at the tonight . |
| 18 | At the most he dropped hints that if I did my job and toed the line he would look after me . ’ |
| 19 | Horses soon get used to electric fencing if introduced to it sensibly ; once they have touched it with their noses and realised the outcome they will stay well clear . . |
| 20 | Acknowledging their weaknesses and limitations to live up to the Christian ideals they realised the strength they would obtain from mutual help and formed themselves into Teams . |
| 21 | I promised the missus I 'd be home by eleven . ’ |
| 22 | We promised the parish we would visit Simon the carpenter . ’ |
| 23 | Although Wheeler was never particularly interested in Roman pottery , he demonstrated the way it could be used to date construc-tional sequences on the Welsh forts , and it is unfortunate that this was not developed in his work at Verulamium , where what must have been a very small proportion of the pottery was published in the Report of 1936 ( Wheeler and Wheeler , 1936 ) . |
| 24 | As I entered the building I could see that it was damaged , probably by mortars , or shellfire . |
| 25 | Iorwerth had three bowmen with him in the rear , to ensure that once the party entered the wood they should not turn and leave it again . |
| 26 | As soon as I entered the room I could hear little pockets of chatter coming from various parts of the audience . |
| 27 | In the answers to the questionnaire circulated by Purser and Saunders , a monk living among the Shans near the Chinese border described the transformation which would take place when the Maitri Buddha comes : ‘ ’ the mountains will be levelled and world become a vast plain full of orchards , gardens and rice fields . |
| 28 | We never had this problem years ago , I mean it 's only do-gooders who stopped the stuff we used to use years ago which was a reasonable price , who 's caused all these problems . |
| 29 | He suggested that beneath the volcanic Mid-Atlantic Ridge there was an upwelling convective current of hot , partly-liquid rock in the mantle and that as this column approached the surface it would split , turning away from the ridge in two branches . |
| 30 | It 's us that promoted and surely if we created the situation it might work in our favour but it I mean it ca n't be very pleasant for other people |