Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least the British players demonstrated that they fully deserved to be on the same court — much against many people 's expectations . |
| 2 | The recent tours of the Republic by New Zealand and world champions Australia demonstrated that it still continues to do so — and how . |
| 3 | Labour was utilised more efficiently , and as well as being mindful of his employer 's interests , Barratt demonstrated that he also had a care for his workmen . |
| 4 | It seemed to me that it was not only natural but positive : it demonstrated that he still had a relationship with God . |
| 5 | Diana has never been close to the Princess Royal , and demonstrated that she now has no intention of pretending otherwise . |
| 6 | They often came into conflict with the local Transport Committees , formed from the local branches of the main transport unions , who correctly maintained that they alone had the right to issue permits for the movement of essential items which would otherwise have been held up in the dispute . |
| 7 | She maintained that you simply stood and watched the other Girls ; this was called ‘ sitting at the side of Nellie ’ ( Nellie or Eleanor being the only daughter John allowed to take part in the business . ) . |
| 8 | I once visited a pensioner in my village and mentioned that I occasionally like jam but never make it myself because I do not eat it often enough . |
| 9 | I have used this set-up to photograph cichlids , but I found that they invariably show their fright colours and not their lovely breeding colours . |
| 10 | Friedman 's doctors found that they often needed to confront the patients with their underlying hostility . |
| 11 | She tried to pin her thoughts elsewhere , but found that they always boomeranged back . |
| 12 | I myself did not know anything about this and having checked with Gillyan Ford and all Publicity Assistants , found that they too had had no previous indication of the requirement to scan adverts . |
| 13 | The tone controls really are sensitive and , being used to the somewhat reluctant EQ on my own amplifier , I found that I only had to move the X-Amp 's a few degrees before the sound began to change radically . |
| 14 | And I had spent a total of three winters playing Grade cricket in the city and found that I really liked the place and the people . |
| 15 | Yeah , I , I found that you suddenly put |
| 16 | But Coleridge found that he rather enjoyed the rolling of the deck , and held long and facetious conversations with a talkative fellow passenger . |
| 17 | As she hesitated , Tug found that he desperately wanted to know what she would say . |
| 18 | He had blushed at the thought and turned quickly away , but as time passed he found that he desperately wanted to share his secret with her ; until then he 'd always confided in her unhesitatingly and it seemed strange that something should now make him hold back . |
| 19 | In all our dealings with the head teacher we found that he consistently refused to accept that the methods of teaching at the school were failing our son . |
| 20 | She found that she gradually became prone to weight gain and as a result experimented with several different diets . |
| 21 | Sainsbury 's sponsored one of the nine categories — Press Advertising — and found that it also received a certificate in this category for its graduate recruitment campaign . |
| 22 | The guide 's eyebrows rose until they almost met his hairline . |
| 23 | Besides , the sorts of holidays Rose and I usually go on would n't have been up-market enough for George . ’ |
| 24 | Cos the other day Dawn phoned and we never heard . |
| 25 | And yesterday the princess 's lower lip trembled and she nervously turned away as Sebastian sang the poignant opening lines of the 1989 hit , Right Here Waiting For You . |
| 26 | His hands trembled and he constantly looked to Louise for advice and support . |
| 27 | Josh had the newspaper spread out in front of him on the table , but Ruth felt sure that he had not been reading it ; she doubted if he even knew it was there . |
| 28 | Her action always embarrassed him , but as it was unobtrusive he doubted if anyone else noticed it . |
| 29 | But I was gon na tell you about there was one day I was at for money and I 'm coming up the road , and here this chap was standing in the road and er kind of thumbing a lift , so I says to him , I stopped and I often lift people in the road but er after he got into the , I had an old Bradford van at the time , and he said er , I said to him , I says , are you on a hiking holiday ? |
| 30 | She moved but she still kept glancing about . |