Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact it immortalised them and ensured that all future anti-apartheid movements would vow their allegiance to the heroes of Rivonia . |
| 2 | I analysed them and found that a material had been used which is only obtainable in Iron Curtain countries . |
| 3 | The day before contracts were due to be exchanged , the vendor phoned me and asked whether we could keep on his current lodger who was a student and about to take his final exams . |
| 4 | Especially after Bishop Wishart visited him and announced that Seton was not guilty of any involvement in the King 's death . ’ |
| 5 | At a press conference in Alma Ata , the Kazakh capital , on Aug. 17 , Kazakh news agency qoted him as saying that the agreements included provisions for new border crossing points and visa-free travel ; Kazakhstan was prepared to provide China with assistance in geological prospecting , ore enrichment , the chemical industry , laser and biological technology , and in building hydroelectric power stations . |
| 6 | Fear for Dana and what would happen to her twin if Roman found her and Garry before she could warn her . |
| 7 | So when this came up it was obviously advantageous to have some new tracks for the anthology and so we approached him and asked if he would be interested . |
| 8 | When on one occasion a young Indian student approached him and asked if he was T. S. Eliot , he looked up at her in alarm , agreed that he was , and got off the bus . |
| 9 | At the morning coffee-break , one of his colleagues approached him and said that he practised acupuncture , and that he would relieve his shoulder tension for him if he wished . |
| 10 | Candy , who had a long history of violence , reported that , while he was in Reading on 22 June , an Italian named Mike , whom he knew slightly , approached him and suggested that they rob a shopkeeper in the town . |
| 11 | He approached her and asked if he could help . |
| 12 | They analysed it and found that it was mud , a piece of clay , y'know , but them not being all-forgiving , they suspected that I was using drugs , y'know , so they kicked me out of home and I went to live with my grandmother and then I had more freedom there to do as I pleased and hence started going to pop festivals and things and enjoying them and getting off on them and mixing with that whole subculture if you like . |
| 13 | Mitzi , who was Brown Owl 's assistant , told them when asked that there was no limit to the number of bridesmaids a bride could have , but that two or three was most usual , for various reasons that she explained . |
| 14 | A member of the Casa Alianza legal office visited them , photographed them and demanded that they be taken immediately to the Juvenile authorities in accordance with article 33 of the Juvenile Code . |
| 15 | She had been ‘ petrified ’ she would lose her boyfriend if she told him and feared if she told her employers , she would lose the job she loved . |
| 16 | My first encounter with Kagan took place when Wilson telephoned me and asked if I would see him . |
| 17 | ‘ Because , three months ago , Heather telephoned me and asked if I 'd taken Clare to the Skein of Geese a couple of weeks before her death . |
| 18 | I thereupon obtained from him the name of the solicitor instructed by Randolph , telephoned him and said that my own firm would accept service of the writ . |
| 19 | One distinguished scientist was so indignantly incredulous that he seized Galambos by the shoulders and shook him while complaining that we could not possibly mean such an outrageous suggestion . |
| 20 | She had no wish to upset her husband , but she knew how much Stephen 's mother hated her and felt that her mother-in-law was trying to usurp her place in the baby 's affections . |
| 21 | Wes followed me and watched as I opened the boot and laid Duke gently on top of my black working coat . |
| 22 | He thanked me and said that my application would be on the table for consideration at the next meeting of the committee . |
| 23 | I did n't want to stay so I followed her and asked if I could go along with her . |
| 24 | We thanked her and explained that we were going upriver . |
| 25 | The King thanked him and added that he died a Christian and a member of the Church of England . |
| 26 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 27 | And I rang them and see if I could cancel it for the Monday and he only , the doctor does n't sit on the Monday , so I 've got |
| 28 | And erm the only other outstanding sponsor from last year was Northern Rock and that has been a bit of a qu a problem because er it 's , we have n't had a closing gala event which might attract them but just recently erm Paul who as you know performed last year with his band so er well er is , had rang me and said that they are doing something in Venice and they could in fact take the boat to Hull rather than to Dover and bring it here and I 'm , so I 'm working on the assumption that we might have that . |
| 29 | She also had a doctor brought in who examined me and said that I was fine . |
| 30 | I decided that once Thomas was in bed I 'd tell you I loved you and ask if we could start over , but — ’ |