Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sales plummetted and he was forced to quit . |
| 2 | It does give them the opportunity to provide the facilities , and on top of that on top of classification we now have grading , where every aspect of that hotel 's operation is examined and inspected and they are giving erm the classification as well as the grading , which could be highly commended or commended , and to give you some idea , out of the hotels in this region , you know , very , very few so far have reached the highly commended accolade , and those that do are well worth it , you know . |
| 3 | He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago . |
| 4 | A magistrate ordered this to be increased to 15 , but Crawford appealed and it was halved . |
| 5 | The ambulance came and I was filled with delicious brandy but was instantly sick when I got to Imtarfa Hospital . |
| 6 | Finally , my father came and I was discharged and taken home . |
| 7 | The next day came and I was running round the wing like a mad thing , up and down the stairs saying goodbye to everyone , and people were saying , ‘ The bastard , she 's got her parole . ’ |
| 8 | The police came and he was taken away . |
| 9 | The door slammed and he was gone . |
| 10 | No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents . |
| 11 | Fremantle 's motion was put to a vote and rejected and it was agreed to recommend that new fire-proof Foreign and Colonial Offices should be built on part of the park to conform with a general plan for rebuilding the area . |
| 12 | If the application is made on the grounds that debts have been paid or secured and it is known that there are creditors who have not proved their debts , the court may direct that notice be given to them of the application and order the trustee ( or official receiver ) to advertise the application and , in the meantime , adjourn the application for not less than thirty-five days ( r 6.209 ) . |
| 13 | I felt fear at this moment but it passed and I was calmed in thought when the sensation passed . |
| 14 | My marriage failed and I was doing about one job every six months — I was on the fringe of things . |
| 15 | After many years of almost continuous work , broken only by a short honeymoon in 1833 , Gooch 's health failed and he was taken ill in 1847 at his London office . |
| 16 | erm it 's an old one and it 's called Fancy Fish and we were sorting our videos out to list 'em and then we 'll make a list and then we 'd let you have and then if you want a video and that , you know what you got and we were looking through this Fancy Fish and it 's erm I do n't know if you remember it , it shows an open show at Oxford |
| 17 | He had gone to stay at a monastery and somehow a misunderstanding arose and he was asked if he had been baptised . |
| 18 | No , I think Elaine meant to keep you , then something happened and she was forced to give you up . ’ |
| 19 | Sefton 's condition deteriorated and it was agreed he should be put down . |
| 20 | That night Miss T. 's condition deteriorated and she was transferred to the intensive care unit . |
| 21 | On Friday her condition deteriorated and she was admitted to another hospital , ’ he said . |
| 22 | On Friday her condition deteriorated and she was admitted to another hospital , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Her condition deteriorated and she was admitted to Broadgreen . |
| 24 | She had seen what huge uphill problems they faced and she was determined to support their heroic effort to the best of her ability . |
| 25 | I telephoned and he was going to ‘ tune-in ’ also ! |
| 26 | His hands shook and he was suffering , but he did n't drink . |
| 27 | The result of such a mishap is often spectacular with the eighty h.p. engine trying to wind the rubber bow back to the stern , but on this occasion the engine quickly stalled and I was left drifting helplessly in a strong wind with rope from the outboard propeller stretching from stern to bow in an inaccessible position . |
| 28 | At length the big green truck arrived and we were bumping off to an anxious reception from Mrs. Anxious about her fragile porcelain , I should say . |
| 29 | The rewriting of the syllabus began when Mary arrived and it was completed by 1980 . |
| 30 | It was in April when we arrived and I was invited to join branch members in the Anzac Day Parade in Adelaide . |