Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross-examined by John Griffith Williams QC , about why he did not stop for the children , he said that he was concerned not to hit them and instinctively moved away into the fast lane . |
| 2 | A loose umbrella reform group , whose members in the early years included both regulationists and their opponents , it embraced an ameliorist approach to social problems , shying away from any attempt to see them as structurally related . |
| 3 | However , Mrs Singh was pleased to meet her and generally liked all the teachers and what she saw . |
| 4 | When the time came the mare was in foal but they failed to buy her and finally refused to do so in December 1973 . |
| 5 | Apparently the unknown craft had switched on a powerful searchlight to identify us and then gone on its way , still without lights . |
| 6 | The expansiveness came to an end in the middle of 1940 , when he demanded better terms for Cotton Town than had been offered : ‘ The first book did well for you ( for me too , I readily admit ) , and since I may soon be called up , and have a wife and child to support , I should like to leave them as well provided for as possible . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But in the end the club wanted to keep me and even considered getting Margaret Thatcher involved in the transfer after QPR said no . ’ |
| 8 | Dave did make a cameo appearance in his kayak to run it but quickly reverted back to the raft . |
| 9 | She seemed to skate over the next part of her story , but Julia grasped the salient part , which was that one of the English officers who fought with the Italians had fallen in love with her , promised to marry her and secretly made love to her . |
| 10 | It is of vital importance to the successful operation of the police that they should have the co-operation of the public and they 're much more likely to get it if democratically elected representatives of the public are well represented indeed in the majority at least on the police authority . |
| 11 | Pascoe made no attempt to follow him but rapidly assessed the situation . |
| 12 | The doors flew open to admit him and then closed behind him . |