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738 | PASSIVES | get and have | B2 | null | FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJ + '-ED', PROACTIVE PASSIVE | I had just played in the best team of Sao Paulo but I had to stop because I had my leg broken in a car crash | Germany | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Dutch | Pass | null | null |
738 | PASSIVES | get and have | B2 | null | FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJ + '-ED', PROACTIVE PASSIVE | null | Germany | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Dutch | Pass | null | null |
739 | PASSIVES | get and have | B2 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE | I would like to point at a few things about our small town, which I, as a citizen, have to explain to our friends, in order to get them to visit us more frequently | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
739 | PASSIVES | get and have | B2 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE | It is a good way to get them to shop at this particular store | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
739 | PASSIVES | get and have | B2 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE | I do understand that it must be difficult to get these people to go to the festival | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
739 | PASSIVES | get and have | B2 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + 'TO'-INFINITIVE | null | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
740 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED' | I must say that Caroline and I are good together because I think I am a little bit lazy but she is always the one who tries to get things done | Sweden | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
740 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED' | [talking about a minibus] ? ours broke down and it took hours to get it repaired | Sweden | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
740 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED' | But within the last two months we received several complaints from our customers about not getting their orders delivered in time | Sweden | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
740 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ED' | null | Sweden | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
741 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING' | First of all, I would like to underline the sheer boredom of these CDs, which got me yawning from the very first minute | Spain | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 2005 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
741 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING' | I was very happy when I received your letter, although I must say that your dilemma got me thinking | Spain | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 2005 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
741 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING' | As soon as they realized there was no way to get the employees moving, they got excited and nervous | Spain | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 2005 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
741 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING' | But still both concerts were great as Elton John and "Metallica" really know how to get people moving, but in two completely different ways | Spain | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 2005 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
741 | PASSIVES | get and have | C1 | null | FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING' | null | Spain | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 2005 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
742 | PASSIVES | get and have | C2 | null | FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJECT + INFINITIVE | In order to attract people and have them practise their English, we could point out the benefits and the possibilities one obtains, by acquiring a degree in this language | Greece | C2 MASTERY | 2010 | Greek | at level | null | null |
742 | PASSIVES | get and have | C2 | null | FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJECT + INFINITIVE | In assessing the prospective student's linguistic skills it does not suffice to just have him fill out a multiple-choice-form | Greece | C2 MASTERY | 2010 | Greek | at level | null | null |
743 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | I was waiting for you all Saturday evening | Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
743 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | [talking about a holiday] I was swimming and sunbathing every day | Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
743 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | We were dancing all evening | Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
743 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | null | Spanish - European, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
744 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | 1 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | I was just watching a football match | Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
744 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | 1 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | [talking about wanting to get a kitten] I was always dreaming about it | Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
744 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | 1 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | null | Bengali, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
745 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS | Yesterday we were studying maths in your house, and I left my book on your bed | Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
745 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS | It was raining when I arrived | Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
745 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS | null | Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2005 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
746 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS | I went to a soccer game, they were playing the last game to get the championship | Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
746 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS | It was raining, but the concert was so good that I did not mind | Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
746 | PAST | past continuous | A2 | null | USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS | null | Spanish - Latin American, A2 WAYSTAGE, Pass, 2007 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
747 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | FORM: NEGATIVE | He was not planning to become a professional player | Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
747 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | FORM: NEGATIVE | She was not feeling very well | Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
747 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | FORM: NEGATIVE | I tried to phone her house, but her phone wasn't working | Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
747 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | FORM: NEGATIVE | I'm writing you this letter to tell you that we felt so bad when we heard you weren't working at the school any more | Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
747 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | FORM: NEGATIVE | null | Spanish - Latin American, C2 MASTERY, Pass, 2004 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
748 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | FORM: QUESTIONS | Was my mother going to die?
I couldnt see anybody, then there he was, my hero, my favorite singer Bob Dylan saying my name, but was he calling me?
What were you doing? ; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Russian; Pass)
[talking about a dream] Everything was strange | Spain | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
748 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | FORM: QUESTIONS | Why was I following a green fox? | Spain | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
749 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | 2 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | He was still waiting at the traffic light | Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
749 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | 2 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | He was actually acting like a ghost | Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
749 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | 2 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | null | Italian, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
750 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | USE: REASON | Because she was sitting in the corner, she could see the whole view of the café in front of her | Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
750 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | USE: REASON | Yesterday a TV company came to my school because they were doing a science quiz | Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
750 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | USE: REASON | null | Arabic - Meghreb, B1 THRESHOLD, Pass, 2008 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
751 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | USE: REPEATED EVENTS | Worst of all, in September it was always raining | Portugal | B1 THRESHOLD | 2007 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null |
751 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | USE: REPEATED EVENTS | He was always talking about this prize but I never thought he would win it | Portugal | B1 THRESHOLD | 2007 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null |
751 | PAST | past continuous | B1 | null | USE: REPEATED EVENTS | null | Portugal | B1 THRESHOLD | 2007 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null |
752 | PAST | past continuous | B2 | 3 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | My younger brother was constantly bothering me | Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
752 | PAST | past continuous | B2 | 3 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | One day, as she was wistfully walking in the dusk of that day, she told herself she could either go on living her lonely life or make a huge effort to fit in | Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
752 | PAST | past continuous | B2 | 3 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | null | Russian, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1997 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
753 | PAST | past continuous | B2 | null | USE: POLITENESS | I was wondering if I could impose on you again for my next visit | Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
753 | PAST | past continuous | B2 | null | USE: POLITENESS | I was thinking that you could wear your Marilyn Monroe dress as your fancy-dress costume | Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
753 | PAST | past continuous | B2 | null | USE: POLITENESS | I was thinking that you could come to my house and see the movie | Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
753 | PAST | past continuous | B2 | null | USE: POLITENESS | null | Chinese, B2 VANTAGE, Pass, 1999 | null | null | null | null | null | null |
754 | PAST | past continuous | C2 | null | USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS | They had been told that I was always getting into mischief and so had decided that, by buying me this diary, I would probably calm down a little and my behaviour would change | Spain | C2 MASTERY | 1993 | Catalan | Pass | null | null |
754 | PAST | past continuous | C2 | null | USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS | I was constantly trying to balance my school life, extra-curricular activities, studies and personal life and was always running out of time | Spain | C2 MASTERY | 1993 | Catalan | Pass | null | null |
754 | PAST | past continuous | C2 | null | USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS | null | Spain | C2 MASTERY | 1993 | Catalan | Pass | null | null |
755 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | I had been working on the project for over a year | France | B1 THRESHOLD | 2004 | French | Pass | null | null |
755 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | We had been waiting for hours | France | B1 THRESHOLD | 2004 | French | Pass | null | null |
755 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | I didn't need so much, because I'd been saving money for a few months | France | B1 THRESHOLD | 2004 | French | Pass | null | null |
755 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | null | France | B1 THRESHOLD | 2004 | French | Pass | null | null |
756 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS | I had been waiting for this letter for months, so I opened it immediately | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
756 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS | Once I had been watching TV for 6 hours when my Mum suddenly switched it off | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
756 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS | null | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
757 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST | I know it very well because we had been exchanging letters for a long time | Spain | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
757 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST | She had been going there since she was ten years old | Spain | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
757 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST | He began to think about his own thoughts while he was smoking a cigarette , when suddenly the curtain moved | Spain | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
757 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B1 | null | USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST | null | Spain | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
758 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE | And there were two men who had been chasing the murderer to find out who the man is and rescue the girl | Korea, North | B2 VANTAGE | 2008 | Korean | Pass | null | null |
758 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE | The guide also tells some funny stories about an old lord, who had been living there in the 18th century | Korea, North | B2 VANTAGE | 2008 | Korean | Pass | null | null |
758 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE | After a few minutes the door was opened and the man who had been following me came in | Korea, North | B2 VANTAGE | 2008 | Korean | Pass | null | null |
758 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE | null | Korea, North | B2 VANTAGE | 2008 | Korean | Pass | null | null |
759 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION | After we had been sunbathing at the beach all day long, we went every evening to a cosy restaurant called "The Barking Cat", where we had a good meal and some wine | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
759 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION | After I had been waiting for an hour, I decided to go through the gate and go in on foot | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
759 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION | null | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
760 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | Laura realised that she had not been studying very hard lately | Malaysia | B2 VANTAGE | 1999 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
760 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | I couldn't tell her about Mark because she hadn't been doing anything else but talking about him for the last three weeks | Malaysia | B2 VANTAGE | 1999 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
760 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | Last week, two of your employers came to solve the problems of my central heating system as it had not been working for two days | Malaysia | B2 VANTAGE | 1999 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
760 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | null | Malaysia | B2 VANTAGE | 1999 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
761 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | I had been working hard at my job and I had really been looking forward to this holiday | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
761 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | When he died, he was a rich man, he had only been living ten months in the house he had built for fourteen years ? | Sweden | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Swedish | Pass | null | null |
762 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | USE: RESULTS | Unfortunately it had been snowing for a long time and so I was unable to go out for a walk | Italy | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
762 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | USE: RESULTS | We had been working very hard all the morning so by that time, I was very tired | Italy | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
762 | PAST | past perfect continuous | B2 | null | USE: RESULTS | null | Italy | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
763 | PAST | past perfect continuous | C2 | null | FORM: QUESTIONS | What had he been doing that morning?
So, why had she been waiting for so long a time? | France | C2 MASTERY | 1993 | French | Pass | null | null |
764 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES | If the weather had been better, we would have enjoyed it more | Argentina | B1 THRESHOLD | 2003 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null |
764 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES | If you had gone there with me, you would have been happy | Argentina | B1 THRESHOLD | 2003 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null |
764 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF' CLAUSES | So I decided to go back and look for them in the park: believe it or not I would have spent all night in the park, if it hadn't been closed since six o'clock! | Argentina | B1 THRESHOLD | 2003 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null |
765 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | I felt really sorry for you after I had read your last letter | Poland | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Polish | Pass | null | null |
765 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | [?] I'd forgotten that I have an appointment with the doctor [?] | Poland | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Polish | Pass | null | null |
766 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | FORM: NEGATIVE | The ABC Company called this morning to say that our company had not delivered the goods on time | China | B1 THRESHOLD | 2002 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
766 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | FORM: NEGATIVE | I hadn't heard from her for two months | China | B1 THRESHOLD | 2002 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
766 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | FORM: NEGATIVE | null | China | B1 THRESHOLD | 2002 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
767 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | 1 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | It was the most beautiful one I had ever seen | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
767 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | 1 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | So, she came to America to see a relation she had never seen before, and she spent the money with me | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
767 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | 1 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | I had just arrived from school when I saw the letter | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
767 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | 1 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | I had always wanted to visit European cities and Paris was one of the easiest cities to get to from England | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
767 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | 1 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | null | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
768 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | USE: TIME UP TO THEN | He then thought how stupid he had been | Peru | B1 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null | null |
768 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | USE: TIME UP TO THEN | Actually I'd arranged an appointment with my doctor before calling you | Peru | B1 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null | null |
768 | PAST | past perfect simple | B1 | null | USE: TIME UP TO THEN | null | Peru | B1 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null | null |
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