Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 2 | The Company got on as well with the local population as any European settlers anywhere in the world , but it was very exposed to attacks from New France . |
| 3 | How you met her , how she got on when she first came over here … ’ |
| 4 | Both women went to a ‘ smoking cessation course ’ the company laid on before the policy went on stream . |
| 5 | She was roughly shaken , but clung on until the man said : |
| 6 | Then suddenly , he came to a decision , and plunged on before he had time to reconsider it |
| 7 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 8 | After they realised that the warriors did not care if they stayed in the saddle or not , Yuan , Alexei and the others got down as well . |
| 9 | Shakespearean editors are showing considerable innovation in moving away from the view that Shakespeare had a fixed conception for his plays , where variants between texts are ‘ error of transmission ’ , corruptions which crept in because Shakespeare was not involved in preparing his plays for print . |
| 10 | We surfed in as Terrie fought to keep control of the tiller and stop us from broaching . |
| 11 | It was one of the conditions the Colonel laid down if he was to remain in hospital . ’ |
| 12 | Though there is no appeal procedure laid down if the chairman of the meeting rejects a proxy duly lodged and therefore does not allow that creditor 's vote , it is open to the creditor affected to apply to the court for the chairman 's decision to be reversed and for a new meeting to be held . |
| 13 | He went straight out , went to four families , whose names immediately suggested themselves to him , checked his facts and figures , got in while discussion was still on and flatly contradicted the great John and gave him the facts and figures to prove it , to tell him that he was wrong . |
| 14 | that could pay for itself if Colin got in so you 'll do that one get Colin to pay for it . |
| 15 | Or perhaps he was the compromise candidate who got in because neither of the two senior cardinal bishops was acceptable to the other party 's supporters . |
| 16 | Right Leona , can you , can you just go over s the places you lived in before you actually moved to the flat ? |
| 17 | He got one a week later — the prefab we lived in until I was eleven . |
| 18 | The lights flickered on before Graham could do more than put his arms round her . |
| 19 | and moved on cos I do n't wan na spend any more time on it but |
| 20 | We moved on as , behind us , Tetsu and partners reached the 5th . |
| 21 | He moved on when he saw her expression . |
| 22 | I read the words through first ; looks like it 's the statement our man phoned in after Sir Rufus was flame-grilled ; Welsh Nationalist extremists apparently claiming responsibility . |
| 23 | Janet watched as her daughter knelt down while she was coated with plaster . |
| 24 | The framework sank down until his lips were level with the floor . |
| 25 | They feel gloomy and weighed down so they think ‘ Why not escape to the country ’ ? ’ |
| 26 | The family were fed up with Birmingham and moved down when Bringwyn became vacant . |
| 27 | My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm . |
| 28 | I got myself invited along as I wanted to find out what drove him to travel all the way from Surrey to South Wales nearly every weekend . |
| 29 | Evening drew in while we carried the weekend 's provisions ashore . |
| 30 | But she picked the bag up and staggered along while Nick skipped beside her , jumping the sleepers . |