Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Griffith now heated his rods in the middle and drew them down to thinner and thinner fibres which after cooling he also broke in tension .
2 They say it really came from Croissant , meaning crescent , because there 's a bend in the valley and the river there .
3 If Rohan really wanted control of the vineyard , would he consider it well lost for love once the first passion had cooled , as it inevitably would ?
4 Sybille , who witnessed Laura 's behaviour with journalists , believed she always felt under attack by the English press .
5 Julian Rossiter says he nearly died from ecstasy .
6 Edward Haddon says he always dreamed of rowing for Oxford and is looking forward to the challenge .
7 The first time it happened I immediately thought of meningitis , and rushed her to the doctor 's .
8 Well direct sales you you know I always tried to sort of stay away from companies that you know had a reputation for that .
9 When I was appreached I immediately said of course .
10 ‘ I did n't think anybody actually wrote for Reader 's Digest .
11 And then she 'll take you apart bit by bit in this very park when all the teachers have slunk off home .
12 Doing anything more led to agony , sleepless nights , months of drinking and moping and boring her closest friends to death .
13 Accepting the only logical course of action the robots had shut down the machine , even though it meant they too sank into inertia as a consequence .
14 She had put a small fridge in his room and she kept it well stocked with milk .
15 And I do n't think he ever went to problem you know , a pub fight at all .
16 Do you ever got to church ?
17 I ca n't remember what that bit was , I think he just stood on top
18 However , he said they only asked about staffing contracts between Ling and the health authority , which were all above board .
19 And then we she got married we still kept in touch with one another and I got married and we did n't live far from one another .
20 This makes it well suited to road use while it is still sturdy enough to cope with bumpy paths and tracks .
21 Some of the lower valued lots also sold below estimate which should be an encouraging sign to collectors in the part II and III of the sales , scheduled for October and December of this year .
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