Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] and [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses . |
| 2 | Twenty-one when she met Peter , she married him two years later and left him six years after that . |
| 3 | She felt that here at last was a man who saw things clearly and saw them whole . |
| 4 | Is n't it time that Silver sorted things out and got us some money to buy players even if it means bringing in another board member . |
| 5 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 6 | When we reached Dunkil we could have done two things , we could have said to the Bible class , We had a marvellous journey up and told them all about the glory of God as we saw him in the mountains , or we could have said , We almost had an accident on our way up here . |
| 7 | She put her arms up and held him close to her . |
| 8 | Then the wind rose , fanning the few sparks left alive in the brushwood ; the fire flared into life again and gave them light to see by , and they broke apart from their terrible embraces and sprang off to blade-length and lance-length . |
| 9 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 10 | A representative sample of the adult British population was asked : ‘ If the company you work for had to move its premises , do you think you would or would not move with it and find a new home if it moved more than 50 miles away and gave you financial help to move ? ’ |
| 11 | She followed Master Nan , waiting as he unlocked the great double doors again and pushed them open . |