Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when his mouth claimed hers that some kind of reality surged back into her consciousness and her eyes flew wide open in horror as she belatedly realised just what was happening . |
| 2 | Their infectious Irish rhythms and lilting harmonies captivated the house , but when the little pocket diva sang her solo this time , she ‘ wowed ’ them , she ‘ knocked them cold ’ , she was ‘ sensational ’ , or whatever other cliche theatre people use to describe a successful performance . |
| 3 | Harvey told me how each part of the computer was named after a section of the human brain : the Medulla , Pons and Midbrain . |
| 4 | ‘ Misunderstanding all cleared up now ’ he said and her look told him how much use that reply had been . |
| 5 | I slept the sleep of the just till the chapel bells roused me late this afternoon . |
| 6 | The sight of an open pub told him how much time had passed and also reminded him of his normal comfort in moments of stress . |
| 7 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 8 | Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss . |
| 9 | And still on the heron front , Ray Talbot of the Real McKoi , Garboldisham in Norfolk showed me yet another weapon in the pondkeeper 's armoury against heron visits . |
| 10 | Sean had a free ticket to the Smorgasbord as he was the driver but the waiter charged me only half price after hearing where we had been . |
| 11 | Stephen told them how that morning he had seen a girl out on the moor alone . |
| 12 | The Falklands crisis tested her as few leaders in recent times have been tested . |
| 13 | The word-books for Dioclesian ( 1690 ) and King Arthur ( 1691 ) were Tonson publications too — earlier sales figures told him how many Fairy Queen quartos to order . ) |
| 14 | ‘ Rose woke me up several times during the night , ’ Laura explained . |
| 15 | My lady and gentleman took him out that night and he drank a lot of fizzy stuff and fell over — I 'm black and I do n't think he saw me in the darkness . |
| 16 | The Spanish dance in The Nutcracker and the Yodelling Song in Ashton 's Façade gave him slightly more chance to make an individual impression , but his only leading part was in Fokine 's Carnaval , where he played Pierrot , not very memorably , sharing the role with Poole , whose interpretation was universally admired . |
| 17 | That bicycle gave me so much joy for many years . |
| 18 | ‘ I wish my dreams gave me as much pleasure . ’ |
| 19 | That 's what Johnny says to me and then Alison rang me up this afternoon . |
| 20 | Still , as Sidcombe stuffed us twice this season they can go to hell . |
| 21 | Names beat me sometimes these days . |
| 22 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |
| 23 | Meh'Lindi 's rented , streetwise duo guaranteed her much more anonymity ; as to her motives , they exhibited no interest whatever . |
| 24 | ‘ My policy saved me so much time and money , ’ he says . |
| 25 | The entertainment role of the press was confirmed too by the Press Commission finding that most people felt their paper gave them as much news as they wanted . |
| 26 | Since returning from the weekend meeting in Palm Springs , California , to which President Bush summoned him early this month , Mr Kaifu has seized the high ground at home in Japan 's efforts to avert a trade war with the United States . |
| 27 | Gabriel held it longer this time . |
| 28 | Manchester United had offered him increased terms to stay on the club 's playing staff ; several years later Chelsea offered him even more money to leave Swindon and he became the elite London club 's assistant-manager , but on both occasions Macari put the unspectacular west country side first . |
| 29 | Jesus himself has things to say , for example his disciples asked him how many times should I forgive somebody else . |
| 30 | My Norfolk grandmother told me too much education spoilt a girl for a good wife . |