Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although the mainstream group , Fatah , made clear that it ruled out any question of subverting the Hashemite regime , other groups , of which the PFLP was the most notable , made equally clear their view that the overthrow of the Hashemites was a necessary preliminary to the recovery of Palestine .
2 At the end of September the group split up ; determined to get away from things English , they now decided to explore different areas , thinking they would learn more German if they gave up each others ' company .
3 ‘ It would be much easier if I went in first and then you could push me up , ’ said Fenella .
4 It obviously was n't accidental that it worked out that way .
5 We all had to warm up again later and I did n't have the necessary background for that ; when we finally ran , Buster was the winner , Drew second and I came in third .
6 ‘ I sure was lucky that someone dropped out this weekend .
7 I pushed hard and I picked up some places , but then in the bad conditions Lehto caught me and I went off into the wet and that was it . ’
8 Eventually the snow was so deep that it filled in all the fields with only the top few inches of the wall sticking out .
9 ‘ I think they 'd be very unhappy if we splashed out excessive money before settling our debts . ’
10 ‘ I think they 'd be very unhappy if we splashed out excessive money before settling our debts .
11 Well I was saying to Daddy actually I it would be better if I got up first and went in the bathroom .
12 I did n't look at them good till I sat down next to Mr. Mendez .
13 They argued some more while I poured out more Slammers , or rather Melanie argued and Carol grunted occasionally .
14 She was happy when she sat up all night to spare Andrew a vigil by a sick or calving or foaling animal .
15 Now they thought they were in a new thing in nineteen fifties when they brought in one man operated buses but they were n't .
16 Challenging the fast-flowing stream , a black and white dipper ‘ swam ’ against the current , half-submerged as it snapped up aquatic delicacies .
17 These two combines were strong enough to focus filmmakers ' creative and entrepreneurial energies , but not so dominant that they crushed out other centres of initiative .
18 Her mouth remained parched and she swilled out another glass .
19 Red and it turned out black
20 It 's not really surprising that she saved up all the maggots for me to look at , at least once a week .
21 You were n't really asleep when I came in last night , were you ?
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