Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major objectives of the account was to reapportion credit within the movement since much of it had been misappropriated by those who had done little or only appeared after emancipation in 1834 . |
| 2 | The up-stream side becomes steep and heavily plastered with mud to make it water-tight . |
| 3 | He had tried to remain calm but still seethed with fury at Maude 's continued intransigence in the face of his pleadings and questions : her only answer would be to bite her lip , shake her head and turn away in floods of tears . |
| 4 | One 's heart bled for Cowdrey , for he looked desperately nervous and soon succumbed without scoring . |
| 5 | There are 70 items , grouped into 7 blocks of 10 and loosely graded for difficulty . |
| 6 | They became friendly and eventually fell in love . |
| 7 | Presently , relaxed and generously anointed with body-lotion , she wrapped herself in a fluffy towelling robe and went back downstairs . |
| 8 | You 're never sure his car would stop , Grant and there was going to be somebody behind daddy coming up Alexander Street very , very fast and then jumped into daddy 's back ! |
| 9 | Gandhi describes it as gentle , non-wounding and never associated with anger or malice : ‘ It is never fussy , never impatient , never vociferous . |
| 10 | At this time her intravenous infusion was removed and she seemed more relaxed but still complained of pain from her wound . |
| 11 | The attacks were short and occasionally occurred at night ( she woke up before the attacks started ) . |
| 12 | The propertyless proletariat , exploited and progressively immiserized in line with Marx 's expectations , are in the less developed countries . |
| 13 | The two that immediately came to mind were running a charity and looking at whether any of her work was commercially viable which , since it is biotechnology-based , there was a good chance it would be . |
| 14 | Now U have to confess that there were two that never went on sale . |
| 15 | The eyes were bright blue and heavily mascaraed in navy and the woman wore a pink ribbon in loosely permed hair that was coloured almost to a shade of orange . |
| 16 | The row below dulled and then flickered to life , muted for a short while and then raised into a furious crescendo . |
| 17 | The suggestion was that the people of the area were outwardly smart but inwardly seared with pain : bleeding inside . |