Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the detectives she could afford , Maureen had hired this odd little man who looked as though he were play-acting , managed to be obtrusive when he was doing absolutely nothing and carried around a herbal cure for his blocked nose . |
| 2 | She frequently took pity on me and brought along a few choice dishes from home for my delectation . |
| 3 | I have a nutritionist who travels with me and works out a daily menu . |
| 4 | In the immediate aftermath of the plague , neither combatant was anxious to resume the war , and both were willing to listen to Pope Innocent VI when he attempted to mediate between them and bring about a lasting peace . |
| 5 | Then the board righted itself and drifted out a few feet into the pool with the two rabbits hunched upon it , rigid and motionless . |
| 6 | Actually we were n't married at the time , so we had to get married straight away and find some money to buy a house and so on , and Daddy had to give up acting and find a real job , one that brought in a regular income . |
| 7 | Name select or something and pick out a one of the pads with that hole ? |
| 8 | So she smiled to herself and pulled out a tall book from the bottom shelf , Piero della Francesca by the fellow whom her father always called K. Clark . |
| 9 | The old lady , following Sandison into the tiny bedroom , dropped to her knees , crossed herself and started up a high-pitched wailing , interspersed with fragments of speech which Sandison found completely incomprehensible . |
| 10 | So everybody that reaches out a helping hand . |
| 11 | Penry propped up the pillows behind her , then opened the bag he 'd brought with him and took out a small torch . |
| 12 | Wright never deserved the four goals he got — he never did anything to get the ball but let it come to him and losing out a few times in the process when the defender took the ball away . |
| 13 | She pulled it round her and picked up a heavy torch . |
| 14 | From Iago , too , Othello has caught the habit of repeating a word , dwelling on it to debase it or bring out a sinister double meaning ( compare Iago on ‘ virtue ’ and ‘ blest ’ : I.iii.318ff. ; II.i.245ff . ) . |
| 15 | His mind a careful blank , he reached to the shelf over it and took down a small plastic bag . |
| 16 | Edward turned to the jewel box beside him , opened it and took out a small gold ring with a precious ruby winking in the centre . |
| 17 | Practise reading it and think up a few sentences to explain why you have chosen it . |
| 18 | When the gum was melted she opened it and slid out a single sheet of unheaded paper on which a short message was written in Italian . |
| 19 | I went in feeling very poorly and not much good for anything and came out a new woman . |