Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Honestly if it was them that had to stuff those navy blue fitted sheets into the automatic after he 's been home they 'd be Under No Delusions .
2 Not surprisingly , those of them that tried to reverse this fate have sometimes prospered .
3 Sometimes I caught the Feldwebel looking wistfully out of the window at a dilapidated horse and cart or an old man on a bicycle but he controlled himself and tried to make polite conversation .
4 But he was incensed ; he came alongside me and started making all sorts of threatening gestures .
5 Rory giggled weakly , then lay back against the pillows , suddenly overwhelmed by everything that had happened that day , not least by the totally uncharacteristic tenderness in his voice .
6 She blinked , started to stretch , but then suddenly sat bolt upright as she remembered everything that had happened last night .
7 Preoccupied with her own thoughts , and her mind still whirling with confusion from everything that had happened last night , Jessamy did n't hear the car draw up outside ; did n't hear the front door open and then quietly close again .
8 A whole new language , but one that translated meant enormous fun .
9 It was a different Wedding Present to the one that had toured two years earlier .
10 During the period 1961–73 , the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was more likely to take out an enforcement order against a company that did not dominate the market , and was therefore in no position to affect the market price than one that did have such power !
11 Her mouth was opening and closing , spewing words at him that failed to make any contact in his mind .
12 There was a sizeable part of him that wanted to exit this Dominion once and for all .
13 He had built his whole existence round her and had known more joy than he could have imagined .
14 It seems that on reflection it was n't so much what Theo had said but how he had said it that had generated such despair and fury in him .
15 This guy I know really well suffered from it and went to see this faith healer and made a complete recovery .
16 At the root of the problem were the Scottish campaigns of 1480–2 , which had not only been expensive in themselves but had brought continuing expenditure on defence , notably through the acquisition of Berwick .
17 At the root of the problem were the Scottish campaigns of 1480–2 , which had not only been expensive in themselves but had brought continuing expenditure on defence , notably through the acquisition of Berwick .
18 Unless they 've sent for two lots and used used this address for one .
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