Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adv] [subord] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back on it I could not figure out what went wrong as I had done exactly as instructed but nobody had ever really said much about fallen trees or currents and especially not in such a small part of the river . |
| 2 | From the hafts of spearheads , normally split to allow a firm fit of the shaft , we find the use of hazel and ash , both of which tend to grow straight when pollarded . |
| 3 | ‘ God grant that some editor somewhere is thinking about educating his staff in the need to check stories before rushing into print — an ethic of journalism which seems to have all but disappeared these days , ’ said Bob . |
| 4 | D had the same complaint about C. B and C also admitted to finding it very difficult to manage their immediate subordinates , C and D respectively , who seemed to do better if treated as colleagues and left alone . |
| 5 | Lying on the bed she had dozed rather than slept . |
| 6 | It was something she had felt rather than known logically . |
| 7 | But even then , she had listened rather than talked back . |
| 8 | Who had fought only when driven to it , and withdrawn as soon as he could . |
| 9 | Can this be the same tragic Lady Rothermere at whose inquest it was revealed had a stash of 2,000 pills lying round her French villa , who refused to travel abroad unless accompanied by massive quantities of prescribed drugs and who was so exhilarated by her fast-moving lifestyle she could only survive the small hours by swallowing incautious numbers of sleeping tablets ? |
| 10 | Mr Blum tried his supporters saying they had done better than predicted . |
| 11 | Hurrying out with his little band through the inner and outer baileys , at the gatehouse their guards told them that they had heard rather than seen the Regent 's force riding between castle and town some time before . |
| 12 | He has taken longer than expected to show some of the skills and pace expected . |
| 13 | It has changed little although modernised by a filling station and a caravan park and offers the only opportunity to spend money within a very wide area ; there is also a long-established hotel popular with Victorian mountaineers , a shop and a cafe . |
| 14 | Once a surface is disinfected it tends to remain so until used . |
| 15 | This can also be seen with evening primrose oil ; though not an essential oil , it appears to work better when applied externally for the treatment of hyperactivity in children . |
| 16 | A spokesman said they had been overwhelmed by the number of applications when the new disability living benefit was announced and said it had taken longer than anticipated to sort out . |
| 17 | She said the notice was very detailed and it had taken longer than expected to draw up . |
| 18 | As he grabbed , his hand stuck to the statue and he remained imprisoned there until found the following morning . |