Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 2 | Nothing moved there except the few blackheaded gulls wheeling and crying above the river . |
| 3 | Then the three of them swam away into the deeper water under the headland . |
| 4 | I gazed across to the rising ground beyond the farm buildings . |
| 5 | Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure . |
| 6 | I shied away from the very American-sounding compliment . |
| 7 | I argued passionately for a top higher band . |
| 8 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
| 9 | Here houses looked to me like Monopoly chips : seeing a man cycling over the pathless tundra I scanned hopelessly for a possible point of reference he might have . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , of course , ’ I agreed quickly without the faintest idea of what I was agreeing to . |
| 11 | As I got closer to the raised platform at the far end of the church , it was as if the sound was pushing me forward . |
| 12 | I can remember waiting some minutes before walking through the house , knowing that there must be proof of burglary at the back door , and when I got there in an uncomprehending state , lo and behold the kitchen door was broken right down ! |
| 13 | So I got together with the main designer at Ibanez in Japan and we traded ideas , and the new prototype — I 've got one already and I 'm picking another one up in a month — is very unusual , and I think a really exciting development for a jazz guitar . |
| 14 | Finally they helped me upstairs to a bedroom , and I sank gratefully into a warm , dry bed . |
| 15 | I groped for Toby in the dark and found his hands , and they held on to me , and I shouted again to an unknown listener as I had wanted to in the street : " I do n't want this ! |
| 16 | Otley was looking the other way as if he did n't know me when I tried again with a pleasant , motherly woman with a shopping basket full of goodies . |
| 17 | After primary school I moved away to a different High School but I have the photographs and certificates of achievement that I have worked for . |
| 18 | I wandered alone across the muttering stream and satisfied myself that the spongy land was still lined with alders . |
| 19 | I wandered aimlessly around the National Gallery just for something to do and then went home . |
| 20 | I was certain I would catch something in Rock Pool , and my hopes mounted as I waded silently to the perfect casting position . |
| 21 | that there is , this grid lock situation I mentioned earlier on a larger scale has al already occurs er on the way in that er basically to Earls Court as I mentioned earlier it 's in Shepherds Bush . |
| 22 | I jerked upright with a hoarse cry . |
| 23 | The door opened , and her presentiments were realised as someone moved stealthily across the carpeted floor , the narrow beam of a torch flitting over the low couch and the bureau set against the far wall . |
| 24 | Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City . |
| 25 | He opened a door and I staggered gratefully into a sweet bovine warmth where a few shaggy little bullocks stood hock deep in straw . |
| 26 | I identified closely with the other girls at school making strong relationships which , although they were not sexual , were emotionally very intense . |
| 27 | ‘ I paddled away from the sinking helicopter and attempted to pull the zipper up . |
| 28 | ‘ He veered to the right , I veered strongly to the left and we had many a set to . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And why on earth should you automatically assume that I came here with the express purpose of blackmail ? ’ |
| 30 | I came here as a Chilean refugee . |