Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poets had found their way over ( and sometimes back , to tell the tale ) ; so had a good number of priests over the centuries , and hermits , meditating on their essence so hard the In Ovo enveloped them and spat them into another world . |
| 2 | This case was so complex and difficult that it filled many books of written record and there was so much opposing evidence that it was difficult to get at the truth , but he at last clarified everything and settled it with such skill and wisdom that all commended his extreme cleverness . |
| 3 | Later Lisa was to wonder at the power of the sensations that swept in on her and possessed her at that moment . |
| 4 | The girl was dishevelled , her hair a mess , but she only laughed as he caught her and pulled her into another room . |
| 5 | I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout . |
| 6 | Lowes did in fact trace many of the images unerringly to their source ; and what was even more interesting was how Coleridge 's mind took the raw material of some explorer , and twisted it and mixed it with many other ideas to produce the incomparable poetry of The Ancient Mariner and Xanadu . |
| 7 | When Councillor and his Party showed the care and concern they have for our staff , when sixty members of our staff on that day attended a committee meeting of this Council to see the Labour leader open it and shut it without any debate whatsoever and walk out of the room . |
| 8 | A man with a great bunch of keys joined us and led us down some steps to a doorway marked ‘ Luftschutzraum ’ . |
| 9 | Michael Buerk , who like Richard came from BBC local radio , had a spell with us and charmed us with that lovely voice of his . |