Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went in ahead of her and tried the lights ; they flickered once , but he seemed to know what to do because he went inside and Sandy heard him thump something , and then all the lights came on . |
| 2 | Only after leaving did I glimpse myself in the mirror . |
| 3 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 4 | It was only when Ian Salisbury came on that Waugh made one mistake , clipping the leg-spinner to mid-wicket in his first over . |
| 5 | It was not that God let him get out of hand because he was too weak to control him . |
| 6 | ‘ Your cousin at home , is he , Angharad ? ’ he asked mildly and Hari felt herself grow tense . |
| 7 | As soon as McMahon helped them solve that ( his computations backed the coach , who said the track should be banked as high as his belt buckle at the outside of the turn ) , they called him back with another question : how springy should they make the track ? |
| 8 | To the left a group of barren islets , suggesting ruins of stone walls , towers and block houses , had its foundations set in a blue sea that itself looked solid , so still and stable did it lie below my feet ; even the track of light from the westering sun shone smoothly , without that animated glitter which tells of an imperceptible ripple ( 2 ) . |
| 9 | The figure leaned over , struck once and Martin felt his face tear as long , jagged finger nails ripped into him . |
| 10 | The overhead light went out and Robbie felt him move up close behind her , his arm pulling her firmly into the curve of his body . |
| 11 | He said the Josephs were not there and Rain let him assume they were on their way and expected to find four very wet friends . |
| 12 | Felipe stopped again and Maggie made herself look , the weakness of sheer relief flooding through her . |