Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He had not said that he believed her , had only touched her for that fleeting moment , but she knew what she had felt . |
2 | Alison regarded me as though I were a dosser who 'd just importuned her for some spare change . |
3 | ‘ West Brom will be less apprehensive about the replay , but playing away from home has not presented us with any major phobia . |
4 | Rincewind glanced around quickly , in case some leakage of enchantment from the Magician 's Quarter across the river had momentarily transported them to some other place . |
5 | It was as if , gasping out his last breath , that battered , bitter and vindictive old man had somehow injected him with some small portion of his own bitter resolve . |
6 | It did n't matter in the end , as it sold to dealer David Petrovsky ( underbid by Caldwell ) for $44,000 , who has of yet not discovered it in any photographic reference . |
7 | Marie Claire had once commended me on this negative virtue . |
8 | And he remembered with satisfaction , because it proved that he was not at fault , that Miriam and Louise had both approached him with some wild tale about Miss Hughes leading their brothers into debauchery and sensuality . |
9 | You 've probably locked them in some safe . |
10 | He 'd helped her through a bad patch and she 'd been grateful , but she 'd never really considered him in any other light . |
11 | Before that , she realised , during the three years she 'd known him , he had never moved her to any great depths of emotion — not the same soaring heights and plummeting depths she 'd known in just a few days with Fen . |
12 | She does n't know , of course ; I 've never told her of this tiny , precise pleasure of the night . |