Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Oh well all that got paid off because of erm giving the yankees the contract or something .
2 The business grew from about the middle of the eighteenth century and became concentrated in and around Kendal , with seven mills grinding snuff ( which is powdered tobacco ) at one time .
3 When the teacher said ‘ Yes , go outdoors , ’ Sherman repeatedly uttered high-pitched barks of excitement and started running around and around the lab with the magazine .
4 In the beginning we had lots of laughs and kept falling off because of the balance .
5 Buckinghamshire Social Services would n't comment on this particular boy , but did point out that in cases like his it shares responsibility with the parents …
6 Jacques Lanxade , 56 , was named Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces in place of Gen. Maurice Schmitt , who had reached retirement age in early 1991 but had stayed on because of the Gulf crisis .
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