Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the degree that Freeman 's is the best and correct understanding of the play 's real and essential structure , earlier interpreters misunderstood it or understood it less satisfactorily or more superficially . |
| 2 | The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights . |
| 3 | Then he began to talk , very quietly , in a curiously flat voice that showed her more clearly than anything else could how much he was holding back . |
| 4 | My eyes filled with tears , that took me as unexpectedly as one of the Corporal 's ambushes . |
| 5 | Cromwell took his army across St. George 's Channel and led it forward ruthlessly and successfully , and by 1650 it was clear that the English government was going to be able to reconquer the island . |
| 6 | I du n no I think my jig saw went , that was the wire , I just cut it off and made it off again and it was alright it 's short enough so it do n't go through the window when you throw it |
| 7 | He lay down on her and penetrated her again so that she gave a cry of relief . |
| 8 | The leading Coalitionists in the Conservative Party-Austen Chamberlain and Birkenhead-had , perforce , to come to terms with Baldwin , and sustained him as unwillingly as Lloyd George accepted Asquith 's leadership . |
| 9 | Urquhart lifted his chair with both hands and moved it round so that he could cross his legs . |
| 10 | He turned over on his back and drew her up so that her head lay on his shoulder . |
| 11 | He surfaced , briefly , but the swell rolled him over and drove him down again before he 'd even had time to draw breath . |
| 12 | So I rang the hospital and told them very calmly that we 'd be arriving shortly , then I woke up Tony and — thinking I had loads of time — ran a bath . ’ |
| 13 | You were pretty then , but now — ’ he stood back and surveyed her so admiringly that it was impossible to take offence ‘ — now you 're absolutely beautiful . ’ |
| 14 | They took her in their arms and lifted her gently so that she could feel their support along the length of her body . |
| 15 | It was nothing really , nothing at all , yet it devastated me and affected me more profoundly than any previous or subsequent event . |
| 16 | They would be drawn into the system which mulcted them and bullied them more completely than ever . |
| 17 | He grasped the narrow sill and hauled himself up so that he hung , partly suspended by his hands , his chin level with the lower sill . |
| 18 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
| 19 | He went to the garage door and opened it as quietly as possible . |
| 20 | I made my preparations and joined him as quickly as I could . |
| 21 | Miss Merchiston went to the last door , thumped twice on it with her clenched fist as if by such violence she announced her coming , and threw it wide so that it bounced off the wall with a crash . |
| 22 | Duvall collided with him in the rush , nearly flinging him to the corridor floor , but Cardiff clung to the door knob and swung himself back again as Rohmer and Gilbert hurtled past him . |
| 23 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |
| 24 | Erm that again had been rolled into balls and then he 'd have erm about a dozen sticks which which held these balls and stuck them in then after he 'd he 'd erm er thatched one erm length , one row , he 'd pull the string over and attach it to the the thick s er rope that was er going over the stack . |
| 25 | She had seen his point of view and expressed it even better than he did . |
| 26 | Somehow it always righted itself and reached the front , where new hands seized it and raised it high so that everyone could see it . |
| 27 | Fenella felt ridiculous tears sting her eyes and brushed them away impatiently because this was no time to be emotional . |
| 28 | Julian left him lurking in the shelter of the cart-house while she kept watch from the wicket for the most favourable moment , and beckoned him through quickly when the alley was empty . |
| 29 | So they took it back to Wyvis Hall and hung it up again and then they lay out on the terrace in the sun , eating rump steak and potato crisps and drinking Hirondelle rose . |
| 30 | There was a caress in his tone that she had n't heard since Boxing Day , and then he sat down beside her and pulled her across so that she was cradled against him instead of against the cool white pillows . |