Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be remembered that Hadley Wood tunnel and the East Coast main line was a favourite haunt of the Deltics that used it for almost all of their working life , so it is not surprising that one of their number should reappear on its familiar route . |
| 2 | Her appeal to all generations was now something that separated her from almost any other pop star of her generation . |
| 3 | The face that confronted her with so much earnest goodwill and innocence , and with , she felt mistrustfully , such incalculable thoughts behind it , was square and brown , with a good deal of chin and nose to it , and an odd mouth with one corner higher than the other . |
| 4 | She could n't swim , so that left her with only two options : she could stay where she was and wait for whoever was lurking there to reach out of the darkness — but with her nature that was unthinkable — or she could run the gauntlet . |
| 5 | She reached out and caught it without so much as wobbling . |
| 6 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 7 | Still , although many would argue that the exterior changes have robbed the Polo of its identity and turned it into yet another Eurobland shopping car , at least it no longer looks dated . |
| 8 | Someone even stopped Carl in the street the other day and congratulated him on how good the album is , so it looks like the world 's finally catching up with us . ’ |
| 9 | Someone even stopped Carl in the street the other day and congratulated him on how good the album is , so it looks like the world 's finally catching up with us . ’ |
| 10 | We took Fujichrome , shot it at 5000 ASA and developed it at about 6400 ASA , we just pushed the shit out of it and we had no idea of what would happen . ’ |
| 11 | Later , through the snow , Dreamer returned to Tallis and watched her with more knowing than before . |
| 12 | During the first half of the 16th century , the mill passed through a number of hands before being sold by John Sandford to the Clutterbuck family , who owned and worked it until fairly late in the 18th century . |
| 13 | But it gave me satisfaction and comforted me for much that was otherwise missing from my life . |
| 14 | A good suit was a working model 's uniform — Paula now bought two each season and wore them with perfectly matching accessories , hat , bag and shoes . |
| 15 | Under his leadership , the French economy had maintained the impressive economic growth begun under the Fourth Republic , and combined it with far greater financial and monetary stability . |
| 16 | The father , thinking it was some foolish notion she had taken to have him out of the boat , took no notice of her frantic signs , but she would not let him go , and dragged him with almost superhuman effort out of the boat . |
| 17 | She had a huge square jaw and a look of iron self-satisfaction that kept the boredom and loathing intact and extended them to as many other people as possible . |
| 18 | and general behaviour we was really a lot improved because erm they had taken all their normal food like Mars bars and stuff like that and replaced it with like healthy food and er all the coke machines they replaced with like fresh fruit drinks . |
| 19 | ‘ Busy , ’ he replied , and while she bit down a reply of , ‘ That should keep you out of mischief , ’ Lubor went on to disappoint her some more , when he added , ‘ Mr Gajdusek has gone away and left me with very much work . ’ |
| 20 | John , enjoying only his second year in the sport , had some troubles in the 250cc class with his BSA in the wet conditions on Saturday and retired it after only two laps in the first race . |
| 21 | In all three instances — Hedilla , the Basque government , Guernica — Franco was politically responsible , but employed his by now familiar " long-handled spoon " tactic , keeping his own hands clean by using others to impose his will . |