Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The county was overrun with underwood that made it impervious to the traveller . |
| 2 | Taking a step back , he flung the blanket aside , cursing aloud as the movement wrenched his arm , and lowered them both to the hard bench . |
| 3 | The headmaster paused , reminding himself of his conclusion that the privilege of educating the sons of the royal house had been conferred on this school because it was uniquely endowed with a philosophy which informed all its actions and made it equal to the task . |
| 4 | My wife also read it and declared it superior to the equivalent magazine sent her by her old University — Oxford . |
| 5 | His brother Arthur , ( Lord Ardilaun ) landscaped St. Stephen 's Green , once a medieval common , and threw it open to the public . |
| 6 | Indeed , too overt an attempt to so could well be counterproductive and lay them open to the charge of meddling . |
| 7 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |