Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Hindsight is always easy , but I do n't think it would have worked , There would have been more bloodshed , more killing , but of the people in the streets , not of the people responsible , My husband did n't want bloodshed . " |
| 2 | ‘ Our plans changed , Wilson , and my wife had not kept pace with them . |
| 3 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're in country loyal to the King and my lord did n't expect trouble . |
| 5 | ‘ So you were right when you said my grandmother had n't met Elaine Webb . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My dad did n't welcome death and we were broken-hearted , ’ Mrs Redmond said . |
| 7 | My mother had n't denied Lili 's assertion . |
| 8 | The most obvious revelation was that I had a very ow opinion of myself and was constantly seeking the approval of others , because my mother had always withheld approval . |
| 9 | I dared not say any more , but my mother did n't mention Nour . |
| 10 | And it was a little strange that this was their first meeting ; her red Golf was a frequent sight on the headland , her cottage had frequently met Iris eyes from the top storey of the mill . |
| 11 | Having had the benefit of extensive discussions with many of our large shareholders it became clear that the proposals in their entirety did not have support although many features won warm approval . ’ |
| 12 | Lubor , she thought , feeling a trifle guilty that her pen had never touched paper that night . |
| 13 | Her imagination had never painted pictures like this , though , and she stole another glance at the man who held the plane steadily on its course as Mitch took his shots . |
| 14 | Her article had quite astounded Richie because it was like nothing she had done before . |
| 15 | Visitors are able to experience the inside of a giant ‘ walk-in ’ electric motor , seen in a dramatic light and sound setting , along with displays showing how its development had far reaching effects on trams and tramways , spelling the death knell of both horse and steam traction . |
| 16 | Her departure did not stop Gabriel from loving her . |
| 17 | The generous allowance paid automatically into her bank account from her father had always struck Virginia as a vaguely insulting signal of the helpless dependence of his female offspring , negating the possibility of her supporting herself . |
| 18 | Later , she 'd take him for a walk , if her father did n't have time . |
| 19 | She insisted that her father did not finance terrorism ‘ and has never supported terrorism ’ . |
| 20 | By the time the van had reached Hyde Park Corner and began heading north up the Park Lane carriageway , Ashi Nadirpur and her daughter had both lost consciousness . |
| 21 | Three weeks earlier , her secretary had unexpectedly announced Mr Angus Maclayne on line three . |
| 22 | The dry note in her voice did not escape Ruth . |
| 23 | Word of their approach had hardly reached Pool before they themselves were in Ludlow . |
| 24 | It was obvious that this small incursion into her life had seriously over-excited Johnny , and Cassie wondered uneasily what he might take into his head to do next . |
| 25 | Like tin soldiers they fell ; for none of their nation had yet set foot in Fort Vaux . |
| 26 | Their number did not include Derek Turnbull for all that — outside of Hawick — his spiritual home as a rugby player would surely be New Zealand . |
| 27 | This is because its construction did not take account of many of the equivalences that can arise between IF constructs , between ALT constructs , or as a consequence of |
| 28 | I did n't realize her family did n't know mind . |
| 29 | Anne and Maureen and their mother had all made balaclava helmets , gloves and scarves to send to Joe and Terry . |
| 30 | Her father went to work and her mother went out playing bingo in a town eight miles away . |