Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stunt — which involved jumping out of a hot air balloon attached to a piece of elastic — has never been attempted in Britain before . |
| 2 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 3 | After five minutes the decision was made for them : they were jumped by six D-Vs which came dropping out of a stretch of dirty cloud . |
| 4 | He could always get old Benny Robinson , his helper , to sweep the place up and tie up the piles of cardboard , but Benny had already swept up twice that day and he was now busy sorting out bundles of twine which had fallen out of a damaged carton and become unwound . |
| 5 | We passed giant slabs of ice which had buckled up into a cracked swelling over a rock and saw ice discs spinning on the surface of the water like root-less lily pads . |
| 6 | He stooped to retrieve an ear-ring which had dropped out of a blouse he was holding . |
| 7 | As they entered the stable-yard , Tamar gasped with pleasure and ran forward to the mare , which stood tied up to a rail . |
| 8 | What had started out as a quest for metallic hydrogen now became a serious hunt for fusion . |
| 9 | What had started out as a bad day had suddenly become brighter . |
| 10 | What had started out as a dramatic sea chase and developed into a running battle had fizzled out in a disappointing anti-climax . |
| 11 | But what had started out as a dream come true had , within hours of their leaving England , turned into a nightmare . |