Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 When he came back on deck she tried once more to make conversation .
2 His formal meeting with the US delegation ignored the pledge he made then only to meet ‘ old friends ’ from abroad privately and not to discuss politics .
3 At its southern end it turned sharply eastwards to cross the street described above , and possibly to link with yet another running south-west from the Tiddington road ; it has been suggested that the latter was constructed as a short cut to Ryknild Street and skirted the southern suburb .
4 By some unspoken agreement they settled quietly together to watch the night fall and the heavy tide thunder in .
5 In his Politics he knew just enough to make sense of their institutions within the context of his classification .
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