Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 2 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 3 | He fell about laughing when his agent phoned him with this news . |
| 4 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 5 | Kate 's voice was full of warm concern as though some conspiracy held them near each other . |
| 6 | A small Palestinian boy led me up some steps to the side of the building and the woman ushered me inside . |
| 7 | The we means ‘ someone in my group ’ , and when a Zuwayi used we in this sense , the reference group was small and was likely to include his own ancestors and relatives , men he could name in a line of descent which included both speaker and audience , which explained the existence and identity of each person , and provided them with a character and loyalties . |
| 8 | Decorum demanded it in any case . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 10 | Bernhart Silberysen was the mayor in charge of the restoration , and the town council presented him with this bowl in thanks . |
| 11 | In the end , however , the Ukrainian decision to vote for full independence left him with little alternative but to withdraw from the USSR and in effect bring about its demise ( see pp. 179–85 ) . |
| 12 | Doubts about the genuineness of his own faith troubled him for many years . |
| 13 | This brief experience as a merchant seaman qualified him for another voyage , this time on an American cargo vessel bound for London . |
| 14 | Rain caught her in both arms , held her tight , and knew it was only her grasp which kept the woman upright . |
| 15 | Although they had decided that it was a drill motor , Bernice 's imagination turned it into all sorts of monsters . |
| 16 | The plaintiff encouraged him in this behaviour . |
| 17 | And the touch of his scorching lips , the clasp of his arms , the close union with his warm , strong body robbed her of all strength and of all power of resistance . ‘ |
| 18 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 19 | At the end , the photographer kissed her on both cheeks . |
| 20 | He did n't quite know why he 'd hoped that Alex could be cleared of the murder , but the confirmation of his friend 's guilt sapped him of all energy . |
| 21 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 22 | Wales had believed they were playing with the malevolent elements in the second-half , Armstrong 's kick disabused them of that notion . |
| 23 | Guilt besieged him for many years . |
| 24 | Terry Melchett , the supermarket manager , whose wife left him for another woman , gave me a hard shove in the small of the back . |
| 25 | He felt it would soon be the moment to make a move , and her behaviour left him in little doubt as to what sort of move it should be . |
| 26 | Her indulgence left him without any need . |
| 27 | There were indeed some who shook their heads and moaned , but on the whole buoyancy , bullishness and general enthusiasm hit me from all sides . |
| 28 | If my final sentence reassured him in any way he gave no sign , watching dead-faced as I injected 10 cc of Prontosil . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd sure like t'have pulled him in that night . |
| 30 | Whereas the Formalist concept was related to the literary devices within a text , the Prague School theory applied it to all forms of language . |