Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And to tell my friends to be more careful where they discussed other people 's affairs ! |
| 2 | He had but three vessels left and despite urgent pleas from his men — now demoralized again , fretful once they realized another ship was gone — to abandon the voyage and sail back to the Guadalquivir , he pressed on north-westwards , passing through scenery of a wild grandeur and beauty he had never known before . |
| 3 | Well I mean I , I , when I joined in forty nine the , the fire uniform was n't all that much different except they had black helmets instead of yellow , and , and they had rubber boots and they did n't have the leggings we have , and so on now , but the walking-out uniform was the old army battledress died blue , that 's all it was . |
| 4 | But you 'd be wrong if you met six men who live and work on Teesside . |
| 5 | Thankful that , though her ankle was still painful if she put any weight on it , her foot was n't swollen , Luce put on a pair of yellow flat-heeled sandals and , unable to contain her impatience a moment longer , picked up the crutch and headed down the corridor . |
| 6 | But we would be even more foolish if we imagined that modernity is neutral territory : it is enemy territory — as the world , for Christians , has always been . |
| 7 | The buzz , the uninhibited , excited talking , yes , uninhibited talking , in a district where you were made to feel peculiar if you allowed any expression to cross your face in the street , died as the lights slowly faded . |
| 8 | I VISITED the top secret Battle of the Atlantic command centre in Rumford Street and was very impressed , but I feel it would be even more interesting if they had dummy figures dressed in naval and wrens ' uniforms and placed in their respective positions . |
| 9 | I was a witness and so on you see and down below and the sergeant said to me , the sergeant came up and said to me , you 'll have to be careful because he said that boy , he was sitting there with his mother , poor woman , all in black and er the em the boy 's employer had got a solicitor on his behalf , you see , and I said well I can only speak through and say what happened , that 's all I can do and er , so of course when I went into the witness box this man came and er asked me all sorts of questions . |
| 10 | We are still languishing in the Edwardian era , when our great British Women 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore long flannels … when the bulk of entrants at Wimbledon were British because it took six weeks to cross the Atlantic , and another six to reach Australia ! |
| 11 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 12 | His grandfather , Bo Min Yaung , had fought as a guerrilla against the British when they occupied Upper Burma . |
| 13 | The tentative price was £8,000 and Oceanic Airways of Australia were interested as they operated 10 Monospar four-seaters . |
| 14 | The distant forest became obscured by a misty darkness which closed in round them , broken by the odd pinprick of light as they passed some hamlet or village . |
| 15 | He looked very doubtful when I asked certain questions and laughed me to scorn when I gave my verdict . |
| 16 | If my final sentence reassured him in any way he gave no sign , watching dead-faced as I injected 10 cc of Prontosil . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you consider me more dangerous than whoever sent that letter ? ’ |
| 18 | The back bends could be more versatile if they had flatter carvers , with more radius in the stem . |
| 19 | Yes but then you see , in the ol in the old days Gordon , I mean , you we you were very fortunate if you got three meals a day and i and whatever you got you were glad of and used to eat it all . |
| 20 | In contrast , at Verdun a casualty — even once picked up — could reckon himself highly fortunate if he received any treatment within twenty-four hours . |
| 21 | It might be a bit awkward if you it might be highly reactive if you dropped molten metal onto it . |
| 22 | All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report . |
| 23 | Self-confidence had not been part of her education so , despite her brief period of employment at de Levantiére 's , she felt insecure and nervous when she met new people . |
| 24 | Yeah the actual as you did successful sales course we can note your comments down okay , I 'll give you a set of these now , write the sales person 's name across there and write your comments , criticisms , what was done well , what was done badly , what could be improved on and it 's his role play cycle , give this to the sales person . |
| 25 | Whilst projects were delighted when they got pump-priming money they also had to draw on a range of local resources . |
| 26 | Two dolphins joined in the fun , their tumbling , lithe bodies clearly visible as they weaved sparkling trails of fire at high speed under our bows . |
| 27 | I was slightly alarmed when we got that copy of the Tipton Times , and there was a fire inside it , begging people to come forward for the er |
| 28 | In two instances the ratios in the survey might not be typical as they included large tracts of common grazing . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought it might be pleasant if we had some music . ’ |
| 30 | If the accused seriously harms an arresting officer , without " maliciously " he would be guilty if he foresaw any harm at all . |