Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head …
2 She had seen that instantly the next afternoon ; in Rachel 's eyes she recognised the same melting joy as she had seen in Lisa 's .
3 In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted .
4 At Canjuers we followed the same routine as at Orange .
5 Everything had changed and , when he gave two readings at Columbia University and the University of Texas , on both occasions he made the same disclaimer — that he had almost lost contact with the young man who had written the earlier poetry .
6 But then Carver had heard that on other occasions he used the same language about Galvone .
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