Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men and women I met often spoke of regret and loss — not a nostalgia for the past , those glazed memories that falsify the hard history of the working people by claiming that the past was better . |
| 2 | ‘ I used ter sit at me front door when the weavver was good , an' when it was cold I used ter lay in bed till dinner-time . |
| 3 | I learnt this lesson some years ago when the soldier to whom I referred earlier came to Christ . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel suddenly invigorated beyond measure , ’ he said with a grin . |
| 5 | And my father I think just went to school in the Wintertime . |
| 6 | And she got herself ready for bed and you know just went to bed by herself . |
| 7 | She felt suddenly dirtied by death , ashamed of the knowledge she had gained when she witnessed the cessation of breathing that marked the end of her parents ' lives , sad and sullied by the separations she had lived through . |
| 8 | ‘ I know lots of places , ’ she retorted then glared at Doyle before striding out of the bar . |
| 9 | She paused then stared at Rachel . |
| 10 | She paused then smiled at Rachel . |
| 11 | But it 's rather surprising that is n't it cos er a a lot of these er songs that you sing actually came from America . |
| 12 | The house that you see behind belonged to Dr. Sinclair , organist of Hereford Cathedral and one of Elgar 's best friends , and he had a dog called Dan , who was quite a character in his own right . |
| 13 | And they almsot certainly lived at Hardwick House . |
| 14 | He goes right thought for ages and he thought right what do I really need ? |
| 15 | ‘ Not much trouble here — ’ he began then shouted at Lucy , ‘ Get back from the edge ! ’ |