Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adj] and [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became bored and wandered back to the library . |
| 2 | I swam hard and caught up with him round the corner of the old castle . |
| 3 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 4 | One evening I felt restless and walked down to the harbour . |
| 5 | At length I grew tired and went back to the joys of the tavern , both the board and the bed . |
| 6 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 7 | I replaced Debonair and picked up Lovedolls . |
| 8 | She never moved as I nipped hard and winkled out the offending obstruction . |
| 9 | Before Lesley met Alan , she had been to a party where she got drunk and ended up sleeping with someone without knowing it . |
| 10 | No , not at all , and then , even in her confused state , her mind shied away from the reasons for her distaste , and she found herself saying even through her pain and shock , ‘ I will not think about that , I will not , ’ and so saying she stopped struggling and sank back into oblivion once more . |
| 11 | He vehemently dislikes smoking and while they were together she stopped smoking and cut down on drinking . |
| 12 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 13 | She pulled free and walked off and this time he let her go . |
| 14 | As soon as his hold slackened a shade she pulled free and set off down the stairs . |
| 15 | Furious that a rare kind word from Nathan Bryce could so easily demolish the façade of efficiency and confidence she had worked so desperately hard to maintain , she blinked hard and sucked in a deep breath . |
| 16 | She was now 15lb ( 7kg ) heavier than she had been in her single days ; she felt tired and run down , and suffered with migraines , abdominal bloating and increasing premenstrual symptoms including irritability , nervous tension , depression , tearfulness , confusion , weight gain , sore breasts and insomnia . |
| 17 | She sounded disgusted and fed up , and the word " Jack " was blown away like fluff . |
| 18 | We rose early and sailed back among the flying fish to Kalkan . |
| 19 | The Government said that if we worked hard and trimmed down we would survive . |
| 20 | No , quite clearly not , so A , B , D , E , all quite happy now where we went wrong and tripped up ? |
| 21 | The designer , Sandy Powell , has known Anderson since their first day at St Martin 's when they played truant and headed off to the pub after about 15 minutes . |
| 22 | The four set off along Brunel Road , following the tunnel wall until they passed the Labour Exchange then they veered left and picked up the road which ran alongside the river . |
| 23 | But they turned nasty and backed down . |
| 24 | Recently he played an outdoor show for 6,000 bikers in America and when he struck the opening chords of Vincent they turned tearful and sang along . |
| 25 | The emigration of Madeirans to far-flung places , where they worked hard and sent back funds to support their families in the island , is almost as old as the colonization of the island itself . |
| 26 | They felt hungry and sat down to eat the bread and cheese from Allen 's wallet . |
| 27 | With quality technicians creamed off from other studios , he could make cheap films so that they looked good and brought in a respectable profit . |
| 28 | It flung open and slammed back against the wall . |
| 29 | She kept hold of his arm and shook it till it became elastic and extended out of its socket like a conjuror 's string of handkerchiefs . |
| 30 | Then he stopped dead and sat back on his haunches . |