Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the three of them swam away into the deeper water under the headland . |
| 2 | I gazed across to the rising ground beyond the farm buildings . |
| 3 | Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure . |
| 4 | I shied away from the very American-sounding compliment . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , of course , ’ I agreed quickly without the faintest idea of what I was agreeing to . |
| 6 | As I got closer to the raised platform at the far end of the church , it was as if the sound was pushing me forward . |
| 7 | So I got together with the main designer at Ibanez in Japan and we traded ideas , and the new prototype — I 've got one already and I 'm picking another one up in a month — is very unusual , and I think a really exciting development for a jazz guitar . |
| 8 | I wandered alone across the muttering stream and satisfied myself that the spongy land was still lined with alders . |
| 9 | I wandered aimlessly around the National Gallery just for something to do and then went home . |
| 10 | I was certain I would catch something in Rock Pool , and my hopes mounted as I waded silently to the perfect casting position . |
| 11 | Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City . |
| 12 | I identified closely with the other girls at school making strong relationships which , although they were not sexual , were emotionally very intense . |
| 13 | ‘ I paddled away from the sinking helicopter and attempted to pull the zipper up . |
| 14 | ‘ He veered to the right , I veered strongly to the left and we had many a set to . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And why on earth should you automatically assume that I came here with the express purpose of blackmail ? ’ |
| 16 | I should say that I , I came away from the last meeting with an enormous list of things to do , and I have n't managed to do them all , but they 'll emerge as we go through , erm , developments Perth , Perth if inter interrupt me |
| 17 | ‘ But I came late into the first-class game , I 'm 28 now and I really want to be in the big time before I end my career . ’ |
| 18 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
| 19 | Well , I came home for the 1986 Turnberry Open expecting to caddie for Mac O'Grady but that did n't materialize , so Nick and I joined up in July 1986 . |
| 20 | When this book was donated I borrowed it ti read , and it was not until I came home from the final clearing-up , and found my ‘ man of the house ’ serenely reading it , that I remembered about it . |
| 21 | Spellbound , I drove upwards into the bright splendour , staring through the windscreen as though I had never seen it all before ; the bronze of the dead bracken spilling down the grassy Banks of the hills , the dark smudges of trees , the grey farmhouses and the endless pattern of wails creeping to the heather above . |
| 22 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 23 | I arrived there at the due time and waited and waited , but no corporal appeared . |
| 24 | I arrived there during the last day of it , and heard Dr. Bernardo pleading eloquently on behalf of the children he labours so unweariedly to rescue from the streets of our great cities , and also saw a gathering of the colporteurs gathered from the north and west , to get a word of encouragement in their laborious work of carrying pure literature into the homes of those who in numbers of instances live beyond the reach of the minister and the bookseller . |
| 25 | I turned politely to the young man . |
| 26 | I recall that my right hon. Friend and I campaigned together on the same side in favour of a ’ yes ’ vote in the 1975 referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Community . |
| 27 | I knocked anxiously on the wooden door and waited patiently until the door opened and a small , plump , bearded man greeted me with a cheery hello . |
| 28 | In the morning , as I walked again among the modest , secluded women in the town bazaars , the vision of the night seemed like a dream . |
| 29 | ‘ When I walked away from the Great Rebellion , my heart bled with the pity and the waste and the anguish of it . |
| 30 | As expected , I found Prince Charles very easy to talk with and we had quite an informal chat , mostly about boats of course , before I stepped backwards along the red carpet with my medal pinned on . |