Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I never thought , I just run out the kitchen and got we switched the electric off , and I just got four buckets of water and chucked it on the bed and then said to Rudy , you know what , we have n't got nowhere to sleep now ! |
| 2 | I mean , why have you suddenly brought up the subject of Elise ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You just made up the word , ’ he tells me , as if that is forbidden . |
| 4 | Somehow Dr Neil 's touch did not seem to affect her as badly as that of most men , even though in the cab home sitting so near to him nearly brought on the kind of faintness which she had felt on the walk home from church . |
| 5 | His description of the galleries of Dent on either side of the narrow street is all that is left to remind us of their undoubted presence , ‘ I regret the loss of the grotesque and rude but picturesque old galleries , which once gave character to the streets ; and in some parts of them almost shut out the sight of the sky from those who travelled along the pavement . |
| 6 | The Inquisition was an ineffective irritant , slow and erratic in its procedures ; it merely put up the price of books , forcing readers to all sorts of subterfuges in order to consume often out-dated heresies . |
| 7 | What was it finally brought about the end of the strike in nineteen twenty six ? |
| 8 | The union treaty was intended to serve as the basis for a new Soviet constitution ; it also set out the structure of government of the new union , including a directly elected Supreme Soviet in which all national areas would be represented . |
| 9 | He finished this one quicker than the other two and when that was done he immediately picked up the knife and cut the next slice . |
| 10 | Making overtures towards another who mirrored our own disquieting and long-buried Chinese identity was both a fearful and exciting prospect , and neither of us quite got up the nerve to take the initiative . |