Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks it makes placing your own gear sound like an activity practised by people with one foot in the grave — although climbing at Gogarth has always made me feel like that anyway . |
| 2 | Catriona had never seen anyone like her . |
| 3 | Rhoda had to give up work , and no sickness benefit was available since Ken had never let her succumb to the system and pay national insurance . |
| 4 | Jane had never heard him speak with such enthusiasm about anybody before . |
| 5 | Ruth had never heard him speak with any seriousness before , had hardly seen him without a smile on his face . |
| 6 | Ruth had never seen anyone look so disappointed . |
| 7 | Botrytis had taken the trusses before any fruit had set , A.D.A.S. had never seen anything like it . |
| 8 | Piper had never seen him look so vulnerable . |
| 9 | Carrie had often seen him sit like that , fondling one of Hepzibah 's chickens . |
| 10 | But before he could get there Mister Johnny gave a high , piercing cry , quite unlike any sound Carrie had ever heard him make before , and flung himself on Frederick , arms flailing . |
| 11 | Granada had never seen anything like it . |
| 12 | There was a marble-topped table in the centre of the flagged floor , bearing , like an altar , a symmetrical arrangement of clothes brushes and men 's toiletries that Vic had never seen anyone disturb since he came to Pringle 's . |
| 13 | It was the first time Harry had ever seen him do such a thing for himself , but then he had heard that staff were far less easy to come by since the war . |
| 14 | ‘ All the people in this valley is descended from four brothers from Scotland called Leekie , ’ Nana sat heavily down on the upright rush-seated chair which was the most she would permit herself in the way of comfort , and began the tale as Martha had always heard her tell it . |
| 15 | He could smell in imagination what Liz had never let him know in actuality — the smell of sour milk and dirty nappies , could picture the dreadful lack of peace and privacy . |
| 16 | Smoke curled , wine flowed , and Lucy put her fabulous legs on a chair , smoking too , the most relaxed thing Jay had ever seen her do . |
| 17 | No one at that time in Glasgow had ever seen anything like it outside a porn mag . |
| 18 | Rufus had never seen anyone do that before , though he had seen it in pictures on seaside postcards . |
| 19 | Dan had never seen anything like her outside of Berkeley picture house . |
| 20 | Carver had never seen him smile . |
| 21 | Sarah had never seen anything look so lovely , and she danced from one end of the table to the other to admire it . |
| 22 | Libby had never seen anyone eat that way before . |
| 23 | Torvill and Dean have always made it look easy . |
| 24 | The village of Little Coxwell in Oxfordshire has never seen anything like it . |
| 25 | It was the first time Hoomey had ever seen him look happy . |