Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Most of the hour Richard spent pacing up and down the corridor , stopping at windows to look out between the buildings at bare trees and transparent hedges .
2 Scottish champion Jim Mailer was not included in the main draw ; Bruce Flockhart had to pull out because of a leg injury ; and Gordon and Jillian Haldane withdrew because of a family bereavement .
3 Lachlan heard rehearsed over and over his rages and violence .
4 And Daphne had to lay off because of her period .
5 Portia Forbes had come in and with a tray in her hand was studying the menu .
6 Tennants had lived in and around the village for many generations and had served the small community as farmers , millers and blacksmiths .
7 We 'd arrived and Mr Tuckett had driven off and within minutes I could be seen , from the street , through the open curtains , upstairs in a bedroom .
8 Bolton refused to lie down and in the last kick of normal time a shot from Philliskirk cannoned off the crossbar .
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