Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ada Gaily had begun to realise just how much her son did in spite of her . |
| 2 | They even remembered to tell us how long our page took to image on the Linotronic , two minutes . |
| 3 | Eventually her offences led to prison . |
| 4 | His mother Angela had risked legal action by blocking radiation treatment — saying she would rather her son died in peace at home than suffer in hospital . |
| 5 | The longer his employer stayed in ignorance of the scale of the stakes , the better . |
| 6 | That night , Seb had so much to drink that when he tried to rise from the ground beside the camp-fire to return home his legs felt like rubber and he sat down again unexpectedly . |
| 7 | Cos she was expecting me to trot out something like , yes both my parents went to grammar school like everybody else whose parents went , you know , they were all saying , yes my parents went to grammar school and they got these and these have got these qualifications and everything , I could n't believe it though , there 's a load of people in our class and like you know , all the parents are all these things and they 're not exactly brilliant , the children |
| 8 | There were a range of meetings , some private meetings with district councils when they 've given the opportunity to discuss issues erm themselves , and quite clearly our members did in fact look at a whole range of projections before coming to a final view . |
| 9 | That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen . |
| 10 | Even her loyalty came under suspicion because of his activities . |
| 11 | She told him that she had no intention whatsoever ( here her voice rose in pitch ) of addressing the Party conference on any subject what-so-ever . |
| 12 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 13 | There was a strong case for saving Thoresby for the nation , but unfortunately its future came into question just at the moment when all thoughts were focused on Brodsworth , near Doncaster , another Victorian house with an even more complete set of contents . |
| 14 | Nonetheless , sometimes her enthusiasm seemed to jar . |
| 15 | She looked at Gay , who was an only child too , but who had nobody to give her a good time , and then her glance travelled to Breeze , who had just admitted in her light-hearted fashion that she had no idea of what the future would hold for her . |
| 16 | She felt his smile whisper over the creamy swell of her breasts and then his lips began to feather along the lacy edge of her bra . |
| 17 | Then his shoulders rapped against granite , scoring the flesh , and he was bounced upright . |
| 18 | Reverting to my analogy of the fire brigade , either my brigade went on strike over all those pork pies and rich , creamy cakes I used to eat , or they had the wrong directions . |
| 19 | Again their voices rose in hostility , neither one relenting , and when violence was threatened , four or five men stepped in , restraining them . |