Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd waited for Lucy but then , when she had n't come out alone , he 'd stayed well back in the shadows . |
| 2 | In fact the calls could also have been made by the Seychelles bulbul , a brown thrush-like bird with an orange-red beak which we saw feeding high up in the palms in several places . |
| 3 | Experience had shown early on in the war that a trench line defended by two or three belts of uncut wire ( this rose to as many as 18 in some sensitive sectors ) held up an infantry attack . |
| 4 | It was cold because something had gone wrong down in the castle 's boiler room . |
| 5 | He had been surprised at Sam 's willingness to stay , and had even felt a flicker of jealousy when he had flopped contentedly down in the grass beside the boy 's feet . |