Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 2 | I stepped inside and got behind her and tried pushing her from that side . |
| 3 | Charles put on a brave face to the world , but secretly he was in turmoil for many , many months ; and one other person who helped see him through this period was Diana . |
| 4 | Sometimes at least they seem to have reported to Stockholm independently of the chief under whom they served ; and in the later years of the eighteenth century Gustavus III sometimes tried to use them in this way as agents of a secret personal diplomacy . |
| 5 | He began jocularly by saying that he rose to address them with some apprehension , reminded of a piece of graffiti he had seen on a Whitehall notice board which had read , ‘ I used to be indecisive … but now I 'm not so sure , , which brought a few chuckles from the floor . |
| 6 | She had stood naked in front of him in the bedroom , tried to kiss him on another occasion and put her arms round him . |
| 7 | and it was on full power and I tried to save it after this thing came off . |
| 8 | But it all nearly went horribly wrong as Benn cursed the ‘ scumbags ’ who tried to rob him of this title . |
| 9 | Tallis invokes Frege 's distinction between ‘ The Morning Star ’ and ‘ The Evening Star ’ , which are different expressions with different senses or meanings , as would be apparent if we tried to translate them into another language , but they have the same referent ( the planet Venus ) . |
| 10 | George V tried to dissuade him from this course and indeed went so far as to register a formal protest : |
| 11 | The person who helped squeeze her into this skin tight outfit has left the building and no one else can help her get out . |
| 12 | One reporter who came to interview him in this period noticed how he looked as if he might collapse from " lack of nourishment , insomnia and fatigue " , and an acquaintance described him thus : " His face was pale as baker 's bread … he smoked and between exhalations he hacked a dry , deathly smoker 's hack Eliot was cadaverous . " |
| 13 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 14 | She 'd seen him with another woman when he was supposed to be away at a conference . |
| 15 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today . |
| 16 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today |
| 17 | If he 'd got her to that state , why was she drinking coffee ? |
| 18 | Although he said he 'd bought them from another dealer , the police proved he 'd been handling stolen goods . |
| 19 | For Rachel , who had never before experienced such intensity of feeling , it was as if he 'd transported her to another world — a world where every sensation was heightened , every touch the prelude to yet more delight as he explored and worshipped every inch of her body before taking her to the peak of fulfilment . |
| 20 | A little thrill of anticipation ran along her skin as she turned and looked into the eyes of the man who 'd watched her with such intensity during the fashion show . |
| 21 | The notices were poor and Ken cocooned himself in one of those invisible cloaks that he believed protected him from any contact with the outside world . |
| 22 | Everything was peaceful — everything but the man who 'd brought her to this place . |
| 23 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 24 | Well yeah but , cos I mean I 'd left it on all night before . |
| 25 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 26 | I think , er you know , they 're just a , you know , if , if they were erm elm trees or something like that , or you know blackthorn trees here and you 'd taken them in this country , you 'd say , oh there 's a couple of blackthorn trees ! |
| 27 | The question seemed to amuse him in some way . |
| 28 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 29 | Because of his inexperience and the firing of the two previous directors , he asked to do it under another name , not wanting to take the rap for a flop . |
| 30 | Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order . |