Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made her voice its happy forest . |
| 2 | And the years rolled away , and it was a different room , yet still the same , the room where she 'd had her first ; old white paint with the grudging cleanliness of not quite enough scrubbing ; the sticky rubber mat under her bottom , that made her wonder what other bottoms had lain on it , wonder desperately enough to take her mind off her panic at the instrument 's entry onto her , and the thought , it 's like the first screw you ever had — why do we do it , why do we go on doing it ? |
| 3 | Laura leaned on the balcony and rested her hands one either side of her . |
| 4 | As he shook his head his long hair parted and Rachel saw the gleam of an earring . |
| 5 | That was why this election offered his party its best opportunity for years . |
| 6 | Ads on the subways asked us to call a confidential hotline if we knew what crimes our local school board was committing . |
| 7 | This week parliament gave his policy its strong support , and most Australians are with Mr Hawke too . |
| 8 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 9 | they were , they were doing a play or something and it , it mentioned about er , erm , what did it mention ? , it was a bit rude any way this play and it oh it was on about an erection or something and Geoffrey said his trousers his new trousers were sticking out a bit peculiar |
| 10 | He was almost in tears when he took her to the station , and when he said his farewells his reedy voice was quite unsteady . |