Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 2 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 3 | He did not meet his mother from infancy until the age of twelve , when they found themselves accidentally in the same workhouse : but instead of the ‘ gush of tenderness ’ between them of which he had dreamt , ‘ her expression was so chilling that the valves of my heart closed as with a snap … |
| 4 | I knew the clubhouse well from my amateur days and I quickly turned left , went through the main lounge ( to the horror of one member who recognised me not as a former amateur golfer but as a caddie , God dammit ) , through the back of the already busy bar and through the goods entrance , or exit in this case . |
| 5 | I rinsed it off with wet tissue , dried it off with the same soft wipes , and it came up like new . |
| 6 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |
| 7 | I hit him again in the same place , a little harder . |
| 8 | Lori dominated the table and Travis urged her on with a few well-chosen words . |
| 9 | I righted the wheelbarrow with effort , turned it round , and pulled it backwards up the same yard , but no further . |
| 10 | she obviously took them both for the same thing did n't she ? |
| 11 | He left Kathleen to strap the toes together with a gauze swab between them to maintain the alignment , and then sent them off with a few coproxamol for the pain . |
| 12 | If you knew someone else with the same attributes , you would feel they must be quite a nice person really , would n't you ? |
| 13 | Guy was always very close to his older sister , and after his accident she treated him consistently in the same way as she had before , which helped him to regain his normal social skills very quickly . |
| 14 | Otago made a brave challenge , led by Mike Brewer in his first appearance since a series of injuries took him out of the All Black tour of Australia . |
| 15 | She rubbed her back at the same time ; bending to the floor had hurt her . |
| 16 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 17 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
| 18 | On the second day after she first saw the white gleam she saw it again in the same place . |
| 19 | I returned the amp for repair but the company sent it back with the same fault as before . |
| 20 | Endill thought it over for a few moments . |
| 21 | A few stragglers kept it up for a few seconds , then there was nothing . |
| 22 | So he sold it on to a this kid and it was up Baxters |
| 23 | Needless to say the Herald proved itself admirably with a few lessons learned for next time . |
| 24 | He sketched her deftly in a few minutes . |
| 25 | They were shooed away by the Sheikha , who rebuked them for being naughty and greeted me almost in the same breath . |
| 26 | The Croats drove out the Serbs from Kupres this week and , according to eye-witnesses , wished them well with a few genocidal strokes . |
| 27 | He left them there for a few days , checking that the wasps still kept returning to their burrows . |
| 28 | She left it there for a few seconds , then restored it to its previous position . |
| 29 | Both men said it together in the same explosive voice and Maggie was n't sure which one to look at . |
| 30 | Quite suddenly he let go and sort of pushed me away at the same time . |