Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It got me out of clearing tables for a living , but I thought it meant more than that . |
| 2 | Stirling divided them up into eight patrols of three jeeps each , with orders to keep up the pressure . |
| 3 | They became the refuge of the vagabond and beggars sought them out as natural almshouses . |
| 4 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 5 | But even among the backward and traditional , two kinds of country people were the major pillars of the ancient ways — the old and the women , whose ‘ old wives ’ tales ' passed them on to new generations , and occasionally , for the benefit of city men , to collectors of folklore and folksong . |
| 6 | He passed them on to another colleague who led us finally to our places which were kept for us in the Grand Salon . |
| 7 | We just passed them out to crazy people and artistes and people who were always on the scene in New York . |
| 8 | But I mean of course they plugged me up with all sorts of things . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're the fourteenth person who 's worked out I 'm staying with Lucy and phoned me up with crazy stories about Liam . |
| 10 | Supposing she let them down after dear Franz Busacher had connived and wheedled to make her acceptable to Gesner ? |
| 11 | He caught himself up in horrified confusion . |
| 12 | One voice followed another , and she had almost stopped listening altogether when a sudden difference jerked her back to avid attention . |
| 13 | The arrival of the waiter with their fritters jerked her back to full awareness of her surroundings . |
| 14 | The following afternoon he invited her round for another meal . |
| 15 | PSYCHIATRIC reports are to be prepared on an unemployed woodcutter , Brian McGregor , whose forged football coupon lined him up for potential winnings of £3,826.47 billion . |
| 16 | I understand that Border , 37 , was within one phone call of losing his job when umpire Steve Randell reported him along with fast bowler Merv Hughes for dissent in the first Test at Brisbane earlier this month . |
| 17 | Ripley ‘ became servant to this miserable female ’ , helped her on with borrowed clothes , ‘ lifted up my eyes to Heaven , and asked , Why is this not me Lord ? ’ |
| 18 | He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , I helped him out with one scene where this Danish prince sends his betrothed Ophelia mad . |
| 20 | It it might be a help to him to have little local groups that helped him out with these things . |
| 21 | He heard her sigh deeply , the way she always did when he let her down in some way . |
| 22 | As the music came to a thundering climax , Damian bent her back over one arm , his tough face very close to hers . |
| 23 | And I went through them and I I narrowed it down to three things now . |
| 24 | ‘ Old Mossycop 's the problem , he let anyone in to that place . |
| 25 | and I moved it over to that corner there , where nothing else grows |
| 26 | Its one and only race was 1966 British Grand Prix where Trevor Taylor lined it up on 18th place on the grid and retired during the very first lap . |
| 27 | And then inside building we completely demolished inside , just sort of left the retaining walls and built it up from fourteen feet below the ground to five storeys , high , itself . |
| 28 | We wanted to check the accuracy of an intelligence test for horses , so we tried it out on six horses of known intelligence : three stallions and three mares . |
| 29 | She took one of my mother 's gingham breakfast napkins from a drawer and wrung it out in cold water . |
| 30 | Using all his cunning arts he forged himself a blade and wove it round with deadly enchantments . |