Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I passed the hall in a large comprehensive school , where notices proclaimed ‘ Quiet please : examination in progress ’ , the invigilator , a geography teacher , staggered out to engage me in slurred discussion of educational issues . |
| 2 | I cried all day long and although Bessie tried hard to tempt me with nice things to eat or my favourite books , I took no pleasure in eating or even in reading . |
| 3 | Sien came in to see him on visiting days , and she was keeping an eye on the studio . |
| 4 | For instance , he took her to a newly opened Greek restaurant , and introduced her to the delights of something called Baklava Syrien , which , having a sweet tooth , she very much enjoyed — although he managed simultaneously to annoy her by various highly irritating remarks about the way in which West Indians eat Kit-e-Kat , and by a joke about a man in a Chinese restaurant who found a finger in his Chinese soup . |
| 5 | Applause rang out , and she twirled around to acknowledge it in demure delight , clapping the barman — and then being crushed against the ample bosom of the barman 's wife . |
| 6 | Fixing me with a beady eye as soon as I had sat down , she leaned over to damn me with faint praise . |