Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mouth that trembled and opened to expose pointed thorns for teeth seemed to work to speak ; over all , the shape of the woodland creature was that of a wolf , but a bare boned wolf , its fur gone , its flesh shrunken on to the jutting bones of its body . |
| 2 | A Bedale businessman tried and failed to bring more freight traffic to the limestone line . |
| 3 | I schemed and schemed to get that key , but Irina was too clever for me . |
| 4 | But his eye was caught by a painting on the wall of one of Tess 's ancestors , a proud fierce woman , who looked as if she hated and wanted to deceive all men . |
| 5 | The stolen car stopped , forcing Pc Hurley to brake and around 20 youths appeared and started throwing concrete missiles at the patrol car . |
| 6 | This project , we 're very pleased , is directed by Doctor Eric Briot , you may remember was the Chief Education Officer in London until he retired and came to lead this project , and a man of very great standing in education field , and what he 's looking at is the effect of the falling school populations , which is already hitting primary schools , on these large comprehensives that we 've created . |