Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them , the landlord of the pub , got pissed and kissed me on the mouth and talked about the problems of these demarcations — and this is in spite of all the AIDS hysteria . |
| 2 | Barbara Coleman stopped pouring and fixed her with a very severe look . |
| 3 | I tried to remember what my sister Mary had said about ignoring old wives ' tales and I tried to put them from my mind , but after that I often caught myself glancing at Granny 's picture and it seemed to me that her black eyes came alive and followed me round the room . |
| 4 | Whilst I was behind Desmond he was on two engines and landed heavily ; one of his engines came adrift and preceded him along the flarepath . |
| 5 | He became suspicious and denounced them at a branch meeting . |
| 6 | I ran up to the guest room , stripped naked and washed myself with a wet rag . |
| 7 | But Mrs Spence claims he then turned nasty and threatened her with a pistol and syringe full of morphine . |
| 8 | His friend Sir Thomas Lauder of Grange and Fountainhall tells of one humorous incident where Geikie once followed a particularly pompous , pot-bellied and self-assertive porter through the marketplace sketching as he went until the victim got angry and chased him into a house from whose attic window Geikie completed the sketch with some extra touches to show features of indignation to perfect the picture . |
| 9 | He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose . |
| 10 | ‘ I just got drunk and threw them over the wall . ’ |
| 11 | The men looked puzzled and discussed it among themselves , ignoring Marian . |
| 12 | ‘ Michael went down to his room to sort it out , they argued , and Banville went berserk and pushed him off the balcony . |
| 13 | Sara looked sulky and left them to it , and they heard her calling to the old lady with rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 14 | The shepherd grew pale and left us at once , and tried to rid his stomach of the dread stuff , and thereafter went home to his bed , expecting to die . |
| 15 | ( He subsequently went mad and threw himself in front of a car . ) |
| 16 | American game giants , Nintendo cried foul and took them to court in an attempt to ban Game Genie sales in America . |
| 17 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 18 | Now Lizzy had taken all that her grandmother held dear and dragged it through the dirt . |
| 19 | The next morning I awoke early and tidied myself for school . |