Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pos pn] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irritated by Viola 's habit of slipping into cliches from the West End plays of her youth every time feeling was called for , Greg said : ‘ You 'd seen her earlier in the evening , had n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | No need to tell them about Charlie and getting married or the unholy row with Mama or the hell that was let loose when she told them she 'd had her medical for the WRNS and if anyone tried to stop her going … |
| 3 | The last time he 'd seen her she 'd been drunk , they 'd had a fight , he 'd left her sprawling on the carpet . |
| 4 | It was anger , she 'd thought suddenly , anger as sharp and cruel as the blade of a knife , as if he 'd held her responsible for the desire so clearly etched into his arrogant , handsome face … |
| 5 | The South Africans were asking the umpires in the West Indies whether they had received their one for the over . |
| 6 | The sketchily covered breasts that had embarrassed her earlier in the evening were now taut and tingling , and when Tom 's hands came up to cup them through the thin fabric of her blouse she wanted to arch her back and drink in the new sensation with cries of pleasure . |
| 7 | The youngest son came to the totem , to Tallis , and straightened her after the blizzard had made her lean to the left . |
| 8 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 9 | The cream lace of her dress rustled softly as she moved towards him , the pearl and diamond earrings he had bought her gleaming against the dark honey tone of her neck . |
| 10 | But Mary had been touched by it as a girl and , as her goat herds had taken her high in the woods , she had often come across Kitty in the course of things . |
| 11 | As it was , the most she could hope for was his speedy return to Hong Kong , but for now she supposed she would just have to endure a certain amount of contact , as he had warned her earlier at the party just before leaving her with Cavell Fielding and Penny Seu Chen . |
| 12 | Violet , cocky till now , she had held her own with the man — where was he ? — backed hard against the wall . |