Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old bat led me astray in more ways than one . |
| 2 | They did n't move either until they got one of the old horsemen : he got them away without any trouble . ’ |
| 3 | He passed them on to another colleague who led us finally to our places which were kept for us in the Grand Salon . |
| 4 | But I mean of course they plugged me up with all sorts of things . |
| 5 | We promised you more of that Hudson Hawk map , and here it is courtesy of David Pitchforth . |
| 6 | The following afternoon he invited her round for another meal . |
| 7 | It it might be a help to him to have little local groups that helped him out with these things . |
| 8 | He heard her sigh deeply , the way she always did when he let her down in some way . |
| 9 | The judge was unimpressed by the argument based on freedom of speech and the application of article 10 , and dismissed it summarily in these terms [ 1991 ] 4 All E.R. |
| 10 | and I moved it over to that corner there , where nothing else grows |
| 11 | Daniel told them how at this time God had so loved the world that he had sent his only son to give it life , to be made just like them , so that God might live man 's life and man might through him come close to God . |
| 12 | I had heard the bell toll … the wave of ecstasy which drove me on to this shore had pressed me into a dark , dull interior . |
| 13 | When Peter the Great gave up the first Russian fleet in southern waters after being disastrously defeated by the Turks in 1711 , he said that " The Lord God drove me out of this place , like Adam out of paradise " . |
| 14 | ‘ Listen , ’ she said , ‘ someone told me today about this survey in a women 's magazine . |
| 15 | ‘ He drove you home on that night ? ’ |
| 16 | That would drive him to madness , to the place they most wanted him , the place in which it would be even more difficult to find the Key ; an institution , a hospital where they filled you up with all sorts of disgusting drugs and deliberately kept you as stupid as the rest . |
| 17 | It has its own associated pattern of atmospheric circulation , named after Sir Gilbert Walker who identified it early in this century ( Figure 3 ) , and it is also associated with changes in the pattern of surface temperature . |
| 18 | In particular , it wanted to make sure that auditors told it promptly of any concerns they might have about a banking client . |
| 19 | Having arranged all the larger flowers in the design , I then filled it out with some astrantia and potentilla flowers . |
| 20 | I noticed it yesterday on that side . |
| 21 | After a brief lapse , Fate booked us in for more hardship . |
| 22 | His employer paid him up to that point . |
| 23 | Looking at his glistening face , his cheeks and forehead like apple-skins , Cameron wondered what fired him most at this moment — self-satisfaction ? or a true pleasure in poetic language ? |
| 24 | On and on they travelled , rattling appallingly fast over the rutted roads so as to outstrip the pilgrims who followed them out of each town and village . |
| 25 | Wave after wave of a pleasure bordering on exaltation raised her gently to some peak , ebbed a little , then carried her up again , more fiercely than before . |
| 26 | Because the captain had spoken French , Joseph thanked him haltingly in that language , then motioned towards the lower deck . |
| 27 | Before they had time to say a word , she had rushed across the room , enveloped Dimity in a bear-hug and kissed her soundly on each cheek . |
| 28 | He kissed her warmly on both cheeks and caught again that elusive scent that was special to her . |
| 29 | Then , suddenly , she was free as Leo thrust her away with enough force to slam her back against the window and set it rattling behind her . |
| 30 | You heard it alright down that end . |