Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 8 Instead of multiplying a number by 98 , Julie multiplied it by 89 and got the answer 23,585 . |
| 2 | 5 Instead of multiplying a number by 42 , Jane multiplied it by 24 and got 432 . |
| 3 | Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time . |
| 4 | As for the computer password , on the other hand , this reviewer guessed it in one and had to wait twenty-odd pages for Casaubon to catch up . |
| 5 | She opened it at random and placed it on Matilda 's desk . |
| 6 | Thompson won the Olympic title that year , 1980 , successfully defended it in 1984 and has n't completed a decathlon since finishing fourth in the 1988 Games in Seoul . |
| 7 | He gathered six double sheets from the drenched berths , folded them in half and left them by the companionway . |
| 8 | They brushed her like strengthless and accusing hands . |
| 9 | Scott heard it at last and looked around , fumbling for the taps , trying to turn off the shower . |
| 10 | Thus she not only shouted at him , she once took his best blowpipe , broke it in two and stamped on it . |
| 11 | Bell acquired it in 1957 and undertook the two-seat conversion . |
| 12 | W H Smith acquired it in 1903 and carried out a major expansion and refit in 1907 . |
| 13 | He resumed it in 1954 and continued as editor until his death . |
| 14 | Whistle Down The Wind did it in 1961 and made Hayley Mills a child star . |
| 15 | She removed the veil , tore it in two and threw it on the floor . ’ |
| 16 | She left him in 1951 and joined Billy Smart 's circus . |
| 17 | And wrote it like that and published it like that . |