Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one cooled she picked up the other and spat to test it . |
| 2 | How he used it opened up a new realm for investigation . |
| 3 | It was my good fortune to see a lot of Emily Carr and to be counted as a friend , for she claimed she had only a few . |
| 4 | As it happened he pulled up a shattered Kersil seven from home . |
| 5 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 6 | Jazzbeaux heard they did much the same thing in Jap corp boardrooms . |
| 7 | She wanted to be held by him , and as the sad , poignant music began it set up a yearning inside of her that she did n't know how to dispel . |
| 8 | Another alleged he carried out an illegal abortion at her home . |
| 9 | In the weeks that followed he built up a regular round of customers and boasted that it was better than going to work , especially on cold winter mornings . |
| 10 | This was the business end of her trip but before she started she wandered along a crowded beach , taking photographs of the sands , waterskiers and windsurfers , the tree-lined promenade and the backdrop of mountains beyond . |
| 11 | The company claimed last night that Mr Onanuga and Mr Newton now agreed they made up the whole story of Mr Lamont 's visit . |
| 12 | She said well it 's too late now , the the clear one 's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there 's a new one or , next time , there 's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together . |
| 13 | As she went she picked up the expensive bottle of wine . |
| 14 | This meant they missed virtually a whole period every day . |
| 15 | Then he remembered the guard back at Wissembourg and knew he had only a limited time to cover his tracks . |
| 16 | We all knew he had only a few weeks left to live . |
| 17 | I thought he 'd just a few girls . |
| 18 | It 's out of date in certain areas , there are cer We 'd never you see what we did we knocked up a rough copy . |
| 19 | you said you got quite a good rapport . |
| 20 | Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor . |
| 21 | My mom said she had just the greatest time with you all last year . |
| 22 | Divorcee Mrs Robinson was arrested in April , 1989 , and while awaiting trial , she said she had only the vaguest idea of what she was being accused . |
| 23 | He said he had only a brief look at the course before the race . |
| 24 | He said he remembered well the 1972 Teesside Law Courts , now used as magistrates courts only . |
| 25 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 26 | Matter of fact , as I told Heather , I stumbled on something that last evening which suggested I had completely the wrong end of the stick . |
| 27 | He raised his hand to his mouth in a gesture of dismay and held it suspended there a few inches from his face . |