Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd better apprise you of the situation to date . |
| 2 | But then she should have anticipated that , since Candy had already warned her of the Scorpio ability to be cruel . |
| 3 | She was gabbling , her voice breathy and barely under control , because she 'd raised her eyes to his face only to find the expression there more disturbing than the casual masculine pose he 'd adopted , and which had already reminded her of the night she 'd spent in his bed . |
| 4 | In either case , a court which revokes the order following a breach will be empowered to sentence the offender as if it had just convicted him of the original offence . |
| 5 | Perhaps all those years wasted mooning over Jake had somehow robbed her of the ability to give her love to someone more deserving . |
| 6 | He had already learned his lesson by painful experience ; the burn-like swelling on his left calf still throbbed occasionally to remind him of the morning a week ago when he had drawn on his trousers carelessly , to discover that a scorpion had spent the night nestling in one of the legs . |