Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adj] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.

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1 She tried to count to ten , and tried even harder to remember what that astrologer had said to her , but had that astrologer really known what she was talking about anyway ?
2 She had been such an innocent victim from the start it seemed only fair to help her all they could now .
3 I ATTENDED four of the evening sessions of this year 's Great British Beer Festival and had a great time — my thanks to all those who worked so hard to make it such a success .
4 She hoped very much to meet someone this morning , Dorothea perhaps , or Alida Thorne , or Mrs Bottingley , wife of the Rector , for they might invite her home to coffee and she could confide in them .
5 While they remained relatively free to organise their own practices , they had little power to influence recruitment , selection , training and licensing .
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