Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd only experienced them through other people and it was something I could n't bear to think about , really , because my mother had died of it and all I could remember was a series of silences and around the silence was terror to me . |
| 2 | It was true she 'd avoided him , had gladly left him to Merry , but it had n't occurred to her that he might be aware of that . |
| 3 | Despite their common backgrounds , shared interests , and childhood ties , Gould 's pre-eminence had swiftly distinguished him beyond social association with his former colleague . |
| 4 | Later , she could hardly remember what the issues were that had so roused them to mutual abuse . |
| 5 | The morning 's adventure had apparently left him in hot water with the lady of the moment . |
| 6 | He was alone at the centre of driving lines of grey and wet , and only a will that had already taken him across wide seas and a wider continent drove him forward . |
| 7 | ‘ ALMIGHTY Allah has vindicated us , ’ Nawaz Sharif told the crowds waiting outside Pakistan 's Supreme Court on May 26th : the court had just reinstated him as prime minister . |
| 8 | All understanding is guided by the Holy Spirit , whose manifold activity is emphasized ( whereas the first draft had practically restricted it to biblical inspiration ) . |
| 9 | The authority had also accused him of encouraging homosexuality in his religious education lessons . |
| 10 | A spokesman for the I R A said its active service unit had tragically mistaken them for British soldiers . |
| 11 | Her childhood in the Burrows had well acquainted her with fearsome beasts of all shapes and sizes . |
| 12 | The railway police and station staff were always telling them that but they had never had it from fellow buskers before . |