Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I caught an early edition , read about the ruckus , and thought I 'd better come home and see what was happening about the five grand . ’ |
| 2 | City had already surged forward and stretched the Quakers ' defence several times in search of an equaliser when Sean McCarthy beat the offside trap to a long through-ball , and was brought crashing down by Mark Prudhoe on the edge of the box . |
| 3 | But he had finally done so and had seen other eagles , each in his own cage , all mature , all seeming big and threatening . |
| 4 | Travelling strongly for much of the way , Ballystate had just moved ahead when belting the final flight . |
| 5 | She could throw all her considerable energy into her work , which she had always found more than fulfilling . |
| 6 | She tutted aloud as she remembered she had nearly quailed altogether and quit him when he caressed her so directly and bit her ; but he was masterful , and had knowledge , and her love burst into ever greater intensity at the thought of that expertise . |
| 7 | Then she thought of the Brownie Promise and the Brownie Law and the Brownie Motto , all of which she knew by heart and had often said aloud when riding along the country lanes , so that she would be able to say them if the wonderful day should come for her to join a Brownie Pack . |
| 8 | So he had not destroyed most of the buildings , along with their inhabitants , had even erected more and improved the walls and defences . |
| 9 | If Kate had maybe married again and given Lizzy a father figure … . |
| 10 | Although the defendants had power to cut off the water supply for non-payment of rates they had neither done so nor threatened to do so . |
| 11 | Reports said that the Dec. 6 attack on the mosque was effectively abetted by the guards , some 200 paramilitary troops of the state-controlled Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC ) which was known for its pro-Hindu leanings ; they had allegedly stood aside and allowed militants to demolish the mosque 's structure . |
| 12 | She had tried to make a pipe once by hollowing out the pith , spongy like the white stuff inside a peeled rush , carving holes with an awl , but the pipe had never done more than make thin sounds magnifying her breathing . |
| 13 | No wonder she had never got further than teaching in a one-roomed schoolhouse . |