Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stepped inside and got behind her and tried pushing her from that side . |
| 2 | Oliver was a whiny child , partly , I think , because Nonni had set ideas about bringing up babies which involved feeding them at set hours and leaving them to cry in between . |
| 3 | So Patsy tried dipping it in cold tea first . |
| 4 | The tsar was well aware that the legislation left much to be desired and delayed publishing it until 5 March , the first day of Lent : " alarmed by the prospect of riot , " wrote an admittedly hostile contemporary , " he hesitated a long time before choosing a day for promulgating the sham freedom and eventually chose the day when it was least of all expected " . |
| 5 | Noddy began pursuing everything on four wheels , or two , with such enthusiasm that he soon became a familiar sight to the farmers who made their living along the lane . |
| 6 | At one point , the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her , began helping herself to some port from my tray . |
| 7 | ‘ And all the money your dad spent sending you to public school , ’ said Constance . |
| 8 | We began sorting them into different area sizes as we were getting confused with those we had and did n't have . |
| 9 | Immediately my father started matching me with all kinds of licensed murderous thugs , and one in particular who had become the amateur flyweight champion of Scotland . |
| 10 | Suddenly there was a cry from the gateway ; and the khalifas started ushering everyone to one side . |
| 11 | I did n't suffer from morning sickness but I 've become an insomniac over the months and had the good fortune ( or so they tell me ) to have a healthy foetus that started kicking me at thirteen weeks . |
| 12 | First started collecting which of these types of stamps were you interested in . |
| 13 | As she passed the junction with Abington avenue the two men attacked dragging her into this alleyway where one of them raped her . |
| 14 | In these circumstances in my judgment there is entirely adequate support for Paul of the sort that Mrs envisaged and indeed I am inclined to the view that one to one dedicated support for him out of classroom hours may not be desirable and might well tend at least to come between him and his fellow pupils so if one turns to Mrs schedule one on page forty seven , papers before me , I think that the appropriate arithmetic is to provide for twenty hours per week at seven pounds per hour for thirty seven school weeks , that is an enabler for the school period , I confess that I find it much easier to deal with Mrs schedules on page forty seven by treating schedule one as having to do with the , the school period , schedule two having to deal with the home periods and schedule three with parental care , as it is actually set out on page forty seven , and I confess that during the case I kept confusing myself about this point , schedule one deals not only with school but also , rather confusingly , with an enabler at home and I think it easier to confine that schedule to er school time . |
| 15 | He had my note , but he kept putting it in safe places then forgetting where he 'd put it . |
| 16 | The repeal movement 's national leadership , alarmed about Hopkins ' activities , wrote warning her against any collusion with the enemy . ’ |
| 17 | And er then we after the war was finished , we continued making them for several years , but we had to transfer it to another factory . |
| 18 | We sat stuffing ourselves with smoked-salmon sandwiches , slurping Earl Grey , while she charmed and intimidated them with her stolen airs and purloined graces . |
| 19 | And I suggested charging them like sixty pounds for the three nights . |