Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That occurred although it took up a large slice of their already-depleted income , and they also ran the risk of getting lung cancer and other smoking related diseases , and placed the health of their children in jeopardy . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's on his way back to the hotel , ’ Vashinov reported as he put down the phone . |
| 3 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |
| 4 | But she almost turned and fled as she came round a corner and found herself face to face with Guido . |
| 5 | It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 . |
| 6 | " That was n't history , that was Hollywood ! " he exclaimed as he kicked off an examination of interpretations of history . |
| 7 | The methods Souness used when he set about a struggling Rangers , turned them around and picked up Championships and cups , prepared us for what was on the way at Anfield . |
| 8 | It exploded after he picked up the device which had fallen from underneath a car outside a house on the Antrim Road . |
| 9 | Normally , the operators closest to the plant will have the most detailed information and this gets condensed or reduced as one moves up the hierarchy . |
| 10 | And it has to be said , he wrote , that its opposite , a feeling of elation , equally physical , equally extra-physical , has also been a constant feature of my life , manifesting itself regularly though impossible to predict , a reeling in the chest this time , the chest and perhaps the throat , a feeling of the heart leaping and the blood pumping , it came when I first took up a brush and made a mark on paper , it came when I picked up the first readymade and felt it transformed by that very action , it came when Madge rang to say she could not go on , when Annie wrote to say she was not coming back , when the idea of the glass first popped into my head . |
| 11 | And he said yes you can , but it would do you no good at all , cos if the point came when you split up the judge would n't look at your contract , he would only consider the rights of the child . |
| 12 | ‘ It was good of you to get in touch with me , Simon , ’ she murmured as he hooked down the loft-ladder and she followed him up into the roof space . |
| 13 | He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase . |
| 14 | Bodie nodded as he thought through the implications of that . |
| 15 | Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought . |
| 16 | Caroline frowned as she glanced out the window . |
| 17 | They were in room order , A , B — Smart — Avery — Her hands shook as she drew out the file and turned back the cover . |
| 18 | She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off . |
| 19 | They cursed and uttered muttered threats to desert , but on and on they walked until they made out a herd of wild cattle staring at them hostilely through the rain , and clambered aboard . |
| 20 | Neither will they cover , what they call a ‘ pre-condition ’ , that is , some illness or disability that existed before you took out the policy . |
| 21 | She sniffed as she put down the parcel of books and took off her gloves , and sniffed again as Maxie sank back on his bench , relieved that his beautiful black Cadillac was intact . |
| 22 | He grinned when he picked up the phone to check the dialling tone . |
| 23 | ‘ We 're nicely tucked away here in case someone comes looking for us , ’ he remarked as he switched off the engine . |
| 24 | Luke moved swiftly round the desk to where she sat , and she flinched as he put out a hand , lifting a loose , shining curl away from the side of her brow . |
| 25 | she heard when she picked up the phone . |
| 26 | Ooh now that started before we took out the mortgage , about a couple of years before I think . |
| 27 | 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me . |
| 28 | ‘ George Vicente Brown goin' be one dead son of a beetch , ’ Miguelito swore as he struggled up the bank . |
| 29 | From under the chair I watched as she scooped up the mess into a cloth , and dropped it in the bin . |
| 30 | He started to walk backwards as together they advanced until he fell over a precipice , the hound at his throat . |