Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I encountered the reality of a penitential pilgrimage the moment I woke and levered my stiff limbs off the hard school-room floor where we slept last night , and winced as my blister contacted the floor . |
| 2 | Dot watched as her mother applied the shiny flame-red lacquer to each toe-nail . |
| 3 | Maura watched as her mother checked the little girl from head to toe , shaking her head and tutting as she did it . |
| 4 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 5 | He normally hung about the house all day and disappeared before his father brought the sheep back from pasture so as to avoid milking time . |
| 6 | Another consulting activity which lasted until his death concerned the manufacture of pencils . |
| 7 | He wrestled to control himself , but the faint hope of convincing Mr Graham propelled the words irrepressibly from his lips : ‘ Actually , ’ he said as his boss opened the door , ‘ our banks have done rather well out of the debt crisis … ’ |
| 8 | A sharp word of command and they immediately sat down and waited as their mistress opened the car door . |
| 9 | Laying down her burden , Theda obediently approached the bed and sat as her ladyship patted the covers . |
| 10 | Rachel groaned as her alarm sounded the following Monday morning and , rolling over , she flicked the button to silence it , then lay for a few minutes staring at the ceiling . |
| 11 | She blushed furiously , then moaned as his finger found the centre of one breast and a million sparks flew to every corner of her body . |