Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I walked as normally as I could into the playground , my private pain overcome for fear of discovery . |
| 2 | So he said I got back on the phone to him and I said as far as I 'm concerned you can get in your car and come down here and fetch back what 's left . |
| 3 | In our family my cousins and I knew well beforehand because there were always slightly older sisters and cousins who told us … |
| 4 | And you did pretty well because you got a penny for every shilling 's worth you sold . |
| 5 | She had been tense since she had arrived and she knew perfectly well where all the tension was coming from — el conde ! |
| 6 | Instead of another row with her mother , she had decided that she must get to the bottom of things by going up to the Hall and speaking to Miss Hatherby , and she pedalled as fast as she could . |
| 7 | Yet she still had the use of her tongue , and she said as quietly as he , ‘ Yes , only once — and let's keep it like that , shall we ? ’ |
| 8 | Her head swam as his lips probed hers and she softened even further as his hands began to caress her compulsively . |
| 9 | And she helped again later when we moved to Paris . |
| 10 | On arrival at Edinburgh Airport , two Landrovers awaited us and our luggage , and we drove as fast as we could to Gleneagles , to try to be in time for the Moët et Chandon reception which is the first party of the Rolex-Jackie Stewart Challenge weekend ; this was timed for 8pm ! |
| 11 | My son , Robyn visited me and peered with a concerned , academic interest , and we came closer together than ever before . |
| 12 | And they knew perfectly well when the connections had been made . |
| 13 | ‘ I could hear their croaking and their arguments and they came ever nearer until suddenly out of the mist I saw the grey shadow of a wing and wet spike of a beak . |
| 14 | Their discussions included the merger of the Falange and the Traditionalist movement and they went so far as to commission a draft document outlining the project . |
| 15 | Formulaic expressions such as ‘ Once upon a time … and they lived happily ever after ’ can be used explicitly to mark the boundaries of a fragment . |
| 16 | The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste . |
| 17 | It gave her the chance to be with Marguerite , though , and they talked quite easily as they moved around the kitchen . |
| 18 | In the ninth century , members of this magnate stratum , this " imperial aristocacy " , could still move about the Carolingian world ; and they moved nearly always as individuals , no doubt with retinues , but not ( an exceptional case apart ) concerting action with groups of kinsmen . |
| 19 | Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) . |
| 20 | The dog landed awkwardly on its hindlegs , losing its balance , and he looked away sharply as it tumbled under the wheels . |
| 21 | It was his profession that had brought him that shaft of insight , and he felt mildly safer because of it . |
| 22 | ‘ At 15 , he looked more like 12 ; a skinny awkward kid of 93 pounds in tattered black high-top sneakers , he looked slow and he ran even slower than he looked . ’ |
| 23 | The Bible for him , however , contained many truths , and he understood far better than many theologians that you must never tamper with the mythology of scripture . |
| 24 | Once he had settled into the right-back position he was impossible to move from the Palace first team ( unless illness or injury intervened , and the career chart shows that there was only one season when that happened to any serious degree ) , and he appeared there regularly until the 1st World War brought an end to competitive football and threw everyone 's affairs into confusion . |
| 25 | And er and because we call him he spoke there and he spoke very well because and erm that 's it . |
| 26 | It was surely — the words came in the tone of voice her mother would have used — ‘ most unsuitable ’ , and it seemed especially so when the bus passed the block of flats where she and her mother had lived . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , this might come as a surprise to you , but I felt safer here than down there . |
| 28 | There was a terrific amount to do , and her bandaged hand hampered her , but she worked away doggedly until it was all done . |
| 29 | No doubt she did some things that were … well , regrettable , I do n't know , but she worked very hard while she was with my family and she was the best nanny we ever had . |
| 30 | Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl . |