Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [noun prp] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother was prompted when to let go and once Mary made a two-second break in her crying after several minutes of screaming she was told she could get up . |
| 2 | Fantasias ‘ on themes from such-an-such opera ’ were staple fare for many of the less substantial virtuosi of the first half of the nineteenth century , and even Liszt contributed a fair number of them to the literature . |
| 3 | Cranston 's mount became skittish and even Philomel showed a lively interest in the group round the scaffold . |
| 4 | ‘ And then Riccardo drove a perfect race to keep me behind him until I pitted after 29 laps . ’ |
| 5 | Everyone laughed and clapped and then Oliver used a whole heap of long words and each time he used one we all whooped . |
| 6 | It was the most tender of caresses and yet Isabel felt a tingling sensation shoot straight up her leg to the most secret part of her . |
| 7 | East forced two short corners which proved fruitless and likewise Antrim had a similar fate . |
| 8 | The two men struck a deal and subsequently Trevaskis took a 50 per cent partnership in a new company to import ‘ Laura Ashley ’ fabrics and make them up locally according to agreed patterns and styles . |
| 9 | This far Celeste had not crossed her mind , but now Ashley felt a sharp twinge of guilt . |
| 10 | But now Eliot sounded a new note : ‘ an intense pity for the humble and oppressed . ’ |
| 11 | But then Talyor had a storming season ( and remember he was young ) , and then again last year at West Brom . |
| 12 | But yet Britain had a poor record of economic achievement in the 1920s , before the world depression marked the years 1929–32 . |