Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the company of Niccolò , the only truly happy person next day was Captain Astorre , who relished parades and believed in dressing up for them . |
| 2 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 3 | Just as his late father was reviled in Forres for siding with the Boers fourteen years before , so John was mocked and jeered for speaking up for peace . |
| 4 | Claudia put the phone down gently and decided against going back to bed . |
| 5 | ‘ I have an important document I have to finish , ’ she said , and insisted on going in to work . |
| 6 | When Mrs Jones says : ‘ My Johnny is really a good boy but got to running around with the wrong bunch and got into trouble ’ , she is making a set of assumptions which , when spelled out more explicitly , constitute the foundations of an important school of thought in the scientific study of juvenile delinquency . |
| 7 | It is thought that British Midland considered the City Airport some time ago , but decided against moving in at that stage . |
| 8 | A year later he collapsed from exhaustion but insisted in carrying on with eight shows a week . |