Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our fleet now consisted of three " V " vessels , Venturous , Vigilant and Valiant , all well equipped , modern , purpose-built patrol boats which were worked hard and served us well for the next ten years . |
| 2 | But when the Cup ties came round , Chapman made another , more dramatic decision — he dropped Alex James , the man intended as the team 's dynamo , and sent him home for a complete rest . |
| 3 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
| 4 | But like that A lot of families had them and kept them just for the family . |
| 5 | He put an arm around her shoulders and kept it there for a moment . |
| 6 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 7 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 8 | However , the party did not follow this line ; otherwise they would have opposed independence for the more advanced Poland , Finland , the Baltic States and the Ukraine , and supported it only for the more backward minorities . |
| 9 | So he , he thought he 'd do an experiment , er he took a small piece of radium which he 'd extracted from several tons of pitchblende and he put this bit of radium on his forearm and , and put a bandage round to hold it in place and left it there for a week and said right I 'll see what happens . |
| 10 | Then he had reached out and pulled her into his arms and held her tightly for a moment . |
| 11 | She took the smoke down deep into her lungs and held it there for a while before letting it out slowly . |
| 12 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |