Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Back at home with their baby he was quick to be the one to change the nappies and administer the bottle feed once Liddie had given up breastfeeding .
2 Although Invergordon had cut back production like most other distillers , Dr Greig stressed that there would be no closures or job losses , though he also said that life was ‘ becoming more competitive all the time ’ .
3 If Nicholson had strolled down Sunset Strip , he would have caught sight of Dean at Googies or one of the other coffee joints where Dean would meet with Natalie Wood and Dennis Hopper .
4 But John , he noticed , tended to wander outside as often as he felt tempted to do ; while Astorre had set up house quite candidly in the kitchens .
5 Whether Branson had taken over Virgin Atlantic or it had overtaken him was difficult to tell .
6 As Cameron started to pick out wood to finish the forward half of the roof , Iain said to him quietly , ‘ Sandy McGlashan is not the only man with troubles .
7 Something was beginning to happen to her ; as love began to drive out fear , the tension in her body relaxed , and the feelings which she had experienced when Dr Neil had first begun to make love to her , earlier that afternoon , returned again .
8 United fought hard for a comeback … as County tried to shut up shop
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