Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all had a similar colonial background and were desperate to ‘ fit in ’ and be accepted — so we never talked of racism directly . |
| 2 | The patient described by Boustany et al had a cytochrome c oxidase deficiency and a long illness before she eventually died of peritonitis . |
| 3 | For one thing , I suppose I do regard it as the moment in my career when I truly came of age as a butler . |
| 4 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 5 | When he finally died of alcoholism , she returned to the only job she knew , dancing . |
| 6 | For he often smelled of scent and powder which had been transferred to him from one or other of his dolly-birds . |