Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For five months , the two of them lived with her mother in Brighton . |
| 2 | ‘ There are no provisions for new ideas , so I keep them posted in my office until I need them , ’ he said . |
| 3 | One of them slouched in her seat making a great show of what she thought of the event . |
| 4 | She was all for a bit of ducking and diving , that 's how everyone lived in her estimation , but from what she had gleaned recently about her sons , it was a completely different lifestyle they were after . |
| 5 | He told her that he was going to continue writing to her , nothing deterred by her cold reply or rather lack of a reply . |
| 6 | For years father had been nagging away at him to take some interest and prove he had the Miletti flair , yet as soon as he tried to show a bit of initiative everyone got on their high horse about it , father especially , calling him a worthless junkie and I do n't what else besides . |
| 7 | When Williams appeared to like the idea , Orton totally changed the part so that it could fit him , not so much like a glove , but like a well-crafted cabinet , one in which Ken could be displayed at his finest and with plenty of space to ensure that nothing got in his way . |
| 8 | Unitarian tendencies were found amongst some Quakers in both England and Ireland in these years and the Liverpool abolitionist William Rathbone 's sympathetic treatment of them led to his disownment by the Friends and the passage of his family to Unitarianism . |
| 9 | Maybe you would n't get so many of them wasted before their time . ’ |
| 10 | The coach wrenched forwards , the spurred boot of the trooper next them stabbed at his horse 's side , blood spurted and red drops hit the window . |
| 11 | I have now , through your lordship 's favour , the satisfaction of seeing them cultivated in my neighbourhood , by the skilful hand of my friend , Mr. Miller , and shall take the first opportunity of describing and engraving them that the public may see how much they are indebted to your lordship . |
| 12 | The only way to compare them is to calculate what they would be paying over the whole 25 years if neither of them moved from their present home . |
| 13 | It was only when everyone rose to their feet , shook hands and made a beeline for the cooking tent — where , it emerged , Balvinder Singh had been for the last half-hour — that I realized that the ceremony was over . |
| 14 | Two of them knelt at her casement , with muskets at the side ! |
| 15 | Two of them knelt at her casement , with muskets their side . |
| 16 | Everyone sank to their knees . |
| 17 | One or two people at the other end were snoring and once someone quite close to me shouted in his sleep : |
| 18 | They have thousands of tons of them stockpiled on their western front . |
| 19 | ‘ After we stuck five past Liverpool , everyone concentrated on their problems . |
| 20 | There were a few minutes of silence as everyone concentrated on their food . |
| 21 | During his reign there were no murders , no wars , no robberies , and gold rings lay untouched in the open , so that everyone referred to his age as the Frótha-frith , the ‘ peace of Fróthi ’ . |
| 22 | Everyone contributed to their building . |
| 23 | They stood quietly in the light rain , and more than half of them sucked at their ice creams . |
| 24 | After using it , I asked about its accuracy , as the readings bore no resemblance to that of the chemical test kit . |
| 25 | I asked about her daughter and her son and husband . |
| 26 | I asked about her work before she married . |
| 27 | I asked about her Home for Unmarried Mothers . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ Well , I asked about your life . |
| 29 | I asked about his wife . |
| 30 | I asked for my ham-and-tomato sandwich . |