Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time Benny realised properly that they were going to live separate lives though in the same city . |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't heard how they got on but I saw Mick just before he went and he was very positive , ’ said Ronnie . |
| 3 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
| 4 | How you met her , how she got on when she first came over here … ’ |
| 5 | Intercourse is safe throughout pregnancy , unless you had a previous miscarriage , in which case it should be avoided during the first 14 weeks and avoided altogether if you have a history of miscarrying . |
| 6 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 7 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 8 | We , we always , we were lucky we ha knew a man named he lived on and he was a butcher in his rights , his own rights you know , just like and , and but er , me dad 's brother or somebody knew him and , and he used to come and do it for us like , you know . |
| 9 | Then suddenly , he came to a decision , and plunged on before he had time to reconsider it |
| 10 | The long day passed slowly and it grew very hot . |
| 11 | ‘ 'T IS really nought , ’ she whispered nervously as he reached her and held out his hand . |
| 12 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 13 | She gave him all that she knew — chiefly from conversations with her close friend , Jane Aldis , and from a small book on physiology belonging to her father which she read secretly until it was removed . |
| 14 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 15 | He beamed widely as he was helped down the steps and said to me : ‘ O , gib 's nichts mehr ’ ( Do n't give us any more ) . |
| 16 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 17 | Mona asked nervously after they rose from their knees . |
| 18 | Presenting herself at the servant 's entrance , Joan asked nervously if she might speak to the housekeeper . |
| 19 | What better way to prove that you have been somewhere in a consumer culture , than to buy something made locally whilst you are there . |
| 20 | ‘ Go on where ? ’ she asked bitterly as she stared blindly through the mud-spattered windscreen . |
| 21 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 22 | Previous to the Revolution Ras Tafari expected daily that he would be imprisoned which , in his opinion , would have been the equivalent of a death sentence ; and accordingly he confided his will and all his available money to me in order that I should arrange for its transmission to the Bank of England in trust for his children . |
| 23 | But a couple of errors crept in and we allowed Coventry to take the lead . ’ |
| 24 | We , we , we , we threw , we threw it out into the garden and these birds swooped down and they could n't take off ! |
| 25 | Although the rules laid down that he could not directly intervene he hissed at the hen who dutifully shrieked out a loud distress call . |
| 26 | It was one of the conditions the Colonel laid down if he was to remain in hospital . ’ |
| 27 | Caroline whispered fiercely as she dropped the brush to the top of the vanity table . |
| 28 | ‘ Then when I saw you I realised suddenly that you were just the friend who would help to make it all a success . |
| 29 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |
| 30 | It was on the tip of his tongue to observe that Burun was no more or less trustworthy than he had ever been , but he realised suddenly that he would be stating the obvious . |