Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recovery by Mrs Fields : Shares in Mrs Fields , the troubled US bakery and cookie retailer , rose more than 20 per cent from their 12-month low of 19p to 23p after it announced much reduced trading losses . |
| 2 | SHARES in Mrs Fields , the troubled US bakery and cookie retailer , rose more than 20 per cent from their 12-month low of 19p to 23p yesterday after it announced much reduced trading losses . |
| 3 | The supply of domestic staff in Britain had dwindled after the First World War , when former servants found better paid employment for fewer hours ' work in offices and factories . |
| 4 | Then of course , then when they the kids went up , did n't know where they were going , and the parents did n't know but they found new found freedom because all the bloody kids had gone to the countryside |
| 5 | Our purpose built well equipped creche is full of all the toys and games that children enjoy and our fully qualified and experienced staff will ensure that your child is happy and well looked after whilst you enjoy the attractions of the Sportcentre . |
| 6 | He suffered badly damaged ankle ligaments , ironically as he was about to retire after feeling a twinge in a troublesome hamstring . |
| 7 | that 's lovely James , that 's fine , OK , you 'd better put plastic spoons on or else you 'll make , be in trouble because if you floated a metal spoon , now what would happen to that ? |
| 8 | I 'd only gone part of the way when I collided with Dad . |
| 9 | If you bought six cans , you got one free , but she 'd only wanted tomato anyway and that was n't part of the offer . |
| 10 | It was incredible but true — incredible because she 'd only known Fen for a week — incredible because she 'd begun by disliking him — but true that she was in love with him . |
| 11 | She 'd been browsing in a bookshop after buying a bedtime book for Kirsty when she 'd suddenly caught sight of the clock on the wall and seen , to her horror , that it was nearly five o'clock . |
| 12 | He 'd obviously taken time over building up this little booklet explaining the stuff . |
| 13 | He 'd obviously spent time here , perhaps as much as he could spare before their marriage . |
| 14 | The artist had fussed around while the thing was being loaded on my ship , babbling about how important it was and how delicate it was and so on , until I 'd just stopped listening . |
| 15 | as if they 'd just discovered immortality to be |
| 16 | very pale , if you saw somebody in a hospital bed who 'd just suffered shock , they 'd be the same colour as the sheet they 're lying on their face is absolutely white , okay , very , very pale , very cold and very clammy , now supposing the doctor asks you why are they cold and clammy ? |
| 17 | ‘ Barratt was there , ’ says Howard , ‘ making sure everyone knew he 'd just had lunch with God . ’ |
| 18 | Xanthe spread out the soft folds of her skirt and looked at them as Miranda quickly splashed water into her armpits , round her neck , on her face , muttering , ‘ I wish I 'd just had time to wash my hair . ’ |
| 19 | She 'd done some TV before , but she 'd just left school , and had little knowledge of the working world and MEN . |
| 20 | I 'd just left school . |
| 21 | She 'd just started school . |
| 22 | At the time he 'd just started City Lights , a new shop in Covent Garden . |
| 23 | I only stopped working frenziedly hour after hour after I met the English boy I 'd just thrown water over moments before . |
| 24 | On that particular day I I was coming home from work and it were quarter to nine , I 'd just finished work . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd just finished treatment for a drug problem and Paul was getting over valium addiction . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd finally won custody of my daughter Eva and we had just moved down from Scotland to Leeds with my boyfriend Glynn . |
| 27 | But I was glad that I 'd finally had sex — it was a way of proving that my parents and Uncle Joe had n't destroyed my life . |
| 28 | The umpire , who 'd finally got control of his pony , gave Rutshire a penalty . |
| 29 | In the old days she 'd not had time to think about anything except how to keep out of trouble . |
| 30 | I 'd been doing press and touring and all that lot for two years without a break , I 'd not had time to change or take anything in . ’ |