Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] and [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room service kind of crept in and since we did n't have any cash , we charged meals . |
| 2 | ‘ Your mother … ? ’ she asked swiftly and when she saw the surprise in his eyes she went on hurriedly , ‘ Sybil told me . ’ |
| 3 | To her shock and horror his head swooped down and as his mouth claimed hers so impassionately a flash of hope surged in her heart like a spear of lightning out of a blackened sky . |
| 4 | I had heard that the lasses used to beat you up when you first got in and that the lesbians used to grab hold of you and that there was loads of violence and everything . |
| 5 | We know how the murderer got in and where he lurked , the only problem is how he got out . ’ |
| 6 | Far from condemning this local authority I hold that they behaved properly and that their exercise of their difficult statutory role was properly performed . |
| 7 | Many people will not realise that there is a property element built in and that they qualify only for the 25 per cent . |
| 8 | brick inset was all the brick and then plastered over and that gave the black and white effect , but that was the original and the , the proper way to do it |
| 9 | Nothing in the world was ever certain or fixed , things changed easily and when least expected . |
| 10 | And it only stopped once and that were at er unless it stopped to change engines somewhere , perhaps it would , but it stopped in Birmingham for twenty minutes and what a twenty minutes it were . |
| 11 | Almost screaming , I staggered back and as I glared wildly I saw Shep disappearing at top speed towards the gate . |
| 12 | Circular discs with numbers on were pulled from a bag , the numbers shouted out and when your card was full you leaped to the top of the house . |
| 13 | If anyone found out and if Alain was angry she would fight it out later , but for now she had come a long way , she was tired , disappointed , and nobody was going to stop her from staying here . |
| 14 | The column stopped abruptly and when the noise of aircraft climbing away from the raid faded into the distance there was a short silence during which only the chug-chug of many stationary vehicles could be heard . |
| 15 | But when Siegfried drove away , the activity stopped abruptly and as I was leaving with my pockets stuffed with the equipment for my round I glanced into the sitting room and saw the young man stretched in his favourite chair . |
| 16 | He stopped then and after a pause said deliberately , ‘ Even if I held that point of view . ’ |
| 17 | His nose moved continually and when a bumblebee flew humming to a thistle bloom behind him , he jumped and spun round with a start that sent two near-by rabbits scurrying for holes before the nearest , a buck with black-tipped ears , recognized him and returned to feeding . |
| 18 | Sometimes , when he went for a walk , she followed him ; if he stopped to look at something she stopped too and when he walked fast , she walked fast to keep up with him . |
| 19 | I think I was mentally prepared for gay liberation in 1970 when it came along and when I did encounter it it swept me along quite easily . |
| 20 | Until comparatively recently , primary schools , being intimate communities , were places where children , parents and teachers came together and where common sense and common purpose stilled the strident demands of the politically extreme . |
| 21 | Er we was on the beach , you know sea front , he 'd er gathered some er brands of seaweed for making what they call Irish moss , Caragium And that would give you a good think emulsion , you see then in the , what was the cod season , cod fishing , you 'd go down to the harbour where the er fishing boat came in and where they were cleaning , and you 'd get the boss would have arranged that you get the cod 's livers . |
| 22 | when , when the does , when the Twiggys came in and and the , the the angular woman er , of which I am not I wonder if that was the male view or what is the wo , the view that women have of themselves ? |
| 23 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 24 | She very rarely got told off and when she did it upset her . |
| 25 | It has been suggested that the supply of slaves dried up and that slaves are by their nature infertile , so that a slave population dies out if not constantly recruited ; but neither proposition can be defended . |
| 26 | She looked up and waved as the Golf drove past and when Melissa had put it away and locked the garage door , she rammed her fork into the ground and strolled over for a chat . |
| 27 | The real , open rows , my sisters have since told me , came later and when I was away from home . |
| 28 | A waiter came up and after one close look at them asked if they were waiting for Count Felipe de Santis . |
| 29 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 30 | And it was known that they ate well and that they patronised the theatre , and the concerts in the City Hall in Newcastle . |