Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That made me real sad , cos she was my best girlfriend . |
| 2 | ‘ You made me open this window under false pretences , Aunt Becky . ’ |
| 3 | You got them lovely red berries |
| 4 | She dressed soberly , changed her clothes less often , coiled her long dark hair into its usual long glossy package which lay so neatly upon her neck . |
| 5 | The men turned and entered her paint-peeled front door . |
| 6 | A woman drew her long black hair out tight |
| 7 | A mother ewe with two lambs in the field behind the house one morning demonstrated her strong maternal instincts when she successful saw off a two year old steer with a series of savage head butts . |
| 8 | I found it invaluable last time I was doing i b you know if , if you say to somebody y you know come beforehand with what you 're doing well , what , where the difficulties are , what the obstacles are . |
| 9 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 10 | I found it interesting last night because of course my reaction to all that was imagine how Gillette did it matter ? |
| 11 | Someone who told me roundabout that |
| 12 | It all caused me severe emotional stress and a career setback . |
| 13 | Well I actually went back and said I do n't think it 's going to cost anything , I told him original twenty four thou- , and I 've halved it too about twelve thou . |
| 14 | More than that , he wanted to act on the impulse to touch her and experience the thrill of holding a girl whose very presence caused him exceptional physical excitement . |
| 15 | Captured by the Japanese in 1941 , David was interned in Shanghai for nine months , and contracted the sclerosis which caused him difficult last years and finally ended his life . |
| 16 | I spelt it wrong that 's why I spelt it Spanish Nouveau riche either . |
| 17 | Cheers Marjie , that 's what the people say , Oh Marjie , how many memories have you Marjie , Some sad , some glad , some more that made you real mad , But all in all , what an interesting career you 've had , Oh Marjie keep healthy , happy and without fail writing too For without your good advice , life is a little less nice Marjie , the very best to you . ’ |
| 18 | I forgot them little green men . |
| 19 | Miss Ellis shook her long blonde hair back off her shoulders . |
| 20 | Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , has submitted a sworn affidavit that Knighton showed him confidential financial details of the club when he offered to sell the Edwards 's shares on for a £6m profit . |
| 21 | Both Clive Anderson in The Sunday Times and Andro Linklater in The Spectator declared it suitable light reading for a summer holiday . |
| 22 | Then she carefully made up her face and brushed her long auburn hair , the solemn wide-eyed child watching her every movement . |
| 23 | I nearly slipped up there Dick I , I , ick I nearly slipped up there President and called them slippery dog-eared toe-rags , I 'm glad I avoided that one |
| 24 | Of course I may be prejudiced — he called me Old Faithful . ’ |
| 25 | She pulled her long dark hair from inside her flying jacket and began to walk to the outskirts of Grantley . |
| 26 | A quiet woman in a large white apron brought them cold white wine in a red earthenware jug , and they sat at the edge of the patio looking out at the rows of vines , of lemon trees , tomatoes and capsicums that straggled down the hillside , shaded in places by tall cypresses and stunted white-trunked olive trees . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's what kept me awake last night — facing up to the fact that my behaviour , anyway as far as you were concerned , was as devious and manipulative as anything that William Ash could come up with . |
| 28 | Two or three hundred villagers kept me busy that evening . |
| 29 | But Firefly kept me busy all morning , as I told you . |
| 30 | Such as Agnes and Flora , two " unknowns " who sent her a postcard because they had seen her on " telly " and were sorry to hear she was poorly ; eighty-year-old Phoebe who kept them awake one night when she was in a distressed state ; the flower lover who treated the ward as a potting shed taking clippings from the various plants ; the " blether " of women she was invited to join round one of the beds when she was fit enough to take a short walk . |