Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But there was nothing around that moved me enough to go out and change things . |
| 32 | Presently he drew me aside to suggest that if I would like to give him a certain sum his wife and daughter would go immediately and prepare a gypsy supper . |
| 33 | He found them enormously relaxing to be with . |
| 34 | BRC was contacted and we found them somewhere to live and someone from their own country to look after them . |
| 35 | Sarah had been able to attend the caelidhes again , warned by her mother that she must not do more than two dances , but she found them greatly changed . |
| 36 | ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’ |
| 37 | The reason why our homes were so cold was that the people who designed them never took our severe winter climate into consideration . |
| 38 | And I was fortunate : no one ever stopped me either to ask me for my identity card or to see what I had in my bag . |
| 39 | In 1724 the University Garden needed more space and Boerhaave used his newly purchased country estate at nearby Oud-Poelgeest as an extension . |
| 40 | Like Powdermaker ( 1967 ) , who recorded fieldnotes in Mississippi only when she was away from her field data , I found I only took notes at the time if I was willing to risk begin interrogated about what I was going to do with the information I was recording . |
| 41 | While the characteristics of the industrial world do not lead to comfort they certainly lead to stimulation , and I found I continually had to adapt and learn . |
| 42 | Mowbray stroked his evenly clipped beard . |
| 43 | Bernice suddenly found she badly needed a drink , but her hip flask was empty . |
| 44 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 45 | She found she hardly cared and when Mr Browning , with some evidence of concern for her , said that he feared they must take Ferdinando to Rome almost as soon as they all returned to Florence in October , she simply nodded . |
| 46 | Robyn summoned up every ounce of strength and hate and found she still did n't have enough to cope with Luke 's overwhelming anger and her migraine all at the same time . |
| 47 | She liked to take walks alone , and occasionally pretended she completely belonged in St James 's Park or Kensington and always had . |
| 48 | However well she did , however hard she tried she never earned a word of praise from her husband , the royal family or their courtiers . |
| 49 | The actor Paul Blake and his wife Kate , who are friends of ours , have two young daughters and Abi and I found we really enjoyed their company . |
| 50 | When this occurred we usually dived into the nearest tenement to hide . |
| 51 | Faced with the threat it posed we somehow managed to break free of the old categories . |
| 52 | The policeman frisked him then reached for his handcuffs . |
| 53 | She waited until the pressure outside the suit was near zero , checked that the pressure inside was normal , and used her right claw with surprising delicacy to tap in the instruction to open the hatch . |
| 54 | Saddam Hussein on Jan. 13 rejected a message from President Hafez al-Assad of Syria , and invited him instead to change sides and " join the ranks of the believers " in the great battle with the infidels . |
| 55 | A project support worker visited her daily to ensure that she ate , and to help keep her clean and safe . |
| 56 | Grasping her shoulders , he moved her aside to open the doors . |
| 57 | Curiosity drew her forward to explore . |
| 58 | And his mother promised him so to do ; and then he departed from them and went out against the frontier of the Moors . |
| 59 | And once caught they usually remain customers for life . |
| 60 | Christina knew it was none of her business — Martin was a free agent — but it disturbed her somehow to see him being so hotly pursued by a determined young woman . |