Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) Read widely and be critical of the style adopted by other authors . |
| 2 | Paul and Muriel entertained lavishly and were much loved in Venice . |
| 3 | Mildred hopped inside and was picked up by Maud , who took her over to Enid . |
| 4 | Columns of men in close order moved slowly and were very exposed to enemy fire . |
| 5 | Thus the firm in economic theory behaved identically and was subject to the same constraints whether it took the form of an individual proprietorship , a partnership or a company . |
| 6 | Each of the alchemists , he claimed , was in his way an incarnation of Mercurius — the ever-ambiguous tutelary spirit of the Art who promised much and was not to be had for the asking . |
| 7 | The seaman moved quickly and was only grazed on the ear . |
| 8 | But underground performances often surfaced spontaneously and were even more often end with the power being cut , equipment being confiscated and punishments for the organisers . |
| 9 | What was it like I mean you know you er when you first moved here that was it nineteen twenty six ? |
| 10 | Afterwards the boy tried again but was stopped once more . |
| 11 | Belinda rose obediently and was back in a minute or two , then the posing began in earnest and there was silence on the veranda as Faye worked and Belinda waited . |
| 12 | ‘ One member of my crew was hit between the legs and although he got ashore and was able to walk he was a very worried man until the M.O . |
| 13 | This was partly because grandmothers lived longer and were more often widowed , but also because they were more helpful . |
| 14 | ‘ We know the fifteen hundred got away and are coming . |
| 15 | We got away and were finally rescued by a park ranger . |
| 16 | I crept downstairs and was outside and successfully making for the front gate when Ted sprinted around the side of the house and grabbed me . |
| 17 | Complaints that British ships by comparison with those of France were too small , sailed badly and were encumbered by too many guns , continued to be heard to the end of the century and afterwards ; while French prizes were frequently used as models for the design of new British men-of-war . |
| 18 | ‘ Loreto are a hard side , but the girls played brilliantly and were determined to win . |
| 19 | Especially problematic was the fact that the informal and formal networks never came together nor were the views and opinions of the informal network adequately appraised by the formal care givers who had the responsibility for overall coordination . |
| 20 | These ideas came together and were put into operation by the 1945 — 51 Labour Government . |
| 21 | Dealing with people came naturally and was in many ways the most important part of the job , but there was more that could come only with experience , and Charles was there to pass on some of the things he had learned over thirty-three years , some of them the hard way . |
| 22 | He had indeed gained strength since he came home but was nevertheless prone to stumble and even fall , as the drug which was keeping his mind rational was also weakening his muscles and bones . |
| 23 | Late in 1991 they were completed and returned to Rochester and around the same time the Merlin 266 engine that had been rebuilt in the USA came home and was fitted to the airframe . |
| 24 | ‘ The ones who came later and are still arriving all the time . |
| 25 | Rocky was playing and by the sounds of the radio coverage he played well but was substituted towards the end with Strandli coming on to replace him . |
| 26 | John won his third cap , again played well and was again a winner . |
| 27 | I mean I went to a boarding school before I came here that was just like that but , but it was more like , I do n't know , the guys there , I had more friends that were boys than friends with the girls , yeah |
| 28 | Well actually a girl friend of mine came round here yesterday , oh , lunch timeish was it , and erm , Henry forget his ball , he got so excited of the though of going out he put it down in the hall , came here and was thoroughly miserable all the way round , without his ball his lost , you know , a dog walk is n't a dog walk for Henry . |
| 29 | Passing Baku in the 13th century , Marco Polo noted that the black oil burned well but was not good with food . |
| 30 | In Russia change came earlier and was , at least in form , more striking . |