Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 2 | Then one of my sons went down into the village to see if the army had left , He came back to tell us that they had destroyed everything , that they had taken all the maize , all the cows and had burnt every house in sight . |
| 3 | ‘ My sons came down to help . |
| 4 | My persistence paid off when the RCA relented and grudgingly allowed me to take my place on a joint MA course in the departments of Environmental Media and Design Education . |
| 5 | I was disappointed when my snails arrived already out of their shells — part of the pleasure for me is digging them out of their homes- but perhaps this is Chez Gerard 's gesture to British sqeamishness . |
| 6 | At the cross , at the cross where I first saw the light , and the burden of my heart rolled away , it was there by faith I receive my sight and now I am happy all the day ! |
| 7 | My heart went out to poor Aunt Louise . |
| 8 | But my heart went out to Anne Marie Taylor-Evans , an excellent , an excellent dressage discipline was followed by a good gallop in the cross country until the bridle broke . |
| 9 | Every time a record drew to a close my heart started up again , my mind went blank about what came next , and my glasses slid down my perspiring nose . |
| 10 | One day I received a letter which made my heart beat fast . |
| 11 | My head was hot , my heart beat fast . |
| 12 | My head was turned sideways , cushioned on an arm , my heart beat loudly , and the sun was hot on my back . |
| 13 | Oh , Lord , my heart beat quicker and a sudden sweat drenched my body . |
| 14 | My heart beat violently , almost painfully , and sweat trickled down my face . |
| 15 | My heart beat wildly and I licked my lips . |
| 16 | " If my heart gave out tonight , then you 'd be all right . |
| 17 | My heart did not leap with joy , it turned cold with panic . |
| 18 | ‘ My heart leapt as 40-yard chip went right in the hole ’ |
| 19 | He was so like Uncle Bill that my heart turned over . |
| 20 | My heart cried out to it , but when I approached it , it summoned up the last dregs of its strength and paddled frantically away to the middle of the lake , where I had been instructed never to go . |
| 21 | I was already shivering with cold , but when I tried to walk faster my heart pounded unpleasantly . |
| 22 | It had a nice smell and my hair felt very silky and manageable after I 'd rinsed it . |
| 23 | PRICE : £1.99/150ml ‘ I loved the smell of this treatment and after just five minutes , my hair felt very soft and tangle-free . |
| 24 | ‘ I used a hot towel and left the product on for ten minutes after which time my hair felt very soft . |
| 25 | ‘ Con says he does n't like my hair frizzed up too much . ’ |
| 26 | Soon I felt a great pain in my head and my breathing became more and more difficult . |
| 27 | For a moment I thought my accent had not been understood . |
| 28 | Strictly speaking , as the first aid instructor on my course pointed out , it 's not the kiss of life . |
| 29 | It was flooded with water that in my case came up to my armpits and in Jeff 's case the back of his knees . |
| 30 | I was proud of my achievement — I had managed something that my mistress had not — I was pregnant with Abraham 's heir , and Sarah started to hate me for it . |