Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below , Western Avenue ran from the Hollywood Hills in the north for miles south towards the port at San Pedro , one of many frontiers that let gangs know which turf was theirs and separated one class from another , black from Latino , Latino from Asian , white from the rest , us from them . |
| 2 | He looked across at me and whispered one word : ‘ Rum ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ She recognised me and had some idea I wanted to do a story about her on York station . |
| 4 | Vincent came to see me and stayed all day . |
| 5 | He squinted at me and lit another cigar . |
| 6 | An interruption came from one of the schoolboys who had walked up behind them and had some question he wanted to ask Matthew . |
| 7 | They remained , therefore , on the outskirts of the town , until , terrified of being crushed by the mob , they decided to seek refuge in the open fields , but they had hardly agreed on this when fresh ash clouds , denser than ever , overwhelmed them and brought total darkness . |
| 8 | ‘ I carried on dealing in Sevens , servicing them , repairing them and did some racing until the economy picked up again in 1965 . ’ |
| 9 | One girl told me that though she had never taken them herself , her friend had tried them and turned bright orange . |
| 10 | He told enough boring stories about them and ended each office day with : ‘ I must go or my children will be afraid I 've got lost . ’ |
| 11 | The practice was as old as the Middle Kingdom itself and formed one link in the great chain of tradition , but it was more than mere ritual , it was a living ceremony , an act of deep respect and celebration , almost a poem to the honoured dead . |
| 12 | They did n't stare at them but had good eye contact . |
| 13 | Widows ' and orphans ' pensions were not greeted with enthusiasm outside women 's organizations , who supported them but had little influence . |
| 14 | McCandless kept the woman with him and reached another rock , to which he clung totally exhausted . |
| 15 | Always short of money , Pound in the twenties found one outlet after another closed to him and had great difficulty making ends meet . |
| 16 | He saw 2 cars in front of him and said one car , which was driven by Anthony Gallagher , had indicated left but pulled out in front of him . |
| 17 | In 1940 he wrote of an almost sanctified rural life as something vitally different from the separately developing urban culture which so disturbed him and pleaded that agriculture should be regarded as a vocation , rather than merely an industry , though he pointed out that such a view involved the whole orientation and scheme of values of a future society . |
| 18 | It was because not for anything in the world would she have disturbed him and missed this spectacle . |
| 19 | She turned on him and hissed that Bunny was watching . |
| 20 | Carol crossed to him and slipped one hand inside his dressing gown , stroking his stomach . |
| 21 | He raised his eyes , morosely , as Morse took Dixon 's seat opposite him and pulled another chair alongside for a very blonde young WPC , who amongst other accomplishments was the only person in St Aldate 's HQ with a Pitman shorthand qualification for 130 w.p.m . |
| 22 | Trent thanked him and poured another round of rum . |
| 23 | He looked beyond her and lifted one finger in a beckoning gesture . |
| 24 | I thought her hair was a lovely colour so I took the remains of the bottle and the other things , thanked her and returned next door . |
| 25 | A man in a suit came up beside her and made some remark which caused Jane to throw her head back and cackle . |
| 26 | The big blue eyes were brimming over again and he sat beside her and put one arm around her . |
| 27 | Alex turned to her and spoke each word loudly and clearly as if she were a subnormal child . |
| 28 | She held it on her finger and sang to it and made little kissing noises with her lips that he tried to imitate . |
| 29 | Despite Hojjatoleslam Rafsanjani 's assurances that the object of Karbala No 5 was not Basrah , Iran had not quite abandoned all hope of taking it and made another attempt in April , again approaching by way of Fish Lake and claiming numerous Iraqi losses . |
| 30 | She , Cecilia , though a loving , kind and humble woman , touched no one if she could help it and thought this reserve might be connected with her never having been much for sex . |