Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered whether to tell the four of them seated there about the death of Dr Kemp , for they 'd have to know very soon anyway . |
| 2 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
| 3 | which I think there were four competitors , one of whom got through to the district final and eventually to the national final that John is going to on Saturday . |
| 4 | Last week , the hon. Gentleman was trying to be a lawyer and attempting to make me read out on the floor of the House a document that he wanted me to table . |
| 5 | Everyone got on with the business at hand , preoccupied with the problems of food shortages , lack of funds and compliance with the rules of the Islamic order . |
| 6 | … as soon as the Empress saw a place which was totally wild with virtually unclimbable rocks everyone got out of the carriage and she set out , armed with a stout walking stick , to beat a path over huge rocks , clumps of juniper bushes , enormous ferns as high as shrubs . |
| 7 | Sometimes the clerics among them met separately from the laymen . |
| 8 | In Philip Burton 's version , from then on , all was sweetness ; Richard occasionally went back to the house of Cis and Elfed ( on Sunday mornings ) and the two of them got on with the transformation of the street boy into the stage man . |
| 9 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |
| 10 | More of them got in on the industrial act — Sri Lanka was the latest brave new industrializing country , while India finally took off as a major supplier of iron and steel on the global stage . |
| 11 | But today there was the picnic , and who could tell what would happen once the four of them got in amongst the pine coverts of Ham Park . |
| 12 | Both of them got out on the restaurant floor , but Pavel carried on down to the entrance lobby . |
| 13 | The destruction of the temples and the towns round them led directly to a rebuilding programme . |
| 14 | Maisie pushed Robert towards the stairs , and the two of them moved down towards the crowded entrance hall . |
| 15 | He was an Edinburgh solicitor who had two houses , two cars and had commuted between two women before one of them found out about the other . |
| 16 | When everyone moved out of the kitchen into the living-room after lunch , leaving Jannie to put the coffee on , Bob lingered behind with her , savouring the sudden calm . |
| 17 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 18 | Billy took one of the baskets from Molly , and the three of them wandered on through the wood . |
| 19 | Nothing moved there except the few blackheaded gulls wheeling and crying above the river . |
| 20 | Then the three of them swam away into the deeper water under the headland . |
| 21 | When I came back and found the cottage demolished , naturally in distress and amazement , I asked around in the village . |
| 22 | After mentioning some of the New Age practices and beliefs , I asked again for a show of hands from those who knew friends and neighbours who were involved . |
| 23 | I asked again about the truck . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , ’ I asked impatiently at the end , ‘ is n't Mrs Reed a bad woman ? |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Someone got in from the sea-wall . |
| 27 | Outside , sprockets whirred as someone rode past on a bicycle . |
| 28 | I gazed up into the darkness but the rafters were cloaked in blackness . |
| 29 | As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky . |
| 30 | I gazed up at the building . |