Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Vasilissa brought in the skull . |
| 2 | Slowly bending down Sarah picked up the saucepan . |
| 3 | So HM spun out the agony . |
| 4 | So Léonie plucked out the letter Thérèse indicated , the one that she had replaced on top . |
| 5 | So Sarazen took on a young caddie , who , it transpired , seemed to do all the things that even the caddies of today would not dream of doing , like pulling the clubs without consultation with Sarazen , and then , if the club did not work , telling Sarazen he had just hit a bad shot — it was not his club selection at fault . |
| 6 | So Alexander worked out a technique that not only freed him from the tendency which was at the bottom of his vocal troubles , but also cured his asthma from which he had suffered from birth . |
| 7 | Two of the girls were terrified and looked pleadingly at the third ; so Roksanda gathered up the precious stones . |
| 8 | So Steve took on the singer 's mantle , but how does he think he 's shaping up as a guitarist/vocalist ? |
| 9 | Downstairs Clytemnestra let out a howl that ended in a series of urgent yelps . |
| 10 | Quickly Sophie picked up the telephone and rang through to the house . |
| 11 | Still Isobel gave back no warmth at all , and Marjorie felt a stab of irritation . |
| 12 | A week later Ian filled in a peg board starting at the outside ( perimeter ) and making smaller and smaller squares . |
| 13 | A few minutes later Romany pulled off the tarpaulin . |
| 14 | A little while later Matilda bought up a bucket of steaming water . |
| 15 | A few days later Jack took over the shift at 9pm . |
| 16 | Three years later Petrucci brought out a collection of Musica di messer Bernardo pisano sopra le Canzone del petrarcha ( Fossom-brone , 1520 ) . |
| 17 | Now Will brought down an old van er which was scrap it was quite a good body I mean and he painted on it , We 're still open , er something like , Despite Transport and General Workers ' Union picketing we are fully open , and he plonked this van with no wheels on it just the body right th in the entrance of th on his own ground naturally er right in front of the pickets which was like you know tantalizing . |
| 18 | Hurriedly now Agnes weighed out the tiger nuts ; then , glancing at the newcomers again , she smiled and said , ‘ I 'm sorry . ’ |
| 19 | The fences were put in order , the fields were top-dressed with necessary fertilisers , and even Matt took on a new lease of life . |
| 20 | Here Gehlen collected up the thousands of spools of microfilm that over the years he had painstakingly amassed as part of his record of Russian intelligence . |
| 21 | Here Owen set about the great social reforms which made New Lanark for a time one of the most celebrated places in Britain ; he improved both the working and the living conditions of those on whose labour he depended , and proposed a system of universal co-operation in industry in place of the misery of exploitation . |
| 22 | Because he also enjoys snooker , four years ago Marjorie took up the game , so that they could play together . |
| 23 | Here Müncheberg shot down a Hawker Fury biplane of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force , destroying a second on the ground five minutes later . |
| 24 | Presumably C.M.C. took over the running of the centre soon after that . |
| 25 | Timman won a pawn , then Speelman gave up a second one to create counterplay . |
| 26 | Prior Robert put out a reverent hand to touch the tiny drift of loose petals , and the one bursting bud that had lodged in the spine . |
| 27 | But then Knup grabbed back the lead in the 72nd minute and ten minutes later , Georges Bregy thundered home a 30-yard free-kick . |
| 28 | That left 13 from the last ; Lamb struck a two and a four , and then Walsh sent down a dreadful ball that shot through for four leg-side wides . |
| 29 | Then Jessamy let out a sudden squeak . |
| 30 | Abruptly Aggie picked up the handles of the flat-cart , then almost growling ‘ Come on ! ’ she pushed it along the road , the child trotting beside her now . |