Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melanie suddenly found it difficult to breathe . |
| 2 | Team secretary David Morris said : ‘ Ian only joined us three weeks ago because he had discipline problems at his last club . |
| 3 | Sandy lay still for a while , hoping to feel better ; but being flat on her back did n't help , and closing her eyes only made it worse . |
| 4 | But her fear only provoked him further and he turned + slapped first Jo , and then her solidly across the face — a thing he had never done before . |
| 5 | Josh only gave him some whisky for his own good . |
| 6 | Soviet allies sometimes found themselves opposed to each other ( such as the Ba'athist governments of Syria and Iraq , or Ethiopia and Somalia ) , and others entered into agreements with Soviet adversaries ( both Angola and Mozambique , for instance , signed non-aggression agreements with South Africa in 1984 , and Soviet clients generally found it difficult to resist the powerful influence of Western governments and corporations , or in the case of Ethiopia , relief agencies ) . |
| 7 | Moodie squeaked in support whilst Ruthven just dismissed them all with one scathing look . |
| 8 | When the Sheikha finally arrived we all rose to greet her . |
| 9 | The police force generally left them alone , providing they kept the fighting amongst themselves . |
| 10 | My American agent once got me some stuff placed in Reader 's Digest . ’ |
| 11 | Kindness always moved her more than anything else . |
| 12 | Hick fittingly ended it all by racing in to run out Aqib , to leave Malik forlorn and a class apart , 84 not out , having steered his side to a lead of 98 , 50-odd short of what Waqar said last evening would be enough for Pakistan to defend successfully . |
| 13 | ‘ My moving was temporary , but the cats moving months later made it permanent . |
| 14 | Monty Lee and Dick Cleaver both gave me generous references . |
| 15 | The UFD also made it clear that , since accepting the position of Minister of Equipment and Transport , Mohamed Ould Lamar had ceased to be a member of the UFD . |
| 16 | But Cohn-Casson also found it impossible to side uncritically with Jews , because to do so would deny modern thinking , by placing tribal loyalties above the mandates of science . |
| 17 | Dexter had no idea why , except that the superintendent sometimes found it useful to revisit the scene of a crime alone and absorb its atmosphere at different times of day or night . |
| 18 | Natasha Kornilof : ‘ I have to say David never gave me any notes . |
| 19 | A human family would never return to such a scene of grisly death , but the owls just took it all calmly . |
| 20 | But Mum just gave them one of her black looks and elbowed her way past the two women and went into Granny 's house . |
| 21 | He was really well tanned , short dark hair , lovely white teeth — and his accent just topped it all . |
| 22 | BOBBY GOULDING is no saint — but I 'm glad the disciplinary committee only gave him two matches last night after his trial by TV . |
| 23 | They tormented her enough on the grounds of her pale skin , her thin body and her grandmother 's pretensions to gentility and the shoes only gave them another cause to tease . |
| 24 | Despite its seemingly sanguine attitude the HSE nevertheless thought it wise to set up its own small epidemiological study , part of a larger project within the HSE aimed at helping the industry to set standards for equipment and installations . |
| 25 | Yet the thought of being tied to Karen permanently made him sick . |
| 26 | Drummond once told me that Radio 3 broadcasts to about 30 minority tastes , each of which is characterised by its intense dislike of the other 29 . |
| 27 | Your features in DIY upholstery and soft furnishings also told me all I need to know about renovating second-hand furniture . |
| 28 | The 1980 Act also made it possible for parents to send their children to a school of their choice provided that places are available in their chosen school . |
| 29 | The procedural structure of trusts also lent them great advantages in setting up dispositions in favour of third parties , and enhanced the chances of those dispositions being observed and enforced . |
| 30 | The doctor refused to give her more sleeping tablets but scribbled a prescription for tranquillizers , which were increasingly prescribed for women like Clare , with symptoms of anxiety in stressful situations such as poverty , divorce , or bereavement ; women with marital problems and women who were out of work also found them helpful , although the pills did nothing to resolve the problem responsible for the initial anxiety . |