Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As time goes on the need for such support will , obviously , diminish — it 's more than likely that your staff will become more conversant with the product than the person who either sold or trained them on it . |
| 2 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 3 | There are eight shades of Varnish or Cream which can be mixed or applied one on top of another |
| 4 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 5 | My pouch-seat automatically deepened and clutched me like an egg . |
| 6 | She bounced and cuddled herself into half a dozen bright scatter cushions . |
| 7 | He stopped talking as Marshka entered and wheeled himself into the empty space at the table , at that end farthest , on the right-hand side , from the president . |
| 8 | Kalchu was ashamed of his drunkenness and Chola grumbled and rebuked him for it . |
| 9 | The process was patented by Squire in 1875 , and Squire and Messel described and demonstrated it before the Chemical Society the following April . |
| 10 | So remorseful was Shiva that he took the head of the first creature he encountered and placed it on the boy 's shoulders . |
| 11 | When Mme Fournier joined them , Flavia rose and relieved her of her market basket ; Fournier did neither . |
| 12 | On closer inspection the bundle of rags rose and revealed itself to be a woman , filthy dirty , her skin so grimy she was almost invisible in the gloom . |
| 13 | Her desperate words provoked a great shout of laughter from him , and , holding her firmly in his arms he rose and carried her towards his bedroom . |
| 14 | He rose and kissed her with spontaneous pleasure . |
| 15 | There was a noticeable hesitation before Tamar rose and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 16 | He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle . |
| 17 | But it was Wang Sau-leyan who rose and helped him from his chair ; who walked with him , his arm about his shoulder , to the steps . |
| 18 | I rose and faced her across the table . |
| 19 | No sound , nothing but the gentle flurry of leaves as the wind lifted and scattered them like pieces of gold across the grass . |
| 20 | He assumed the mural was being discarded and took it to his studio , hoping to repair and perhaps eventually sell it , as he had done with other works from that period . |
| 21 | She phoned and told me about your visit this afternoon ; however , I shall reserve the right to be sceptical a while longer . |
| 22 | There was a bit of head-scratching as they pushed , squeezed and levered me into the passenger seat : ‘ The biggest bloke yet ’ . |
| 23 | The inner spiritual resources which sustained and nourished her in her darkest hours are now manifested in her uncanny empathy with those in need . |
| 24 | He bent and twisted himself before it , jerking suddenly this way and that , as if he were lying in wait for disease , determined to pounce on it before it could strike . |
| 25 | White continues , ‘ As I never possessed the sense of smelling , and was willing to ascertain the flavour of the liquor , I tasted and found it to be aromatic , tho ’ not very pungent , partaking of the taste of catchup and of the pickle of Spanish olives . ’ |
| 26 | You felt , tasted and swallowed it in an effort to breathe . |
| 27 | She stopped and halted him with a hand on his arm . |
| 28 | The tracking and following of the youths , through rush-hour traffic , took Tom through most of Edinburgh New Town , and culminated , almost an hour later , with his flagging down a Police motor cyclist who stopped and questioned them at Mackenzie Place/India Place . |
| 29 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 30 | She stopped and drew me behind a screen of goldenrod , tangled and wild like a neglected hedgerow . |