Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tines pointed up towards the neck , where blood began to gush out with the flow of the water . ’ |
| 2 | A shifta or brigand had stepped out of the bush , clubbed one of the men and made off with his rifle . |
| 3 | ‘ Mind this patch , it 's slippery , ’ Weasel warned as he traversed a landing where snow had drifted in through a broken skylight . |
| 4 | If America or Russia wanted to take over France 's place there , they were welcome to it . |
| 5 | Listening to the playback in an ante-room where Reference had set up both digital and analogue recorders , the composer felt the sound-quality was excellent . |
| 6 | They spread the maps on the floor of the larger of the two bed-chambers and Caspar pointed with a podgy finger to the Fire Country where Reflection had set up her Court . |
| 7 | Room after room , twenty bedrooms in all , and then the attics , where the roof had leaked , and where ceilings had caved in . |
| 8 | Even among those who stated their overall dissatisfaction , when asked to indicate their reasons , less than a quarter cited high charges as the reason ( service or errors made racked up a much higher 38 per cent ) . |
| 9 | They were married in church , in the West Country village where Alexia had grown up . |
| 10 | No one was in a hurry to pick up where Bradshaw had left off . |
| 11 | Fifty years earlier James Oglethorpe had revealed their existence , and now James Neild and Revd Dr William Dodd decided to take over where Oglethorpe had left off . |
| 12 | It seemed to he enjoying the water that somehow or other had seeped through , and I often wonder what would have happened to me if that black scorpion had indeed swung its deadly tail backwards and on to me . |
| 13 | By that time , G. F. Milnes & Co. had gone out of business and they were all built by Brush . |
| 14 | Trying to control the trembling in her legs , which felt as though they were made of cotton wool , Laura silently followed Ross across the green lawns to their guest cottage , where Carole had laid out the cold supper . |
| 15 | Sixteen parties were represented in the new Chamber of Deputies ; about 50 different parties or groupings had put up candidates . |
| 16 | At the review any lag which has developed should be identified and where necessary additional effort or resource applied to get back on programme . |
| 17 | There were notices all over , but that was like the Army to bring her all the way over to Sweetmary not knowing Hatch & Hodges had shut down its stage service . |
| 18 | As to ( c ) , Tindal C.J. thought that where C refused to deliver up the goods or to answer A's demand , ‘ a jury might be induced to presume a conversion from such silence , or at any rate the owner might in such case enter and take his property subject to the payment of any damage he might commit . ’ |
| 19 | A more refined psycho than , say , Lee Marvin or Neville Brand , but a crazy 's still a crazy and I did n't think someone that far gone could take up where Daine had left off . |
| 20 | When responsible citizens or policemen came rushing out into the road to grab at it and avert a disaster , Uncle Titch would leap up from behind his seat and pretend they just had n't noticed him . |
| 21 | It is a great mistake : Barbara has to give up her small tress-shop and the cosy flat above where Percy liked to come round in the evenings ; while Percy , lacking that place of resort , now leaves her alone and goes out to play billiards . |
| 22 | It was then that Chuck had carried out a quick examination of the unconscious Grant , to ascertain the extent of his injuries . |
| 23 | Their coupling had been as quick and inevitable as that of the two horses , and although Cora-Beth had cried out once in momentary pain , she had professed herself entirely happy and not in the least guilt-ridden by their union . |
| 24 | Although unconfirmed at the time , rumours that DEC had struck up a deal with Auspex Systems Inc , the Santa Clara , California network server company that already counts IBM among its customers , have turned out to be correct ( UX No 384 ) . |
| 25 | The Manager was the next to leave , promising that his secretary could very quickly produce thirty photocopies of the brief questionnaire that Morse had roughed out : |
| 26 | Of course , if she had been going to get there in time for the beginning , she should have rushed back straight away , out upset at such times was the very worst thing for her mother and it would upset her to think that Peony wanted to go out immediately she 'd got in . |
| 27 | A pail of cold water for washing was set on the floor so that performers had to bend over to use it . |
| 28 | Or perhaps it was merely an accident that Marcus had picked up those utterances of his ancestors . |
| 29 | At the earlier hearing , Sheriff Reid had heard that Walters had dreamt up the fraud after a Jersey-based financier had failed to come up with cash to back market research for a new board game . |
| 30 | Franca was relieved that Alison had given up her guilty peepings and hintings and attempts at relevant conversation ; only now her calmness and at-homeness were proving equally maddening . |