Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But , for one thing , the sheer size of the defeat made him and his players determined that it would never happen again and , for another , the power of Lillee and Thomson made him realize just what a potent weapon a battery of fast bowlers would be . |
| 32 | Felipe stopped again and Maggie made herself look , the weakness of sheer relief flooding through her . |
| 33 | The others were already mounted and Maggie felt herself begin to tremble as Felipe came up and prepared to help her . |
| 34 | Presently he reached out a hand and touched her forehead , and Ruth felt something enter her — not comfort , not relief , but a sense of light : clear shining spaces which pain could inhabit but not overwhelm . |
| 35 | He was silent , and Ruth felt him shiver with the memory . |
| 36 | Slash did his bit in two takes and Ozzy did his stuff in three . ’ |
| 37 | Tall , lazily handsome , and boy did he know it ! |
| 38 | But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway . |
| 39 | Only when he saw others smiling and laughing did he give the little barks . |
| 40 | A miasma of despair rose from the cluster of black Workshops and Fenella felt it billow out and engulf them in its sick , cold desolation . |
| 41 | How many hours of project work and revision did he put in ? — I can tell you — none . |
| 42 | But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it . |
| 43 | Nick was some way along the line , at the bend where the track curved round the mountain and Carrie saw him put his hands over his ears as the train blew its whistle . |
| 44 | Edward looked warningly at Helen and Helen heard herself say that there was a small piece of land . |
| 45 | The next remark was hissed directly into Robert 's ear , and Robert felt his neck lightly sprayed with saliva . |
| 46 | He paused , and Isobel saw him glance up at Jean-Paul slyly . |
| 47 | A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard . |
| 48 | I saw at once that there were three chairs at the dinner-table ; and Conchis saw me see . |
| 49 | A car horn behind them shattered the air and Roman let her go . |
| 50 | There was silence for a moment , then the living-room door opened and Dolly heard him say , ‘ What 's up , Bessie ? ’ |
| 51 | The figure leaned over , struck once and Martin felt his face tear as long , jagged finger nails ripped into him . |
| 52 | He said the Josephs were not there and Rain let him assume they were on their way and expected to find four very wet friends . |
| 53 | His shoes squeaked on the hard floor and Julia heard him walk towards the door . |
| 54 | For a miracle , almost boiling hot water poured out of the taps into the bath and Julia let herself have a really deep bath for once , lying there dreaming about the day when her life might be whole again and weaving plans to make it so , until the skin of her fingers and toes crinkled and the water felt cold . |
| 55 | Then Jaq and Googol heard him pray squeakingly in proper Imperial Gothic , as if thus he might be heard across the galaxy . |
| 56 | Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements . |
| 57 | The glass cracked , and Terhune felt something go inside her skull . |
| 58 | But not this last time cos Rose did it last time . |
| 59 | Oh are we gon na be doing tennis and stuff did he say ? |
| 60 | Immediately the little mountain tribesmen , who seemed to have stepped straight out of the sepia photographs in his history book , began unloading the baggage , and Joseph saw them take their crossbows and arrows from the carts and carry them to their own huts a hundred yards away along the riverbank … |