Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [adj] night " in BNC.
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1 | The dank smell of the water was not unpleasant , and for years the scent of la Sologne that enveloped me that night would pierce my memory : a combination of stagnant water , slime , wild mushrooms , wispy dry grasses , sand and well-hung game . |
2 | It was the last movement by the spider that recalled to Quinn the tiny detail that eluded him last night . |
3 | But the thing that fascinated me last night was the statistic about Gillette do you know they said when Gillette started When Gillette started doing the erm Gillette Cup , it cost them five thousand a year . |
4 | And if this chap said , the one that took it that night , he said there is no point in him doing it because he did n't have the coaches insured for enough . |
5 | They barricaded the building and ocupied it all night . |
6 | He reached out and touched her shoulder , squeezed it and bade her good night . |
7 | with his companions Dr Candlish and Dr McKellar , who were appointed by the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland to visit and report on the state of matters throughout the Highlands and Islands , started in Islay and spent their one night with Mr Ramsay at Kildalton . |
8 | with his companions Dr Candlish and Dr McKellar , who were appointed by the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland to visit and report on the state of matters throughout the Highlands and Islands , started in Islay and spent their one night with Mr Ramsay at Kildalton . |
9 | we sat and watched it last night . |
10 | ‘ I saw it before , and felt it last night when I kissed you . |
11 | ‘ A night out with John Minton , ’ Lehmann recorded in his diary in October 1951 , ‘ for which he arrived with a bunch of carnations in the wildest , gayest form , having been on a jag for three nights — and continued it that night in spite of my attempts at restraint ( which were spoiled by laughing all the time ) , flinging his arms about , shouting shrilly with highly risqué asseverations at the White Tower ( at which Tennessee [ Williams ] appeared for a hallucinatory moment ) , becoming embarrassingly affectionate and enthusiastic about me , and pouring money out for champagne in the Caribbean and another unidentified night club . ’ |