Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [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 | we sat and watched it last night . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw it before , and felt it last night when I kissed you . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |