Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this moment it was difficult to recall how quiet , calm and determined she had been . |
| 2 | Laker took on the airlines ' cartel which held ticket prices high and broke it singlehanded . |
| 3 | Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting . |
| 4 | I enquired deeper into the Teachings and the more interested and enlightened I became . |
| 5 | Now I feel so embarrassed and wish I did n't have breasts at all , or I try to hide them with baggy T-shirts . |
| 6 | He looked embarrassed and said he did n't have the faintest idea . |
| 7 | How unsettled and agitated he had been when they last had visited the Springall house . |
| 8 | How could she have been so foolish as to imagine he had issued the invitation on a personal level ? |
| 9 | The expectations on him to perform as a wit at the Painters ' Table further drained his energy and if feeling jaded or bored he drank a lot . |
| 10 | Coo that was creaking and twisting I thought ah |
| 11 | But I have to be honest and say we tried to join flesh again all our lives . |
| 12 | The next morning Benjamin rose early and said he wished to watch the clerks at work in the scriptorium . |
| 13 | She went to Indooroophilly because she lived there now , and in an evening that had turned rather sad and sour she did n't know what else to do . |
| 14 | She felt sad and hoped he felt the same . |
| 15 | Sherek recalled how nervous and agitated he seemed at the first reading with the actors — just as he had been when he had first shown the play to Sherek . |
| 16 | We pushed our way into the stable and glimpsed what appeared to be a blood-soaked pile of rags , the gore and slime gleaming in the flickering torch light . |
| 17 | He asks : why should they work hard to achieve when by working hard and achieving they came out seemingly no better qualified than anyone else ? |
| 18 | Mrs Over said : ‘ In November last year she was working extremely hard and decided she needed a three-week holiday . |
| 19 | He felt so ill and exhausted he did n't know how he was going to get through the rest of the evening . |
| 20 | When the flight to Nice was called , she informed a brisk blue-uniformed redhead that she was feeling ill and thought she 'd better cancel her ticket . |
| 21 | ‘ But the neighbours were suspicious and found he had soil in his shoes and a cock 's head under his bonnet . ’ |
| 22 | But since she was comfortable and occupied she felt no need to take the advantage of her freedom . |
| 23 | This means that the ‘ same ’ cell can be studied in preparation after preparation , its connections and the effects of stimulating or excising it followed in detail — something that is quite impossible in any of the organisms yet discussed in this chapter ( Figure 7.5 ) . |
| 24 | But she did n't feel like giggling ; everywhere was so tidy and clean it made her despair . |
| 25 | Such was the emotion caused by the attack that it was some time before any of the defenders recalled that the Collector had not been feeling well and wondered what had become of him . |
| 26 | But good and relaxed you got all , every part of the structure there |
| 27 | He found the experience of working in a wide variety of company departments invaluable and believes it held him in good stead when he reached the higher echelons of management . |
| 28 | Adams had already given notice of intent overnight with his occasional left-arm spin , when Hansie Cronje ( imprudently cutting at his fourth ball ) offered a first Test wicket , and , suitably encouraged , the Jamaican picked up three more in an impressive 21-over spell of slight and turn which restricted the visitors ' lead to 83 . |
| 29 | Medical science mitigated suffering , but by preserving the diseased and degenerate it flew in the face of natural selection and the iron laws of heredity . |
| 30 | Even the perfectionists were impressed and admitted they came away with their tails between their legs having learnt a great lesson about false pride . |