Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She surprised herself , the words came out , she had not thought about them or thought at all about this subject . |
| 2 | Then she raised her face to me and said with sad seriousness , |
| 3 | He turned , saw them and giggled without any of his old charm . |
| 4 | That 's right I mean this card is carried with them and looked at all every every basically everybody will look at that erm because the good quality |
| 5 | He made his way through them and turned into steep Hanover Lane . |
| 6 | Very intimate sounds were coming from the cubicles , but it was n't until the girl who had beckoned her earlier on came out of one of them and pointed to another where the door was open , and whispered harshly , ‘ Do n't you want to go ? ’ that she realised , Yes ; yes , she did want to go . |
| 7 | It alleged that Dr Mumby had injected Royan with substances that might harm him and failed to given adequate medical attention . |
| 8 | Louis leaned towards him and said with enormous venom , ‘ You 're in my way . ’ |
| 9 | Bradley turned to him and said with sudden vehemence : |
| 10 | Unlike many of those who followed him and profited from pirated editions of his works , Russell was not a quack and his treatments were not to be taken lightly , the firm physical and mental regimen he prescribed being not far from the modern practices of hydropathic establishments or the health clubs beloved of overweight executives . |
| 11 | Erm , cos I just thought he was guessing , you know , and he said he says , I did n't see him , he said I only saw him and pointed to this girl over the other side of the room he was standing beside you when you were in the chair . |
| 12 | Too late she remembered about the steep bank behind her and stepped into thin air . |
| 13 | The crew nodded at her and yelled in bloodthirsty assent . |
| 14 | Finally he moved his chair nearer to her and said with great feeling , ‘ I once thought that he was a liar and a thief . |
| 15 | He had turned on her and said with cold savagery , ‘ For fuck 's sake , stop kicking me , will you ? ’ |
| 16 | She heard him call after her and got into one of the swing boats with a pale , freckled little boy who was hanging nervously on to the rope while his plain , doting parents stood beside the boat , saying encouragingly , ‘ Go on , Sidney , it 'll be such fun . ’ |
| 17 | He took the horse from her and went on alone . |
| 18 | He poured it for her and watched with one eyebrow raised as she gulped at it . |
| 19 | ‘ I messed around with it and got into this thing of splitting up the amps because I always thought that the guitar was a bit flat in mono . |
| 20 | ‘ I loved every minute of it and played against many of the touring sides . |
| 21 | I dug into the War Bag , drew out the air-pistol , cocked it and fired in one movement . |
| 22 | I had my ideas worked out by the time I left for the 1960–61 Tasman series , and on the 24-hour flight to New Zealand I sat with a slide rule and drew the car as a pin-jointed structure , stressed it and arrived at all the tube sizes . ’ |
| 23 | Watching her sleep , however , is not the most stimulating experience I 've had of late , although I realise that certain New York film-makers would have shot ten solid reels of it and begged for more . |
| 24 | He walked unhurriedly to the bottom of it and peered down Orange Street . |
| 25 | Joan Waters was included in it and acted as chief spokesman . |
| 26 | After a pause Perkin put his back towards Gareth and his face down near mine and asked with perfect calmness , ‘ Do you know who shot you ? ’ |
| 27 | He punched a volley which almost drove Chang into the court surrounds , yet the American not only reached it but responded at full stretch with a perfect lob ; quick-witted as well as fleet-footed play . |