Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the years of waiting and longing and wondering poured together into his braced hands and poised , quivering feet . |
| 2 | The beginning of civilisation was almost certainly a mental development which came long before it affected man 's physical abilities , and it could well have been the moment when for the first time , a primitive creature found that he could override and control the instinctive urge to act , which up to that time would have been the only source of motivation . |
| 3 | Anyway about we had tea about what , half seven ? |
| 4 | Every niche of the craggy cliff held a nest , every hollow of the turfy ledge just below me had eggs or young gulls nestling there . |
| 5 | That he had to pass fairly close to her made Jenna 's heart beat alarmingly and all she could think was that she wished she had phoned and spared herself this . |
| 6 | ‘ Mankind has always been alone , ever since it left Earth , millennia ago . |
| 7 | Not far behind them sat David Thomas and his wife , a jeweller who had looked after the Spencer family for years and sold Diana several pieces : but he was still ‘ just a humble jeweller ’ , and was expecting to be tucked away behind a pillar at the back . |
| 8 | The unexpected sound of the deep voice suddenly coming from somewhere beside her made Laura almost jump out of her skin . |
| 9 | Immediately behind him sat Howard and Shirley Brown , silent and sombre , each thinking thoughts that were quite impossible for any observer to ascertain — even for the two of them themselves fully to comprehend . |
| 10 | ‘ Neither publisher had film rights in their titles ; both had television rights ; Heinemann had merchandising rights , which are important in children 's titles , whereas Hutchinson did n't ; and it was a moot point whether either of them had video or audio cassette rights , since the original book was published in 1979 , and the form of the publishing agreement had not been changed to take account of the new technology . ’ |