Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While many a villager born in so small an island as Britain might pass all his days without seeing the sea , some of his comrades from every European land risked its dangers , courted its excitement — or just found it serviceable for their varied aims . |
| 2 | Long underground galleries of 3 km or more made it possible to mine under the sea . |
| 3 | The belt tying the skirt on drew the bodice edges in round the breasts ( if they were to be exposed ) and presumably lent them some support from the sides and from below . |
| 4 | The truth is that Mark had always known him as Steven and naturally found it ridiculous to change to Morrissey . |
| 5 | Llewelyn crossed to him , smiling , and gently shook him awake . |
| 6 | She walked up the wide , white steps and gently pushed it open . |
| 7 | The bank was usually very understanding , and generally gave us some leeway until we were able to sell something . |
| 8 | we 've actually had trout in the freezer for ages , and not used them fresh the day I got them I 'll use it and |
| 9 | He conducted a visitation every five years , when he went there and interviewed each individual member of the community and finally gave them all a charge . |
| 10 | I 'll have our breakfast and promptly threw it all up |
| 11 | Her mother had by now recognized her favourite foods and deliberately offered her one new food every day in order to increase the range of foods she would try . |
| 12 | I had often discussed my plans with my uncle who , as Warden , now lived in the Warden 's Lodge at All Souls , where he and his wife encouraged me to visit them and always made me welcome . |
| 13 | George coped very well with Lennie and always kept him happy , but in the end , Lennie 's strength cut off all options and George had to kill a best friend . |
| 14 | He called for continued support for the government , and also made it clear that in the discussions of a new constitution , his preference was for a presidential republic . |
| 15 | These limitations affected the size of the sample and also made it difficult to employ such procedures as the multiple judging of rating scales . |
| 16 | It gave the clients confidence in my abilities , and also told them any hopes they may have had of getting away with a fifty dollar fee should be left with the receptionist . |
| 17 | Scoular took up bowls and probably scared them half to death after his wife , Joyce , became a Welsh international . |
| 18 | He stopped outside the kitchen door and carefully cracked it open a fraction — and looked straight into Jane 's wide eyes . |
| 19 | She had been denied the company of males during her early life and now found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex . |
| 20 | The high priest of Conceptual Art took a cross-section of works from the museum 's collection and chicly installed them next to a range of wall-texts . |
| 21 | Stravinsky had started composing Les Noces before 1913 and often played it toDiaghilev , gradually simplifying his ideas until it became the present cantata for voices , four pianos and percussion . |
| 22 | The Sutton pupils quickly noticed that Russells Hall pupils , whom they had imagined would be perfect writers and illustrators , sought help from the teachers and each other and often found it difficult to locate required information . |
| 23 | He came up to my room and obligingly handed me some for my wife , myself and friends . |
| 24 | He fed the slot , dialled Jack Ashdown 's number , and then fed it some more . |
| 25 | He raised his hands above his head and then stretched them both out at the unfortunate First Spiritualist . |
| 26 | As he lived in the city , Mr Coary drove me up to the Noones ’ for my bag and then took me all the way back to O'Brien 's Hotel in Dublin , where I had stayed long before . |
| 27 | ‘ But if they only looked at me coldly , and whispered behind their hands about me , and then left me one by one ? ’ |
| 28 | You drew me through the undergrowth out into the light and then left me bare and hurting . |
| 29 | " He 'd have had to have opened the door and then left it open when he reset the alarms . |
| 30 | I s I , I never really played with Windows , I just installed it to do the job of running this one application and then left it alone . |