Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is saying , and I think everyone agrees , do n't abolish this until you 've thought it through and either provided an alternative or done it again in a different way . ’ |
| 2 | No indication that anyone had been killed in it or done anything else in it but sit in it . |
| 3 | Cati 's eyes opened , gummily , and she watched Rosa as she smoothed the bed , patted her hand , wetted the cloth again and adjusted it gently on her brow . |
| 4 | He shook two cigarettes from a paper packet , lit them , and placed one gently between her lips . |
| 5 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 6 | The protector had taken the Great Seal , returned by the queen-dowager that very morning , and given it again into the chancellor 's care . |
| 7 | Tigers have attacked the dummies and torn them apart without any sign of being discouraged by the sharp jolt they have received . |
| 8 | At some point before 664 Ealhfrith ejected Eata , abbot of Melrose and a pupil of Aidan ( HE III , 16 ) , and his companion , Cuthbert , who would not accept the Catholic Easter and other canonical rites of the Roman Church , from his new foundation at Ripon and committed it instead to Wilfrid ( HE III , 25 : V , 19 ) It was with Ealhfrith that Bishop Agilbert and his priest , Agatho , stayed when they visited the northern Angles prior to arguing in favour of the Dionysian Easter at the council of Whitby ( HE III , 25 ) . |
| 9 | Sometimes she 'd turn on her heel , snarling , and lunge at a dog that had gradually edged over and positioned itself expectantly behind her . |
| 10 | She had n't moved or made a sound , just opened her eyes in the red-tinged darkness and seen him there without surprise as if she had been aware of his presence ever since he arrived . |
| 11 | But men have had such experiences and done nothing further about them , either because they have decided that there was less to the experience than they at first supposed , or because they could not endure the ethical and spiritual demands which were implied in the unspoken , ineffable moment of divine knowledge . |
| 12 | Not only that , but we went and done it again in the League Cup ! |
| 13 | There was a wild quality in her innocence that startled him ; it was as if he had violated and deflowered her quite by mistake . |
| 14 | He had grabbed hold of Cliff and had him halfway over the ship 's side and would have dumped him into the dock had he not been restrained by a couple of his workmates . |
| 15 | They had read and understood it even before their own children were removed . |
| 16 | At the first opportunity , she had clambered out and dragged herself upwards to this warmer , darker , more humid place where she now slept . |
| 17 | The androids had pulled the shaking and distraught officer from the wreck of the room and taken him directly to their controller . |
| 18 | Any one of thirty officials inside the building might have noticed his trembling body , or the tiny beads of sweat pricking his brow , and taken him aside for interrogation . |
| 19 | For the past five years Egham Swan Sanctuary has collected the swans and taken them away for a kind of annual holiday … |
| 20 | Sadly , experience suggests that most doctors would have thought the booklet to be just more advertising for Opren and thrown it straight into their wastepaper basket , unless the representative drew particular attention to the studies in question . |