Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not by the slightest word or look did she betray to Miss Miggs that she knew she could n't read . |
| 2 | I have seen my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford being poisonous or venomous , but neither poison nor venom did I detect when he raised a fair , sensible and extremely important matter that needs to be debated frankly and fully on the Floor of the House without the sort of ignorant , absurd and childish platitudes that we have so recently heard . |
| 3 | Tall , lazily handsome , and boy did he know it ! |
| 4 | Only when he saw others smiling and laughing did he give the little barks . |
| 5 | How many hours of project work and revision did he put in ? — I can tell you — none . |
| 6 | A car horn behind them shattered the air and Roman let her go . |
| 7 | He said the Josephs were not there and Rain let him assume they were on their way and expected to find four very wet friends . |
| 8 | Oh are we gon na be doing tennis and stuff did he say ? |
| 9 | The rank odour of sweat and urine made him wince . |
| 10 | Modigliani 's profound humanism and pessimism made him distrust political systems . |
| 11 | She worked the ragstore , she had worked there all her days , since she had left school — and a whisker away from a special one — what wits she had ; and wit let her steal the jacket , Mr McGregor 's broken arm . |
| 12 | To the left a group of barren islets , suggesting ruins of stone walls , towers and block houses , had its foundations set in a blue sea that itself looked solid , so still and stable did it lie below my feet ; even the track of light from the westering sun shone smoothly , without that animated glitter which tells of an imperceptible ripple ( 2 ) . |
| 13 | Griffith 's ambition to be both artist and prophet made him elevate melodrama into something fuller in terms of its emotional and social range and the stunning way in which the totally real sense of society sustained his story-line gave his films what appeared to be the power of history and the richness of literature . |
| 14 | A TODAY analysis of his victory shows a combination of caring policies , sex and power helped him win . |
| 15 | Its hue and texture made him wonder whether he could risk blowing his nose without making yet another visit to the bathroom . |
| 16 | Oh , I know but god did you see him ? |
| 17 | There 's a girl in there killed her daddy , but whey did she kill daddy , she killed daddy because |
| 18 | I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home . |