Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a dame school it was — nothing so grand as the Academy for Young Ladies Miss Hannah More keeps in Wark Street now — but our teacher , Mrs Ellis , was a great reader and always encouraged us children to have regular reading times . |
| 2 | Japanese nationals cooperated with Koreans wishing to change the status quo , and willingly offered them asylum . |
| 3 | Carolyn Pride , now Carolyn Bartholomew , who had the next bed in Diana 's dormitory and later shared her London flat , remembers her as a ‘ strong character , buoyant and noisy . ’ |
| 4 | The courier took an envelope from his inside pocket and passed it to Tuck , and also offered him paper and a pen , so that the receipt could be acknowledged . |
| 5 | These changes gave museums the right to retain what they earned , to privatise some of their services such as restaurants , publishing etc , and also gave them responsibility for the maintenance of their buildings . |
| 6 | McLeish raised his eyebrows , taken aback by the transparency of his superior 's line of thought , and primly gave him Francesca 's projected timetable . |
| 7 | ‘ I was raised on a farm , ’ she said , and she took the duck from Angelica and efficiently flipped it upside down and twisted its neck . |
| 8 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 9 | She bit her lip and kept her peace , and even made them cups of tea with the same grace that her mother had demonstrated in the dark hours of the night . |
| 10 | He went shopping with me , and even bought me perfume . |
| 11 | He disabused my mind of the impression that Alaska was ‘ the frozen north ’ and even showed me strawberries grown in Fairbanks that week . |
| 12 | Not much late I asked Dr Ethelwynn Trewavas her opinion , and she assured me two species were involved , and kindly showed me photos of the teeth of both species , which even I could see were different . |
| 13 | Nicholas appointed him to the State Council and the Committee of Ministers and then made him chairman , in 1842 , of the committee which supervised the construction of the railway between St Petersburg and Moscow . |
| 14 | ‘ I have had consultants who have done a full cowboy job and then charged me £25.000 . ’ |
| 15 | She did not quite admit that was why she wore her best summer suit and indeed had it rush cleaned for the event . |
| 16 | Paradrops , skydivers and bearly made it squads |
| 17 | Because they had n't done any management , Debbie felt Landlords were entitled only to the 10 per cent tenant-finding fee and therefore owed her £2,400 ( 3 months ' rent plus the deposit ) . |
| 18 | The booksellers were reluctant , even by 14th December , to have any stock that involved opening boxes , but they seemed to enjoy watching us lug books about for once , and happily gave us top-up orders . |
| 19 | Six sent me a summary of his career but even refused me access to all his personal files . ’ |