Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People like Stock , Aitken & Waterman thought they 'd discovered a formula for pop music , and there is n't a formula . |
| 2 | Staveley Works station was built over the Chesterfield Canal , and served Hollingwood and the Stanton & Staveley works which generated a good deal of freight traffic . |
| 3 | ‘ Whether you were me or Jackie Milburn you got the same money , and it was n't much . |
| 4 | And Zoya said she had got hold of the toilet rolls , and would bring them for Anna . |
| 5 | Catlin 's display was the base for County 's first League win of the season and Warnock admitted he took a risk when dropping experienced keeper Steve Cherry , Meadow Lane 's player of the year . |
| 6 | And then Fael-Inis stood up , and the Lad stopped and looked around , and his eyes fell on Fael-Inis , and Taliesin thought he had never seen such fear and such undiluted hatred in any living creature 's eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ But he had started to drink heavily in recent months and Bernard felt he had become a liability . |
| 8 | So anyway , erm they met me and Bert had to go back to his office and Will said he had to go back to his office , but he said , What would you like to do ? |
| 9 | Claire says she started climbing with her brothers and Allan says he saw some people climbing when he was youth hostelling and thought that 's the sport for me … |
| 10 | Her long nails were pearly pink , beautifully manicured , and Luce noticed she wore several rings , one of which looked like a wedding band . |
| 11 | Malcolm and Judy said they did n't know they had so many friends . ’ |
| 12 | They agreed that the letter about which Clarissa was so upset must be from the War Office , and Peregrine said it made him feel almost cowardly to have survived the German breakthrough , the evacuation of the beaches and now this latest blow on the very day the capitulation of France was announced . |
| 13 | ‘ 'T IS not four-footed predators we need worry about , ’ he observed , and Isabel knew he had seen her nervous reaction . |
| 14 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |
| 15 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 16 | The drum disappeared beneath him and Marie thought he 'd lost it but as it shot to the surface Gazzer yelled : ‘ It 's pulling him free ! ’ |
| 17 | A measure of the difference between Mr Major 's personal standing and Mrs Thatcher 's is that , whereas a mere 19 per cent of voters on Friday and Saturday said they thought Mr Major would make the worst Prime Minister , nearly double that proportion , 34 per cent , thought the same of Mrs Thatcher five years ago . |
| 18 | Ranulf 's face was flushed and Corbett surmised he had been sampling some of the tavern 's heady ale . |
| 19 | Now Sarah was remembering her friend and Pat felt she did n't deserve it . |
| 20 | The usual family gathering at the Andersons ' was held over until late January as Theresa had invited her parents and brothers and sister to her house for Boxing Day , and Pat said he thought it was a good idea . |
| 21 | SynOptics Communications Inc has announced an order from the Unipart Group of Companies for its System 3000 intelligent hubs , which will be used to spearhead the latter 's migration from IBM Corp mainframe systems to personal computer local networks : the order comes via network integrator Harris Adacom , and comprises seven System 3000 hubs which will be used to run Token Ring and Ethernet ; the total contract is worth £250,000 , and SynOptics says it won the order ahead of competition from Cabletron and IBM . |
| 22 | Yesterday Barclays and Lloyds announced they wanted to join Switch , the debit card network founded by National Westminster , Midland and Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 23 | Ironside , who is 28 on Sunday , has yet to make a senior appearance for the Ayresome Park club , and McHale said he had welcomed the chance of League action . |
| 24 | He turned on her eagerly and Maggie realised she had set herself an embarrassing trap and walked right into it . |
| 25 | He frowned and his eyes darkened dangerously and Ruth thought she had misjudged her timing and he was n't ready for any thoughts of their future together . |
| 26 | But presently the smile faded , and Ruth thought he had seen something wrong in her face . |
| 27 | Rachaela and Ruth knew it did not mean anything . |
| 28 | Habit , Gran said dryly , when asked ; and Ruth knew she got fewer bookings every year . |
| 29 | Adam looked ashen , sick , gripping Undry as if his life depended on it ; and Ruth knew he 'd almost killed her just then . |
| 30 | And Ruth felt she had n't understood till now what it meant , to be Jake 's daughter ; she 'd never guessed that one day he would turn to her like this , calling her to understand all the past and set her own strength beside his . |