Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Balcha now had no alternative but to surrender to Ras Tafari who , with characteristic magnanimity , spared his life ; as to whether he ordered Balcha to enter a monastery or banished him to his estates in the Gurage country , accounts differ . |
| 2 | He never took Kate home or mentioned her to his mother . |
| 3 | He 'd have thought up some joke , or turned it to his advantage . |
| 4 | Tasted her on his tongue , or smelt her on his skin . |
| 5 | Alexandra read the paragraphs through carefully several times , then cut them out and laid them in her desk with his two letters . |
| 6 | I divested myself of all my own French honours and laid them in my elder son 's lap on condition he should be content to be French , as I had discovered I was English . |
| 7 | Adam picked her up in his arms and laid her on her desk : reports slithered off it and the Cartier clock crashed to the floor . |
| 8 | I carried her in her crumpled dress up the short flight of stairs , and laid her on her bed . |
| 9 | She had rolled up her coat and laid it on her suitcase . |
| 10 | Scathach dragged the stiff body back into the trees and laid it on its side . |
| 11 | Overwhelmed with compassion , Melissa put out a hand and laid it on his arm . |
| 12 | They called it All-Heal and laid it upon their altars as an emblem of the advent of the Messiah . |
| 13 | Jean-Claude fetched a mattress from the pavillon and laid it in his working space . |
| 14 | Then they brought food in and laid it inside her shelter . |
| 15 | He lifted his hand and laid it against her cheek , his fingers cool and firm against her skin . |
| 16 | He rang her just before lunch and recommended us for their pets . |
| 17 | Ellwood snatched up his wine glass and clapped it to his mouth , driving the rim past his teeth . |
| 18 | In 1986 he took over the captaincy from Fletcher and led them to their third championship in four years , but early in 1987 he suffered a bad loss of form and the team slipped right down the table . |
| 19 | For it was the Spirit who called Philip from his successful mission in Samaria to reach the Ethiopian eunuch with the gospel ( 8:29 and probably 26 ) , and led him on his further preaching tour as far as the very Hellenised city of Caesarea . |
| 20 | Jenny put her arm protectively round Antony 's waist and led him after her father , the uniformed police still in close attendance . |
| 21 | Mobutu resisted pressure from Western governments to enter into a power-sharing arrangement with Tshisekedi and attacked them for their " flagrant interference " ; he understood , he said , " that Western aid is mixed with all sorts of threats and blackmail " . |
| 22 | The old woman lay in her hammock , sleeping ; it was a time when she had taken a heavy dose , and he was able to lead Ariel out and let her walk before him , now and then turning to make sure he was not about to do something to her , put a halter on her or hit her , and she made for the fence and pointed over it and asked him with her hands and eyes if she could go there , beyond the stockade , into the receding forest , where the bromeliads pushed out their stiff blades , and the monkeys nibbled at mango fruits and threw them down when they were unripe with tiny rows of toothmarks like some sharp-fanged fairy child 's , where the birds of many colours screeched . |
| 23 | A brave reporter thrust a microphone under his nose and asked him for his comments . |
| 24 | Eventually Ken was referred to a doctor who had an interest in dietary factors in disease , and asked him about his diet It emerged that Ken drank 20 cups of tea or coffee , both very strong , in the course of the average day . |
| 25 | I talked to him after a recent gig in Manchester ( which saw Robben playing with Roscoe Beck on bass and drummer Tom Brechtlien ) and asked him about his new album . |
| 26 | He then turned to the general strike and asked him about his role in it . |
| 27 | To embroider the sampler , we turned to some multiple agencies and asked them for their recommendations of good value on a £1,000 booking for four people . |
| 28 | I moved some girls into the middle and asked them for their guesses . |
| 29 | The Bishop designate 's secretary received us and asked us into his presence . |
| 30 | She wrote Ben a hasty reply saying that she would love to go with him , thank you very much , and posted it through his letter box almost immediately . |