Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] " 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 | As time goes on the need for such support will , obviously , diminish — it 's more than likely that your staff will become more conversant with the product than the person who either sold or trained them on it . |
| 3 | He never took Kate home or mentioned her to his mother . |
| 4 | Claudia Arbuthnot was never cross with him or punished him for anything . |
| 5 | He 'd have thought up some joke , or turned it to his advantage . |
| 6 | Thus , if O were not the owner but had , for example stolen the car ( or bought it from someone who had stolen it ) then the true owner ( i. e. from whom the car was stolen ) will still have good title ( i. e. unless one of the other exceptions to the nemo dat principle applies ) . |
| 7 | Suppose she 'd managed to acquire personal things of Harry 's , his sunglasses , a pen , even a belt , and wore them or carried them with her , as young people do . |
| 8 | Tasted her on his tongue , or smelt her on his skin . |
| 9 | With an effort she said , ‘ Listen , Frank , and you can pass this on if you want to : I 've not given Sleet to Mr Kennedy , nor sold it to him . |
| 10 | She tried to belt it out as Fred , the Stage Manager , had advised , but Noreen was n't a belter and the heavier second house did n't warm to her as much , nor did she to them . |
| 11 | She did not refer to her anguish ; nor did she to mine , but she bent all her energies towards distracting me , insofar as that was possible . |
| 12 | She took all the bones out of his spinal column and compressed them to nothing , she turned his eyeballs inward , she jellied his legs , she unplugged and rewired his guts . |
| 13 | Instead , I just lit up a straight fag and shared it with her , Bogart style . |
| 14 | Alexandra read the paragraphs through carefully several times , then cut them out and laid them in her desk with his two letters . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I carried her in her crumpled dress up the short flight of stairs , and laid her on her bed . |
| 18 | Sharpe took the loaded pistol from his belt , cocked it , and laid it beside him . |
| 19 | She had rolled up her coat and laid it on her suitcase . |
| 20 | Scathach dragged the stiff body back into the trees and laid it on its side . |
| 21 | Overwhelmed with compassion , Melissa put out a hand and laid it on his arm . |
| 22 | Impulsively now , she put her hand out and laid it on his , saying quietly , ‘ I 'm going to miss you all over again , Ben , that 's if I take this place . ’ |
| 23 | They called it All-Heal and laid it upon their altars as an emblem of the advent of the Messiah . |
| 24 | Jean-Claude fetched a mattress from the pavillon and laid it in his working space . |
| 25 | Then they brought food in and laid it inside her shelter . |
| 26 | He lifted his hand and laid it against her cheek , his fingers cool and firm against her skin . |
| 27 | He rang her just before lunch and recommended us for their pets . |
| 28 | Ellie provoked and stimulated Mr O'Mara with her inquisitive and questioning mind , and entertained him with her ever truthful and utterly pragmatic approach , while the kindness , respect and affection that he had accorded Ellie had enabled her to grow quickly and painlessly from a gauche teenager into a poised young woman . |
| 29 | Ellwood snatched up his wine glass and clapped it to his mouth , driving the rim past his teeth . |
| 30 | In his fury Pascoe might have grabbed the knife — which could have belonged to MacQuillan and been to hand — and plunged it into him . |