Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls were , however , very much alike : wide-eyed , glossy-haired , with a hunch of shoulder and ease of hip that made them all the sisters they longed to be . |
| 2 | He made them each a cup of tea , listing other jobs for which he was not suitable . |
| 3 | bought the wagon round , yeah I made them clear the site cos well actually it 's twelve being as , they are a bit stained |
| 4 | ‘ We attacked them , attacked them , attacked them all the way up that straight and round that bend but they kept pounding more and more on and they held us , ’ said Probert . |
| 5 | I think if you went and saw our own doctors a lot of our fears would be allayed because most of the young doctors would n't , would recommend to you , my own doctor asked me all the questions and different things and then he says he 's a young doctor , he says if I were a women and if I 'd answered all the questions as you did , I would go on H R T. |
| 6 | I definitely could n't afford that , so I took it back to the Oxford Used Car Centre and erm what happened , the mechanical breakdown service — now this is where I thought they were very good — they reimbursed me all the money that I 'd paid out on those repairs plus they did the repairs and put me a new gearbox in and the car 's running perfectly . |
| 7 | Ian coloured them all the way , the way in Malta and when you read the letter |
| 8 | My curiosity made me open the door , and I found the corridor full of smoke . |
| 9 | For example , in fifteen fifty seven/eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundred pounds to six hundred , and that 's entirely because they pulled in awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 10 | For example , in fifteen fifty-seven , eight , when Queen Mary lost Calais to the French , the income of the town corporation doubled in that year from three hundreds pounds to six hundred and that 's entirely because they pulled in an awful lot of French boats and then charged them all a lot of ransom money before they sent them back to France . |
| 11 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 12 | Flora helped me open the boot . |
| 13 | we 've actually had trout in the freezer for ages , and not used them fresh the day I got them I 'll use it and |
| 14 | ‘ But Barbara Coleman lured you all the way to Nice today to insist Joseph killed Sabine Jourdain . ’ |
| 15 | It was she who was the essential element in the alchemy which had absolved him and promised him such a refreshment of security and calm here . |
| 16 | ‘ They helped him many a time to keep his head above water or else we should have been in a poor way . ’ |
| 17 | He said , with great politeness , that he would be in the buttery , always supposing anyone wanted to know , and Tybion the Tusk got up and helped him open the door , just to be friendly . |
| 18 | From Henry James , The Pupil The poor young man hesitated and procrastinated : it cost him such an effort to broach the subject of terms , to speak of money to a person who spoke only of feelings and , as it were , of the aristocracy ( 1 ) . |
| 19 | His voice grated , but he spoke out clearly , perhaps even a little louder than was natural because it cost him such an effort to get it out at all . |
| 20 | Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him . |
| 21 | He stopped outside the kitchen door and carefully cracked it open a fraction — and looked straight into Jane 's wide eyes . |
| 22 | The Wilsons however found it all a bit much and thinking their tank threatened , have moved the fish on to Blackpool 's Sealife Centre . |
| 23 | I was about ten at the time and I found it all a bit frightening . |
| 24 | Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much . |
| 25 | Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much . |
| 26 | Her visitors in the Exeter nursing home where she died on 7th December saw all the qualities which made her such a servant of the trade continue unabated to the end — the common sense and humour , the courage , and the huge interest in others . |
| 27 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 28 | God knows , I ate nothing half the time . |
| 29 | He played himself all the time , using his characters to display his many theatrical talents . |
| 30 | It amazed him such a slip of a girl could have such passion in her , and by then he had noticed the perfect contours of her body which neither the black dress nor the prim white apron could conceal . |