Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You asked me earlier who had been informed in Europe . |
| 2 | She 'd seen her brother 's and she wanted to see if they all looked like that and she asked me so I showed her mine , but it was only if she 'd show me hers and she did as well . ’ |
| 3 | These people , one of whom was a whiskered old man , carried guns which they let off frequently , rode horses at terrifying speeds across an arid landscape similar to the one I played in each day , while breathless crashing music and a small dog pursued everyone everywhere they went . |
| 4 | And then the whitewater caught me so I proned out and hung on — I was eaten up then I was spat out and then I was eaten up again and spat out again and the beach was right there , so I threw the board away and just rolled and rolled and tumbled , and I ended up in the river on the far side of the berm . ’ |
| 5 | She got out of the passage , and found herself somewhere she recognised . |
| 6 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |
| 7 | His hands left her hair , moved swiftly down her spine , cupping her rear suddenly and pressing her tighter against his hard body , a harsh groan coming from the back of his throat as one strong hand swept suddenly to her breast , and as he touched and stroked her there she gave a fierce moan of excitement , whispering incoherent words against his mouth in blind , overpowering , dazed response . |
| 8 | … as I have often noted in this diary , Harold [ Wilson ] is extraordinarily sensitive on the issue of Party pledges , and when I approached him privately he said , ‘ This is a party pledge which has to be fulfilled ’ . |
| 9 | Cos I , I says to Sarah go on we 'll have a listen to it and we stopped it anyway I says I 'll t I 'll take it off if you want , he says no leave it . |
| 10 | It 's like the story Mum used to read me when I was a kid about the white puppy-dog that got lost and its little girl owner looked everywhere for it and when she found it again she did n't recognize it because it 'd got so dirty it was n't her little white dog any longer . |
| 11 | If the experimenter found it then he kept it , and if he did not find it the child got the chocolate . |
| 12 | He told them briefly what had happened and , satisfied that they had packed everything , led them out towards the Galilee Gate . |
| 13 | He was married , you see , but he told me today he 'd left his wife . |
| 14 | That morning I took time off from the bank to visit Suor Eusebia , who told me exactly what had happened before Eric 's escape . |
| 15 | ( She told me later she 'd just been in hospital . |
| 16 | on crime reminds me that Bob told me only he does n't , he does n't know how much Bridget knows , so we must n't say anything to her , but he said that there is some possibility that she may get erm , I think April time she may be made what 's called Court Officer |
| 17 | The second letter told me so I thought they 'd been bombed out . |
| 18 | Although he ate nothing afterwards he continued to gain weight thanks to the presence of the Troll flesh . |
| 19 | I only told you so you know he — he — well , he likes her . |
| 20 | In short , clipped tones Cranston told him exactly what had happened , and their suspicions . |
| 21 | I sat with him and told him basically what to do , ’ says Charman . |
| 22 | All bleeding Dave told Ann and he thought Ann told everybody else they had to be in at one o'clock . |
| 23 | So she said erm I 'll bloody told her straight she said ! |
| 24 | The way he was looking at her now , his eyes an open invitation to sin , told her plainly he had only one answer in mind ! |
| 25 | comes back and says when the teacher come , the teacher was there this time , urgh the showers are on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and then they all start chanting Geoffrey switched the showers on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and er , loads of them , not just him , a load of them did it , and he , he started to cry , and then that was it then were n't it , ooh tiny tears , tiny tears , ooh poofter , poofter , crying and all that I mean he had a right day with it , so he goes to school this morning in Geography and the every body in the class , the girls and every body were going tiny tears , tiny tears , and he said I just ignored it today he says I just took no notice he says , but they 're all going , how 's your tears Geoffrey , are we going to cry again today , he says and they were trying to get me to cry today he says , but I just took no notice and Stuart kept going like this Geoff and he says I just went so he , he did the same back and then he went Geoff and Geoffrey just went , I mean what you do ? , |
| 26 | It really does come down to , I do n't know , I mean , every year we play it very honestly and very straight , and we push him in a position where next year , if there is a next year , I think the last time that we played it straight we got clobbered , so let's pay a little bit less , and keep a bit back for when they come round a second time round . |
| 27 | Our customers told us beforehand anything to do with dinosaurs we could sell . |
| 28 | When he opened them again they fastened on hers , blue and cold as tempered steel . |
| 29 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |
| 30 | You see , what troubled me most I think , was the apparently vast , shapeless extent of it . |