Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Maria did n't think Luke seriously believed she craved some material gain to show for their relationship . |
| 32 | And in the pitch black , it seemed she had some sort of body after all ; distantly she could sense hands feeling their way , feet stumbling . |
| 33 | As she ate she cast worried glances up towards the cupboard by the stove , where lay a small sack of potato crisps , some Liquorice Allsorts and two packets of biscuits . |
| 34 | Her long nails were pearly pink , beautifully manicured , and Luce noticed she wore several rings , one of which looked like a wedding band . |
| 35 | He noticed she needed two hands to lift the silver pot . |
| 36 | Really I suppose much the same way as those parents whom we interviewed who had some sort of educational knowledge or understanding of their own , since we 're both involved in education . |
| 37 | It seemed we needed thirty copies of everything , stamped and signed at least twice . |
| 38 | Before they came we removed all trace of our connection to television , rearranged the office furniture a bit , and hid a camera in a bankers box . |
| 39 | Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew said the RUC still had his full support and he believed they pursued all killers with equal determination . |
| 40 | Pc Kelly told the jury he questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 41 | He told the jury that he had questioned the driver and passenger about their identities and noticed they had Irish accents . |
| 42 | She wrinkled her freckled teenage nose . |
| 43 | Looking into her churning heart as she stood there that night , she knew she felt an affection for the man opposite and believed he had some affection for her . |
| 44 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 45 | He touched her face very tenderly and believed he felt warm flesh . |
| 46 | Maud said that Leonora Stern believed it represented Victorian women 's fear , or any woman 's fear , of giving birth to a monstrosity . |
| 47 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 48 | The cabbie 's expression told anyone interested that Christmas was probably not his favourite time of year . |
| 49 | It seemed he heard that question again , a thousand years ago and in another world . |
| 50 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 51 | While they ate he made polite conversation , avoiding with care any of the deeper , more important issues that needed to be talked about and resolved . |
| 52 | This contrasts sadly with the experience of an elderly woman I met who suffered three bereavements in quick succession . |
| 53 | Left to her own devices , Lucy wondered what she should do next , then realised she had little option but to wait until she ran into Silas . |
| 54 | But when the prince reminded her — oh , so gently — of the deception practised upon his royal parents on Twelfth Night , Anne realized she had little choice . |
| 55 | Well you got you got three months from the date of termination which you can take as effect from the twenty second of June to make a claim to the industrial tribunal . |
| 56 | If you worked four , you were worse off than if you worked three , you know , you 'd got three days on th er and you got you got three days dole , er unemployment pay . |
| 57 | I tell you what I noticed when you first walked in you got you got thick eyeliner on , that 's what I noticed . |
| 58 | A PATIENT who claimed she suffered severe brain damage from an allergic reaction to anaesthetic drugs was awarded interim damages of £50,000 yesterday . |
| 59 | He claimed she had salted money away in Brazil , where she fled briefly before returning to be arrested , using Liberian companies and bank accounts in Monaco and Luxemburg . |
| 60 | Mr Goldring claimed she gave 15-year-old Jonathan Jobson his diabetic grandmother 's hypoglycaemic tablets . |