Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I got on and saw all those people and thought ‘ Hold on , they 're just folk ’ , and I had a really good sing-song . ’ |
| 2 | He stopped suddenly and took another mouthful of lamb . |
| 3 | Wilkerson bent down and handed each one of us a big ice cream carton . |
| 4 | She bent double and stayed that way , and her brown hair hung down , and her little fingertips touched the ground . |
| 5 | He missed them and paced around and made another booking at the Air-India counter , stalling grandly about actually buying the ticket without even noticing that the people on duty were the ones who had humored him before . |
| 6 | Although only the vestiges of her original Pomfret Lodge lie behind this Regency update , it was her obsession with the Gothic that lingered on and produced this pale pink confection . |
| 7 | So so he came along and did some work for us . |
| 8 | That was when the little woman with the pencil in her hair came in and said that was the end of the time unless we wanted to extend it . |
| 9 | Now children am I right in thinking that when Mrs came in and took some lessons with you when I was on a course that she taught you how to count up to thirty ? |
| 10 | She 'd bought some fancy underwear and was showing it to Franca and I came in and made some remarks . |
| 11 | I know Chris was here doing doing his own calculations on books but after that I mean the I think on the Sunday I he came in and did some work . |
| 12 | The school came in and did some carol singing , ’ she said . |
| 13 | He was really going to buy cigars at the shop next door , but I saw the sugar mice in the window and he could n't get me away until he came in and bought some . |
| 14 | This bomb came through and whacked this barrel and it took the side of his head away and dragged him to the end of the ship . ’ |
| 15 | By the way I just wanted to say I went out and got totally plastered on Saturday night , came home and watched those goals from Match Of The Day about six times . |
| 16 | When the two Highlanders stood , he sauntered up and touched each gently on the chest . |
| 17 | We got off and took cover for a while , then came up and got another bus to Fulham . |
| 18 | Why , one man even came back and demanded some free fire-wood ! |
| 19 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 20 | He came back and used another word I knew of course but had never heard my father , or any adult , say before . |
| 21 | the Well the the cutter slid down the cutter came out and did that with it . |
| 22 | My ward is Braintree East and the only person who came round or dropped any literature in was Mr Elwyn Bishop for the Labour Party . |
| 23 | The City lawyer nodded sagely and ordered another bottle of Rioja . |
| 24 | The City lawyer nodded sagely and ordered another bottle of Rioja . |
| 25 | ‘ But if it 's the giants you 're wanting to fool , then it 'd be the grand old Draoicht Suan , ’ said Pumlumon , and the Gnomes nodded sagely and said that would be it , the Draoicht Suan it would be , the spell that had kept the Trees fast asleep for so many years now , and was n't it a powerful strong spell and Pumlumon the fellow to be spinning it for them all ? |
| 26 | And then he pulled her in close again and ravaged her neck so that Robyn shrieked aloud and knew all the while that she was falling deeper and deeper … |
| 27 | He climbed down and removed all his clothing except for his socks , which he left on in order to make a quick getaway . |
| 28 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
| 29 | Under that Rule , the party confirming that the resources are available will not be expected to produce the cash itself provided , in giving the confirmation , it acted responsibly and took all reasonable steps to assure itself that the cash was available . |
| 30 | And then I worked in an hotel in the Tyrol as soon as the tourist industry opened up and saved some money to put with Grandfather 's . |