Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | She described how he disappeared and how she frantically searched for him . |
| 2 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 3 | Markby battled his way back to the bar to place their order and when he came back they sat and looked shiftily at one another . |
| 4 | He recognised how she felt and did nothing to encourage it . |
| 5 | When I said that he sort of like turned away you know and he walked off . |
| 6 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 7 | But when we got out they stared and said nothing , and I followed the pilot up the lane they made . |
| 8 | Eh yeah Rick 's er , Rick 's car broke down you know and , and van broke down and somebody he , he , he lived in Clifton and worked at Radcliff on Trend and somebody says to him oh you can borrow our car it was a Reliant Regal , eh he said oh god , you know , I 'll have to park it round the corner , and he got out , did n't go into work , you know go to work every day where erm |
| 9 | She watched how we worked and communicated and how messages and information were received , stored , and sent out . |
| 10 | A lot of them of course went to the quarries , but then they had a little steamer called the Florence Cook and she plied wherever she went and you probably know where she went . |
| 11 | An old woman opened the door — she seemed to be expecting him — and as he went in he turned and instructed me to wait . |
| 12 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 13 | oh well such and such went up you know and er |
| 14 | Mark needed a chance to realize that his parents understood how he felt and that lots of other older brothers feel the same way towards their young sisters . |
| 15 | Mrs Pearson , the nice old lady who sold Belle Vue Cottage to me , set the controls a few days before she left and said the milkman understood how it worked and he would help me if I had need of it . |
| 16 | She knew how he felt and shivered in reaction . |
| 17 | Under his gaze she had to go to the sitting-room where she had slept , while he knew why she went and knelt by the sleeping-bag , which was only just out of his line of sight . |
| 18 | Nobody knew where he went and most people forgot him . |
| 19 | Inside her she felt a power she could never manage to express ; it was trapped inside her like water under the ground and she was the only one with the dowser 's twigs who knew where it lay and could bring it to the surface . |
| 20 | and rolled again you know and so on . |
| 21 | A massive great big flask of coffee and when we got there we stopped and had a sandwich and a coffee , and we 'd go in the club , set all up and we 'd sit quiet and then we 'd have a quiet drink would n't we ? |
| 22 | He asked how I felt and what I was most afraid of , I answered ‘ hitting the ground ’ - at least I was honest . |
| 23 | If I lived there I mean and bought a house . |
| 24 | There was no question about it — people knew who I was and if they did n't they asked and I told them . |
| 25 | Why did n't they come and visit me , Mum and Dad ? |
| 26 | ‘ Did n't you go and see her ? ’ |
| 27 | Well I know but did n't you go and buy some from that other shop ? |
| 28 | So why did n't you go and get some out ? |
| 29 | One day she cried out to Angel : ‘ Why did n't you stay and love me when I was sixteen … when you danced in Marlott ? |
| 30 | Why did n't you come and see me before ? ’ |