Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was that her charisma and undoubted beauty helped to make her the first lady air correspondent in the world . |
| 2 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 3 | When a priest came to give her the Last Rites , she gazed on the crucifix that he held before her eyes and felt her illness leave her . |
| 4 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 5 | Luckily she appeared so insignificant with all the bags that no one bothered to give her a second glance . |
| 6 | The second bullet followed almost immediately , this time in front of her , and she had to fling herself the last few feet , landing heavily against the side of the corrugated iron door . |
| 7 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |