Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholson led them through to another solid steel gate . |
| 2 | First time I went to Norwich alone , he come up to school and got me out at half past nine in the morning . |
| 3 | It got me out of clearing tables for a living , but I thought it meant more than that . |
| 4 | Stirling divided them up into eight patrols of three jeeps each , with orders to keep up the pressure . |
| 5 | If we had six pizzas and we shared them out between two of us how |
| 6 | They became the refuge of the vagabond and beggars sought them out as natural almshouses . |
| 7 | His partner , and captain , was Mickey Walker and her steadiness , combined with flashes of flair from Llewellyn , got them round in 69 , three under par , for a two-round total of 137 , one shot behind the leaders . |
| 8 | But when someone tried to test the security of the spare wheel attached to the side of the body by pulling at it roughly and then , intrigued by the pair of leather driving-gauntlets resting on the front seat , fitted them on and passed them around for general examination he decided it was time to leave . |
| 9 | But even among the backward and traditional , two kinds of country people were the major pillars of the ancient ways — the old and the women , whose ‘ old wives ’ tales ' passed them on to new generations , and occasionally , for the benefit of city men , to collectors of folklore and folksong . |
| 10 | He passed them on to another colleague who led us finally to our places which were kept for us in the Grand Salon . |
| 11 | We just passed them out to crazy people and artistes and people who were always on the scene in New York . |
| 12 | But I mean of course they plugged me up with all sorts of things . |
| 13 | Griffith now heated his rods in the middle and drew them down to thinner and thinner fibres which after cooling he also broke in tension . |
| 14 | His main role with the consultants was to open a new Scottish regional office in Edinburgh and from there he built them up into one of the largest transportation consultants in Scotland . |
| 15 | and caught them out with some incisive breaks . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're the fourteenth person who 's worked out I 'm staying with Lucy and phoned me up with crazy stories about Liam . |
| 17 | Supposing she let them down after dear Franz Busacher had connived and wheedled to make her acceptable to Gesner ? |
| 18 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 19 | One voice followed another , and she had almost stopped listening altogether when a sudden difference jerked her back to avid attention . |
| 20 | The arrival of the waiter with their fritters jerked her back to full awareness of her surroundings . |
| 21 | The following afternoon he invited her round for another meal . |
| 22 | PSYCHIATRIC reports are to be prepared on an unemployed woodcutter , Brian McGregor , whose forged football coupon lined him up for potential winnings of £3,826.47 billion . |
| 23 | I understand that Border , 37 , was within one phone call of losing his job when umpire Steve Randell reported him along with fast bowler Merv Hughes for dissent in the first Test at Brisbane earlier this month . |
| 24 | I caught him up at last . |
| 25 | Ripley ‘ became servant to this miserable female ’ , helped her on with borrowed clothes , ‘ lifted up my eyes to Heaven , and asked , Why is this not me Lord ? ’ |
| 26 | He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , I helped him out with one scene where this Danish prince sends his betrothed Ophelia mad . |
| 28 | It it might be a help to him to have little local groups that helped him out with these things . |
| 29 | Coetzer , 6ft 4ins and nearly 16 stones , was ranked No.1 contender by the WBA and IBF until last month in Las Vegas , when Riddick Bowe stopped him in round seven . |
| 30 | He heard her sigh deeply , the way she always did when he let her down in some way . |