Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even before the trustees commenced their search , the looming rudderlessness of their ship led them back to none other than Mr Brettell himself . |
| 2 | ‘ Are you all right , darling ? ’ he asked , and led me along to my son 's house ! |
| 3 | As Fielding led me back to our table I made a powerfully worded verbal pass at a salacious waitress , who appeared to be all for it but then came down with some deep sorrow in the kitchen , and when I burst through the double-doors to console her two men in sweat-grey T-shirts assured me there was nothing I could do for the poor child . |
| 4 | Each time , like , I 've learned not to do this because that 's what got me back into it the last time . |
| 5 | Barak instinctively stuffed them back into his pocket then rubbed his hands together nervously . |
| 6 | ‘ It was Sammy got them out for us and loaded into the van , ’ she said . |
| 7 | In the end he got them out of me ; in every detail . |
| 8 | Now we hung back and got them out of our pockets and joined in with everyone else . |
| 9 | As I said I 'm , I 'm , I got them out at I think it were twenty one ninety nine or were it twenty five ninety nine ? they were twenty one ninety nine or twenty five ninety now , I ca n't remember off the cuff . |
| 10 | Hooker , Glynn Mann got them back into it and after that there was no contest . |
| 11 | One by one he checked them off on his register , letting them stagger out into the corridor where the ghouls who liked disasters were already forming a pressing crowd . |
| 12 | Delving into her bag , Cara extracted a few cards from her wallet and passed them over to her , and while Fabia , who knew her sister went by her maiden name in her job , was looking at the printed cards that announced ‘ Cara Kingsdale , Verity magazine ’ , Cara was suggesting , ‘ Keep those by you just in case Mr Gajdusek wants proof that you represent Verity . |
| 13 | Mrs Scamp levered them on to her face and I handed her the Access card . |
| 14 | For the rest , the Emperor maintained them out of his privy purse , showing to them in many instances a generosity far beyond their worth . |
| 15 | And sometimes , as had happened to her last Sunday in church , he came in person and snatched them up in his everlasting arms . |
| 16 | come up mum 's with the , and he snatched my handbag and he took the keys , he said that copper has got no rights to tell him to hand over them keys to me , I said what and he snatched them out of my handbag and I 've got no rights to my own house keys and I said what rights have I got to do , down his flat and collect half of my stuff back then ? |
| 17 | He took the precious papers from his pocket and the American snatched them out of his hand . |
| 18 | He lifted her fingers to the head of his parrot and stroked them down along its back . |
| 19 | About three weeks after I moved in , she invited me around to her flat for supper one evening . |
| 20 | So he caught them up in his cloak and carried them to the top of the mountain , and there he showed them all the treasures and towns and palaces that were in the world . |
| 21 | He nearly caught me out with his C. S. Lewis , but I had him sewn up like a kipper with my Hermann Hesse . |
| 22 | Signe stood behind me and helped me off with my coat . |
| 23 | I 'm just ringing up to say you helped me along with my ironing great . |
| 24 | But you helped me out with my grades so I 'll overlook that . ’ |
| 25 | Lili had already smoked three cigarettes and stubbed them out in her saucer , devil-may-care , and Mrs Monro had said nothing . |
| 26 | I thought if I invited you round without one you 'd say no . ’ |
| 27 | They bore him off to their favourite cafe . |
| 28 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 29 | Harry grabbed her hand and jerked her back into his arms . |
| 30 | He bent , clasped her wrist , and drew her up beside him . |