Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As time goes on the need for such support will , obviously , diminish — it 's more than likely that your staff will become more conversant with the product than the person who either sold or trained them on it . |
| 2 | Kalchu was ashamed of his drunkenness and Chola grumbled and rebuked him for it . |
| 3 | The process was patented by Squire in 1875 , and Squire and Messel described and demonstrated it before the Chemical Society the following April . |
| 4 | So remorseful was Shiva that he took the head of the first creature he encountered and placed it on the boy 's shoulders . |
| 5 | When Mme Fournier joined them , Flavia rose and relieved her of her market basket ; Fournier did neither . |
| 6 | Her desperate words provoked a great shout of laughter from him , and , holding her firmly in his arms he rose and carried her towards his bedroom . |
| 7 | He rose and kissed her with spontaneous pleasure . |
| 8 | There was a noticeable hesitation before Tamar rose and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 9 | He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle . |
| 10 | But it was Wang Sau-leyan who rose and helped him from his chair ; who walked with him , his arm about his shoulder , to the steps . |
| 11 | I rose and faced her across the table . |
| 12 | She phoned and told me about your visit this afternoon ; however , I shall reserve the right to be sceptical a while longer . |
| 13 | When the entire pile had been transferred , she bunched the needles together with her hands and alternately stroked and beat them with her karaso , knitting them into a kind of rudimentary bale . |
| 14 | The inner spiritual resources which sustained and nourished her in her darkest hours are now manifested in her uncanny empathy with those in need . |
| 15 | White continues , ‘ As I never possessed the sense of smelling , and was willing to ascertain the flavour of the liquor , I tasted and found it to be aromatic , tho ’ not very pungent , partaking of the taste of catchup and of the pickle of Spanish olives . ’ |
| 16 | You felt , tasted and swallowed it in an effort to breathe . |
| 17 | She stopped and halted him with a hand on his arm . |
| 18 | The tracking and following of the youths , through rush-hour traffic , took Tom through most of Edinburgh New Town , and culminated , almost an hour later , with his flagging down a Police motor cyclist who stopped and questioned them at Mackenzie Place/India Place . |
| 19 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 20 | She stopped and drew me behind a screen of goldenrod , tangled and wild like a neglected hedgerow . |
| 21 | He turned and caught her looking at him as they strolled idly along by the whispering dark Mediterranean , and impulsively he stopped and pulled her into his arms for a quick hard hug . |
| 22 | He stopped and pulled her into his arms . |
| 23 | He stopped and turned her towards him and tried to kiss her on the mouth . |
| 24 | She knelt and prised it from its bed . |
| 25 | Cornelius stooped and returned them to him . |
| 26 | Cadfael stooped and took it in both hands , and lifted it , and it parted from its setting without trailing a blade of grass or a torn edge of moss . |
| 27 | He dropped his carpet-bag , stooped and helped her to her feet . |
| 28 | Instead , he bewildered and tormented him with his tactical positioning , then launched attacks that showed a desire to win the Tour for a record sixth time . |
| 29 | Easy-E says representatives of Sony intimidated and threatened him during a meeting in 1991 at the SOLAR Records office in Hollywood . |
| 30 | A fifteen-year-old in grey flannel wandering around London in school holidays with an adolescent 's apocalyptic vision , praying that he would lose his virginity before the bombs came and blasted him to oblivion . |