Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said but I sit at night he said when she 's gone to work and he said and help them with their drawings and things they 're doing . |
| 2 | He sat where he had sat and she sat where she had sat and he stared and stared at her , eyes bright with lust . |
| 3 | Inside Frances , the cushion of fluid was crystals , her bones ground together , their cartilage dry as rawhide ; her veins were clogged and everything chafed and griped . |
| 4 | Because from the age of seventeen to twenty nine I worked on building sites , and that got boring so I changed and I changed and became a policeman , and I ca became a policeman when I was twenty nine and a half and it 's , I 've enjoyed it ever since cos every day is interesting , every day is different , every day is unusual . |
| 5 | Can you tell me erm how that applies , say if you went and bought an i article of clothing from a market stall |
| 6 | , but she told Helen , I just called her an old cow and she put the phoned down , well if she thought I said cow , well I do n't know but she went and used that . |
| 7 | ‘ Enjoyed while they lasted and ended by mutual consent when the time came to move on , usually because both the woman concerned and I knew from the start that it was n't going to be a lifelong affair . ’ |
| 8 | Since Christmas day her feelings for him had been in such a chaotic state she did n't know whether she loved or hated him . |
| 9 | A spokesman for the OFT said the complaints would be considered before it decided whether to demand assurances concerning the company 's future behaviour . |
| 10 | They walked towards the unsteady steps , and a figure took shape out of the darkness , weaving as it came and blinking dazedly as the lantern was lifted to illuminate its face . |
| 11 | How we rejoiced as we struggled and panted ! |
| 12 | ‘ How we rejoiced as we struggled and panted — |
| 13 | Multimedia used to be defined as a fancy slide show that you sat and watched . |
| 14 | I make sure , then prepare to leave , but I want to make it appear that I entered and left the church like a ghost . |
| 15 | It may be argued that they existed but had been forgotten . |
| 16 | He had it already prepared and he went and fetched the tray . |
| 17 | What would you do if they came and built a hotel on this stretch of coast ? |
| 18 | For a long while I thought it did n't matter if I lived or died , but you 've changed all that . |
| 19 | The fund managers have said that any investors who have suffered because they bought or sold at incorrect prices will be compensated . |
| 20 | She stirred as they entered and gave a creaking groan as she began to waken . |
| 21 | It had become a very sad sight indeed , but Jack hardly noticed as he turned and stared back down the hill to Sakata , its neat rows of buildings looking like so much Lego . |
| 22 | Even so , she had meekly done as they wished and taken on a responsibility that was clearly a bit of a burden . |
| 23 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 24 | He has n't done as I did and chopped his house in half . |
| 25 | Cranston roared as he rose and went to fetch the boots standing in the comer . |
| 26 | I closed my eyes and watched the sheets of warm colour that came as I relaxed or increased the tension of the lids . |
| 27 | They jangled when she moved and brushed her creamy shoulders each time she turned her head . |
| 28 | Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days . |
| 29 | ‘ That young man will advance far , ’ Cranston murmured as they dismounted and knocked on the door . |
| 30 | Nobody cared if she lived or died . |