Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She would verbally attack her husband but the more she shouted the more he withdrew from confrontation .
2 We played a well we went to the open last year , quite a few of us , and we 're going again er and w It was n't a particularly nice day but we thought if it 's it was a nice day , this would really be a lovely course .
3 The swathing sweep of the Butt of Lewis lighthouse faded the nearer I got to the Port .
4 Social security were paying my bills for me , but the more they paid the more they took off me .
5 He pushed it away but the more he pushed the more it stuck to him .
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