Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Absorbed in the painting , their ears had n't caught his almost silent approach through the open door . |
| 2 | Lucille Walker had n't brought me clear over to Hollywood just to tell me I 'd been played for a sucker . |
| 3 | She told them everything , right up to the fact that two of the notorious Felton brothers had actually brought her home to this very street , only to find there was no home to go to . |
| 4 | It was a pity perhaps that the car had not knocked her down . |
| 5 | An aide had apparently taken him aside and told him to do something fast about his image . |
| 6 | Frank , 49 , who had requested the inquiry himself [ see p. 36843 ] , was a generally liked and respected member of the House , whose openness had originally won him much sympathy , although a detailed interview in Newsweek caused some offence . |
| 7 | Biddy had never let them down , come without fail all through the bad weather , and now was giving Nails an intensive course on her own horse which — in terms of money — was worth another couple of hundred pounds . |
| 8 | Surely ‘ Jaz ’ could better that ; after all his first attempt had nearly got him that far . |
| 9 | She knew Miss Angus had never liked her much ; in fact , it was doubtful if Miss Angus liked anyone very much . |
| 10 | Stranger this new guest might be , certainly Cadfael had never seen him before , but it was no particular problem to work out who he must be , even if that left his presence here as a mystery . |
| 11 | Nor , when their parents had already helped them more than enough with furniture and carpets and the like when they had first moved in , did she think she could take any more from them . |
| 12 | Although her parents had always treated her normally , Fiona had still been a victim of society 's tendency to view Down 's children as low achievers . |
| 13 | Ellie had often taken it down before , but had never dared try it on . |
| 14 | The hammer had been lying in the garden and Youngs had just picked it up . |
| 15 | Jane had never seen him so depressed , his anger frequently spilling over into words to her , as the dwellings went up with hideous and indecent haste , flaunting a flag : ‘ Waterloo Homes ’ right next to his drive . |
| 16 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 17 | In fact Boy had never done it more than three times with anybody . |
| 18 | The part of me which made the mistake with the buck , letting it get the better of me for a moment , might still be around if that acid test had n't found it out . |
| 19 | The episode of Alison 's knee had been startling , but Franca had somehow shuffled it off , undramatised it . |
| 20 | He was known to be ‘ worried about Marcus ’ , but Franca had not asked him exactly what the worry was . |
| 21 | Ruth had never heard him sound much madder . |
| 22 | Simon had once told her how if a Formula One driver blinked during a race it was the same as him driving thirty yards with his eyes shut , and Vitor 's stare was unrelenting . |
| 23 | Simon had never told her where he lived . |
| 24 | Surely fitzAlan had not held her so close yesterday ? |
| 25 | He knew women could n't resist flowers — Karen had once told him so . |
| 26 | Finch had always found him altogether reviving . |
| 27 | But that was not the first time her husband 's penchant for hiding cash had nearly cost her dearly . |
| 28 | The research shows that 85% of those asked felt that the split between LW and FM had either suited them well or had not affected them . |
| 29 | The senator had just told me how difficult it was to extract any sense from his son , yet apparently Rickie was not so far gone as the senator had suggested . |
| 30 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |