Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It was n't the egotism she feared that told her none of the others would understand just what the program was , or its significance .
2 But his immobility , long maintained , hinted at the heaviness of his thoughts , and lent him something of the awe that attached to his odious creation .
3 They were out of sight of the guv'nor , so she yelled at Billy Liar and cracked him one behind the saddle .
4 He poured it into the glasses and handed her one with a mocking little bow that nearly made Hilary throw the liquid all over him .
5 Suddenly , she bent forward and kissed them one after the other .
6 He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo …
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