Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] [vb past] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at her with affection and Tremayne patted my shoulder and told them I would be staying on as arranged to write his book . |
| 2 | I stood there with a suit on my shoulder and said who I was . |
| 3 | I waited until a break came in the pain , and then pinned a healthy smile on my face and told her I felt perfectly well . |
| 4 | As she climbed the stairs Sally could hear the low voices and the giggles coming from the bedroom she shared with her sister and knew what it meant . |
| 5 | She swallowed her disappointment and told him she loved him . |
| 6 | At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true . |
| 7 | She closed her eyes and told him he was wonderful . |
| 8 | She closed her eyes and wondered what they would be doing . |
| 9 | Liz telephoned her parents and told them she had been sick , but did not mention the overdose . |
| 10 | She cabled her parents and told them she was going to the Salvation Army College in London . |
| 11 | They have lost heart , stashed away their manuscripts and told themselves they were never really writers anyway . |
| 12 | He was about to make an attempt to steer the conversation back to Heather 's visit in August when , in a sudden rush , Mrs Diamond reached the limit of her reticence and revealed what he did not doubt she had also revealed to Heather . |
| 13 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 14 | She sat down on her bed and wondered who she was now . |
| 15 | This is not to say that they opposed coalition in 1922 merely from personal motives ; they had a legitimate ambition to serve their country and resented what they saw as the promotion of less able Liberals . |
| 16 | As Izzie dredged it up again , her growing hair flopped forward over her face and hid what she was thinking . |
| 17 | Kelly watched the changing expressions on her face and guessed what she was thinking . |
| 18 | Only once had the customer checked his money and informed her she had short-changed him . |
| 19 | He looked down at the his programme and knew what it would say . |
| 20 | Everything about him was so dear to her now ; his smile , his face , the soft huskiness in his voice that told her he wanted her . |
| 21 | When I said she did n't , he rang for his chauffeur and told me he was going to see her and asked if I wanted to go with him . |
| 22 | He was about to join his companions on the balcony when someone whom he could not see touched his arm and told him he was needed somewhere else . |
| 23 | The count 's cold voice and his return to formality assured Maggie that he had seen this small action and now he sat beside her with a set look on his face that told her he might very well not speak for the whole of the journey . |