Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when he was confronted by God , broken and forced to give up his pride , that he began to see clearly for the first time the vast difference between living a self-directed life and living for God . |
| 2 | He had been too afraid and shocked to go near it , and on that particular night he had cried because of his cowardice . |
| 3 | Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa said the Israelis had been intransigent and had done all they could ‘ to make the peace conference and the talks a waste of time . ’ |
| 4 | Both Betty and Lydia found this odd and wanted to know how they 'd managed . |
| 5 | No , if you were feeling okay and wanted to go out we 'd go out on Saturday night somewhere . |
| 6 | And some people were not disinterested but wanted to see how it went with Mary before going over to one side or another . |
| 7 | ‘ My eight-year-old brother is really jealous and wanted to know why he could n't come . |
| 8 | They had pleaded with the bankruptcy judge to close down Eastern last autumn , but instead he allowed it to remain airborne and continue to run down its cash resources . |
| 9 | The border guard was not amused and demanded to know why there was a photo of a panda pasted over Simon 's picture . |
| 10 | They had n't come in yet so I started getting some food ready and tried to make up my mind what to tell Rick . |
| 11 | We 'll probably all go mad and die fussing over our food . |
| 12 | ‘ They said there was little they could do about it , although they have been excellent and have stepped up their patrols . |