Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made it clear that they saw it as the core of a European army . |
| 2 | Essentially , it was a calculative attitude and it was clear that they managed themselves in the sense that they saw work as being a means to their personal ends , which might be owning a boarding house , for example . |
| 3 | He also advocated the appointment of prison inspectors and made it clear that he expected them to be as thorough as he himself had been , probing every corner and speaking with every prisoner . |
| 4 | Innocent had not controlled French aspirations but he had made it clear that he saw himself as the arbiter of Europe and John 's cession of his kingdom in 1213 considerably strengthened the pope 's hand . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I hope I shall always be Kingy to you , Miss Sally-Anne , ’ making it clear that he included her in the charmed circle of his friends . |
| 6 | But Rodrigo was not like other mercenaries ; he made it clear that he required nothing for himself . |
| 7 | She would cook them all a good breakfast and make it clear that she expected them to be at the table on time . |
| 8 | She was so transparent that there seemed nothing but clear skin between what she felt and what she said . |
| 9 | She felt a deep , sensual pleasure as she held his leaping , quivering manhood in check , but the heat of him was so dangerously exciting that she arched herself in mute supplication , begging him to give her the release that her body craved . |
| 10 | The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise . |
| 11 | She might lose him but for now he was as enslaved as she was and Maggie caressed him as he caressed her until his kisses grew more demanding and he turned her beneath him again . |
| 12 | Karen realised that her goal was to find a job which was challenging and interesting and which provided her with opportunities for foreign travel . |
| 13 | Having secured his freedom , his sexual appetite continued unabated and he threw himself into an even more vigorous life of carnal debauchery . |
| 14 | It came free and he threw it at me . |
| 15 | The design team under Hugh Lasson and Misha Black ( both later knighted ) were right in believing that there was hunger for visual stimulation among the British and they got it in the form of sculpture , murals and mobiles by Moore , Hepworth , Piper , Sutherland , Topolski and Epstein as well as a pedestrian precinct which was all grilles and screens and balls and decks and terraces and fountains and colour . |
| 16 | Prior to 1979 , most local authorities were Conservative-controlled and they considered themselves to be local authorities , not Governments . |
| 17 | Because one of the typewriters is broken and she blamed it on me . |
| 18 | Their glasses were empty and he took them to the bar for a refill . |
| 19 | The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " . |
| 20 | His lectures were above all popular because he packed them with information . |
| 21 | You told me you had a bit of a chat with Angy before you asked her about the ring . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ When we dragged Cpl Edwards out of his seat the back of his head had been blown off — but I still thought he would be OK when we got him to hospital . |
| 23 | Even so , in her darkest moments , wrong as she knew it to be , Constance could not stop herself thinking , If only it had been Mummy . |
| 24 | She was very calm when she rang me from the hospital asking for her mourning clothes . |
| 25 | His arms closed around her instantly , fiercely possessive as he pulled her against him . |
| 26 | ‘ I was doubtful when you told me about sharing your house with two young vets , but now I think you were right . |
| 27 | Well she go Hilda got a baby boy about eighteen month old when I knew her like you know , and er she lived by I think it was I think it was you know and er what happened to her I be I think she had to go in a home or er you see and er baby boy was adopted like , the baby boy that 's about all I know about her that 's about all . |
| 28 | A vet who checked family records discovered he was 17 to 18 years old when he examined him at the Halewood RSPCA shelter yesterday evening . |
| 29 | The flat seemed cold and empty when she let herself in several hours later , and discovering a message from Kelly on the answering-machine brought no respite from the depression which had settled over her like a heavy black cloud . |
| 30 | It seemed odd that he loathed her with such intensity and yet had made a pass at her . |