Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any more than that I wasted five minutes reading his articles ? |
| 2 | My son spent a year at Liphook Junior School , during which time my husband and I made frequent visits to discuss our concerns regarding this apparent lack of progress . |
| 3 | I made violent splashes to attract his attention ; he circled until a rescue launch picked me up , some 30 to 45 minutes later . |
| 4 | The final morning brought even more snow , so much so , that I spent 2 hours digging my car out . |
| 5 | I woke early , and when I looked out of the window , I saw two men examining our boat , but I decided not to wake Herbert or Startop , who needed their rest after rowing all the previous day . |
| 6 | I had other things to occupy my mind . |
| 7 | She made strenuous efforts to tame her behaviour when she was indoors , never rattling her earrings during Mass , nor racing along the stone corridors as if they were open fields . |
| 8 | Even when she was a politician she let potential voters fondle her breasts on the hustings ( her politics are a sexually-liberated shade of Green : she is in favour of love hotels and the environment ) . |
| 9 | She raised pain-filled eyes to meet his stern regard . |
| 10 | As the flickering tongue scooped inside her shallow navel , so she felt gentle hands squeezing her pliant gourds . |
| 11 | In the evenings , she ate alone and loved it : she felt curious looks coming her way . |
| 12 | How dared he think it , let alone say it , that she had other men to settle her bills ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm so sorry ; I had n't realised you had such problems organising your harem . ’ |
| 14 | Britain encouraged the growth of Zionism in Palestine in the early years of the First World War because she wanted American Jews to ally their country in the war against Turkey . |
| 15 | Well , yeah , I spoke to them like , on the telephone , erm and basically they er and we agreed that we would n't take it any further so it er happened to be a police officer 's view as against our view , and whilst we did n't agree with the view , er we sent enough references to make our point known anyway . |
| 16 | We had seven carts to carry our furniture up that icy hill , but it was hard work for the horses . |
| 17 | They paid large sums to secure their pitches . |
| 18 | PARTING was such sweet sorrow for actress Daryl Hannah and John F Kennedy Jnr , above , when they spent 45 minutes saying their goodbyes on a New York street . |
| 19 | Then , he let out a groan and sank into a chair , his hands over his face and his shoulders heaving as he made superhuman efforts to contain his shock and grief . |
| 20 | In contrast , Edwin Land 's belief that other people in the organization should have the same rich , varied job as himself , the fact that he used similar symbols to describe his products , his organization , and his own life ( as we shall describe in greater detail below ) enabled stakeholders to trust him . |
| 21 | And he used these things to illustrate his message about the kingdom of God . |
| 22 | As a result of recent research , we can now trace possible sources for most of the individual elements in his theory , but the originality of the way in which he synthesised these elements remains his unique achievement ’ . |
| 23 | She said that he committed both offences to feed his addiction to gaming machines . |
| 24 | She was out , so he held three women staff hostage until he allowed two policemen to take their place . |
| 25 | He spent five minutes cleaning his nails with a nailbrush . |
| 26 | The hospital confirmed he spent 40 minutes having his injuries examined . |
| 27 | A slow smile spread over his face and he raised both hands to frame her face . |
| 28 | the argument was continuous and as it developed both sides changed their positions . |
| 29 | I mean , he he he took two steps dug his foot in ground and give him one of them ! |
| 30 | He took 6 months to regain his confidence that we were n't going to hit him . |