Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [coord] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bonard drew himself upright and shook hands with everyone , once again the courteous , attentive head of the establishment .
2 It was an emotional moment as parents welcomed them home and swapped addresses with Dreamflight helpers .
3 He shook himself again and nudged Boxer .
4 She thanked him composedly and made room for Sir Thomas by her side .
5 The doctor examined him cursorily and told Carolyn that it was some kind of viral infection .
6 The shark , which attacked the man as he swam in a bay north of Sydney on his honeymoon , rammed the fishing boat that netted it yesterday and disgorged John Ford was grabbed by the 16ft shark as he was diving east of Byron Bay , 370 miles north of Sydney , police said .
7 He said it was clear to him you were pining away , and that you could only be saved if I took you away and made love to you for the rest of our lives . ’
8 When she was older , I sent her to school with Charlotte , but she hated it , so I brought her home and sent Anne instead .
9 Then Baldwin saw him again and told hint that were it not for his age and his health ( neither of which had greatly changed in the preceding forty-eight hours ) , he would have offered him the vacancy , but as it was it had better go to Eden .
10 Harald felt it too and held Carl 's hand with his own .
11 A MOTHER-of-four has been left devastated by burglars who ransacked her home and stole Christmas presents she had bought for her children .
12 He determinedly left her behind and drove Sam and me up to the gallops .
13 The waiter , a cocky Italian who flicked his buttocks at her at the least opportunity , eyed her patronisingly and made attempts to chat her up in feeble English .
14 She eyed him shrewdly and said Mr Fairchild was very nice , very nice indeed , and so was Miss Blundell .
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