Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [subord] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intercourse is safe throughout pregnancy , unless you had a previous miscarriage , in which case it should be avoided during the first 14 weeks and avoided altogether if you have a history of miscarrying . |
| 2 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 3 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 4 | Caroline whispered fiercely as she dropped the brush to the top of the vanity table . |
| 5 | Constance asked timidly when she heard the voice at the other end . |
| 6 | ‘ Leo ! ’ she exclaimed crossly as she gave a little hop and a skip to keep up with his long strides . |
| 7 | She was holding a net curtain to one side with the gold-ringed fingers of one hand , while in the other hand she held to her mouth a long white ebony cigarette holder on which she drew constantly as she watched the visitor enter her neighbour 's house . |
| 8 | " There he is , " she whispered excitedly , and pointed out a young man of about João 's age , whose lips moved constantly as he said a rosary . |
| 9 | My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm . |
| 10 | Evening drew in while we carried the weekend 's provisions ashore . |
| 11 | She stopped suddenly when she saw a stranger in the kitchen . |
| 12 | Of another restorer working on similar sculptures , Minervino claimed that he ‘ stopped long before he reached the skin of the marble ’ . |
| 13 | They moved in when they outgrew a caravan on the site . |
| 14 | This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill . |
| 15 | If we do we 'll be like the man in the cartoon who fell off the Empire State Building and shouted just before he hit the ground ‘ I 'm doing great so far ’ . |
| 16 | That in itself was a minor triumph for the Popular Front agitation ; Chamberlain moved partly because he feared the domestic consequences of not doing so . |
| 17 | Her throat swelled up until she needed a tracheotomy . |
| 18 | The track wound past one last stand of trees , then petered out as it reached a wide , open space at the top of the hill . |
| 19 | The bill had already been taken care of , she found out as she asked a porter to help with their bags . |
| 20 | ‘ We only found out when we saw the Daily Mirror , ’ said Craig , who lives with Julie and their three other children in Luton , Beds . |
| 21 | When they rebel it causes trouble , as Natalya , 40 , found out when she became a successful property dealer in St Petersburg . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it is , ’ she said suddenly , and her heart beat fast as she felt the hatred burn in her eyes , directly at him , her mouth a tight line , her body rigid with anger . |
| 23 | India 's fortunes changed dramatically as they won the next two Tests by large margins ; the third by 222 runs ( Chandrasekhar distinguishing himself with 6 for 52 in each innings with the ball and 0 in each innings with the bat ) , and the fourth by an innings and two runs . |
| 24 | ‘ My friend Lady Jane told me you were a sort of Watson to — ’ She stopped abruptly as she saw the look of outrage on Auguste 's face . |
| 25 | They waded across till they reached a vantage point fifty metres short of the closest tentacle . |
| 26 | FRANKE SLOOTHAAK 'S fortunes changed abruptly when he won the Everest Grand Prix , the closing contest of The Horse of the Year Show at Wembley , for the second year in succession . |
| 27 | Isobel moved softly as she carried the pile of fresh disposable diapers to the cupboard . |
| 28 | The row erupted again when he won the Nobel last year , and the citation named the offending work . |
| 29 | She was sitting by the window at a little table she used as a writing desk , and she jerked round as he entered the room , but she did n't rise . |
| 30 | By this time , Malc 's Gran was living with his parents and the rift between him and Pop was too great to overcome , so we lived separately until we found an over-priced flat in a none too salubrious area of Sheffield . |