Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 2 | round the place and then we 'll see how it goes from there , with a view to letting you out , back into the world and er as soon as they 'd gone and they were escorting him back to his , his room , they do n't have cells they have erm , he turned to the warden who are called nurses , and said never wanted to have an operation , I like having sex with little girls , he said |
| 3 | Then , before she realised it , they had stopped and she was pushed down to the ground next to Sung , her back to him . |
| 4 | So many refugees had panicked and he was lost in the throng . |
| 5 | His savoir faire had vanished and he was prodding desperately at a pile of coal black spheres . |
| 6 | I ca n't say I felt any stronger when Beth left that day , but I was exceedingly glad that she had come and I was left with an inkling of hope . |
| 7 | ‘ I could ring for a taxi , ’ she suggested , when the final guests had departed and she was standing with her host and hostess on the drive . |
| 8 | Malpass 's eyes had misted and I was talking just to remind him I was there . |
| 9 | ‘ The man had died and I was getting on with my life . ’ |
| 10 | Only after his ageing parents had died and he was left to manage the dining rooms did he begin to look around for a wife , and Fred smiled bitterly at the memory . |
| 11 | I did n't think it had ignited and I was walking away from it when all of a sudden I heard all this crackling and banging . |
| 12 | He took drugs , he said , ‘ because my parents had divorced and I was crying out for love . |
| 13 | Marie had arrived and she was watching openly , making no move to go into the house and get on with her job . |
| 14 | The sun had disappeared and it was beginning to rain again . |
| 15 | All the prize guys who were brilliant at football had disappeared and I was left with the swots . ’ |
| 16 | But the glimpse of memory had gone and I was furnishing the room from later experience . |
| 17 | All the other girls had gone and I was left by myself — no books , magazines or anything — wondering what was going to happen to me . |
| 18 | Everyone else had gone and I was practising on the putting green . |
| 19 | He attempted to restore his reputation in the Champion Stakes , but the sparkle had gone and he was beaten a length and a half by Lorenzaccio . |
| 20 | Tug found that his fury had gone and he was feeling sorry for her . |
| 21 | By noon the weather had worsened and it was snowing once more . |
| 22 | When he carne back from what was to be his last visit to the city of his youth his high temperature had worsened and he was advised to rest by the club doctor . |
| 23 | Caroline Amphlett had left and it was switched through to an outside line . |
| 24 | Her face had slackened and she was crying but without any sound . |
| 25 | HER FORMAL SCHOOLING HAD ENDED AND SHE WAS ATTENDING SECRETARIAL COLLEGE . |
| 26 | His eyes had darkened and he was breathing heavily . |
| 27 | At about 5:45pm , the cardiac arrest team had been called , resuscitation had failed and he was confirmed dead at 6:25pm . |
| 28 | By the time of King Hussein 's Aug. 13 visit to Iraq for talks with Saddam Hussein , his efforts to contain the dispute within the Arab world had failed and he was directing his efforts at constructing an effective bloc along with the PLO , Yemen , Sudan , Algeria and Tunisia . |