Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time Benny realised properly that they were going to live separate lives though in the same city . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 4 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 5 | The long day passed slowly and it grew very hot . |
| 6 | ‘ 'T IS really nought , ’ she whispered nervously as he reached her and held out his hand . |
| 7 | She gave him all that she knew — chiefly from conversations with her close friend , Jane Aldis , and from a small book on physiology belonging to her father which she read secretly until it was removed . |
| 8 | It was when the laughter ceased altogether that one had to worry . |
| 9 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 10 | He beamed widely as he was helped down the steps and said to me : ‘ O , gib 's nichts mehr ’ ( Do n't give us any more ) . |
| 11 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 12 | Mona asked nervously after they rose from their knees . |
| 13 | Presenting herself at the servant 's entrance , Joan asked nervously if she might speak to the housekeeper . |
| 14 | What better way to prove that you have been somewhere in a consumer culture , than to buy something made locally whilst you are there . |
| 15 | ‘ Go on where ? ’ she asked bitterly as she stared blindly through the mud-spattered windscreen . |
| 16 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 17 | Previous to the Revolution Ras Tafari expected daily that he would be imprisoned which , in his opinion , would have been the equivalent of a death sentence ; and accordingly he confided his will and all his available money to me in order that I should arrange for its transmission to the Bank of England in trust for his children . |
| 18 | Caroline whispered fiercely as she dropped the brush to the top of the vanity table . |
| 19 | ‘ Then when I saw you I realised suddenly that you were just the friend who would help to make it all a success . |
| 20 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |
| 21 | It was on the tip of his tongue to observe that Burun was no more or less trustworthy than he had ever been , but he realised suddenly that he would be stating the obvious . |
| 22 | Leaving the clinic she realised suddenly that she wanted to go to her garden . |
| 23 | She realised suddenly that she was in the wrong lane , and pulled over sharply on the slippery road . |
| 24 | Rachel asked suddenly as they drank black coffee , because the question had been burning on her mind for some time , and she told herself it was important strategically to find out , although she suspected the truth was that he fascinated her . |
| 25 | Thus conditions not in themselves inhuman or degrading became so when they were combined with other bad conditions . |
| 26 | They held Grimma in awe because of the way she shouted at the men and read better than anyone . |
| 27 | ‘ He asked especially that I should meet you . ’ |
| 28 | It might have been assumed that the corollary was that the prosecution did not have to prove that the accused assumed the rights of the owner contrary to the owner 's wishes but in Morris it was held that a person appropriated only if he adversely interfered with or usurped the rights of the owner . |
| 29 | But if he lied , saying that he came to Parfois with no felonious intent , and attacked only when he was surprised and frightened , Isambard would have won a better victory . |
| 30 | They attacked only where they could do so with overwhelmingly superior numbers ; in danger they disbanded . |