Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , like it or not , it became my home too , the moment your father married my mother . ’ |
| 2 | Within the first month of my being involved with the gay movement I met Angus , who became my lover then and remained my lover for ten years . |
| 3 | In my hesitation to step forth lay this question : supposing that this encounter revealed my unreality rather than his … ? |
| 4 | I lowered my head quickly , as if to acknowledge the truth spoken by the old woman Khadija when she heard of my decision to travel to London . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , he was patient and , eventually , I got my act together and spent the night with him . |
| 6 | More often than not , when I got my booty home , I 'd never even hang it up ; it would sit in the carrier bag or the shoe-box under my bed . |
| 7 | No , I got my knife here . |
| 8 | In your got my fork instead of a spoon did n't I ? |
| 9 | Right I got my key then . |
| 10 | ‘ But I got my hand there in a reflex action and it took the worst of it . |
| 11 | But I got my hand there in a reflex action and it took the worst of it . |
| 12 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
| 13 | ‘ You interrupted my class just to tell me this ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Portrait of Dorian Grey , ’ interrupted my mother triumphantly . |
| 15 | ‘ And then my mother met my father here . ’ |
| 16 | You met my husband earlier . ’ |
| 17 | I voiced my resentment openly , but my fatigue was confided only to my diary and to those of my friends who already knew that I was in the habit of getting up and wandering around at night . |
| 18 | It conditioned my hair really well but I think I may have used it too often because my hair became a little TOO soft to style after a while ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Is she , uncle ? ’ asked my sister eagerly . |
| 20 | I planned my campaign so carefully this time . ’ |
| 21 | I made my decision just before I left for Australia . |
| 22 | I made my exit as discreetly as possible just as his lordship , still on his feet , was embarking on a further point . |
| 23 | I pushed by a couple of drunks who had just appeared bearing the same bottle of Hirondelle they 'd been using to get into parties all year and made my way upstairs . |
| 24 | I made my way carefully down the staircase , intending to sit in the sun at the foot of the wall and drink my tea , but the breeze could find no way there , and the strange , musky smell from the wall where those plants grew was stronger than ever . |
| 25 | It took over an hour to negotiate the couple of miles to the hotel and only then because , in exasperation , I ignored all rules of good driving not to mention half-a-dozen laws , and made my way blithely down a one-way street ( the wrong way , of course ) and down a ( prohibited ) tram-only lane . |
| 26 | After perhaps ten to fifteen minutes the feeling faded , although I also did not wish to speak and I made my way outside . |
| 27 | I made my way slowly through the crowd of people , pausing now and again to chat briefly to people I knew . |
| 28 | I was early and made my way slowly through the deserted canyon of skyscrapers on this hot afternoon . |
| 29 | I looked at them , they looked at me , and I turned and hurriedly made my way downstairs . |
| 30 | In a while I consulted the compass , memorised another young tree and made my way there . |