Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Editor read the cable through and asked what steps I proposed to take . |
| 2 | She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes . |
| 3 | Written up details of recycling campaigning experience for and sent it to . |
| 4 | I paid Barry the fifteen dollars we had agreed on for a small , black Andean Equipment daysack to keep my new notebooks in and left him selling jewellery to his tour group . |
| 5 | In years she was senior to everyone including the infrequently seen Charlie ; as mother hen to the dancing girls she 'd taken Lucy in and allowed her to feel at home in a matter of hours . |
| 6 | Pietersen , a kindly man , invited the apparition in and made him welcome . |
| 7 | The first boy says he 's never had vegge burgers before and thought it would be a good idea to try them . |
| 8 | Lyn put the ring on and said it was a perfect fit . |
| 9 | We sang all the most common songs and our Christmas carol of our own , which we wrote the words to and illustrated our own booklet to give out to people . |
| 10 | Gina came in , switched the light on and woke him up . |
| 11 | He then put the shoes on and laced them up . |
| 12 | I put the bracelet on and waved my arm to show them . |
| 13 | ‘ This way , ’ Miss Honey said , and she opened the gate and led Matilda through and closed it again . |
| 14 | Mr Bryant sacked the clerk but Jonathan kept Matthew on and told him he would have to pay all the money back out of his wages , so much a month . ’ |
| 15 | Gower put West Indies in and watched them score 249 in 46 overs , thanks in part to a very fast outfield . |
| 16 | He called David and I in and said he had read the scripts and thought they were terrible . |
| 17 | Of the Information and Technology Department by British Aerospace , and that thanks is not used from Apex , it 's also from M S S at or acknowledged it was your efforts and not their that brought that conference about . |
| 18 | He moved and the slaves cowered back , as if , thought Nuadu , they had witnessed the next part before and feared it even more than the mutilating of the boy . |
| 19 | She put sixty P in and lost it |
| 20 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |
| 21 | " Now let me see myself in a glass , " Sara said eventually , and when one was brought gave a gasp of surprise , because she had not worn the high collar before or had her hair braided , and although these strange garments were a little uncomfortable and restricting she could n't help admiring the slashed sleeves , the low , square neck and the wonderful wide skirt that swept the stone floor . |
| 22 | Letting Gomez loose , Trent heaved a loop of his neck rope in and tied it to the fishing-line , leaving enough slack so that the strain was off Gomez 's legs . |
| 23 | So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas . |
| 24 | He pulled the garment on and zipped it up . |
| 25 | He 'd just about made it by the time Private Boyd had strapped my gun belt on and issued me with a plastic face visor which fitted with adjustable straps at the back . |
| 26 | Donaldson read the form through and signed it ; only his silence was needed to keep him from all liability . |
| 27 | He had never been in hospital before and consulted his General Practitioner infrequently . |
| 28 | Then they brought food in and laid it inside her shelter . |
| 29 | ‘ Tom lay down on the grass and looked into the clear , clear limestone water , with every pebble at the bottom bright and clean , while the little silver trout dashed about in fright at the sight of his black face ; and he dipped his hand in and found it so cool , cool , cool ; and he said , ‘ I will be a fish ; I will swim in the water ; I must be clean , I must be clean ’ . ’ |
| 30 | I put my hand in and found it . |