Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think my dad even met him . |
| 2 | I do n't think my boat even had a name . |
| 3 | And she came she was coming home from hospital and do you know my mother never had a little piece of bread to give to her when she brought her home . |
| 4 | Then , using company archives , parliamentary reports and other contemporary printed materials , the business relations between capital-goods producers and their clients will be examined , to discover which sector usually held the patents and how actively , or restrictively , they exploited them . |
| 5 | The performers say their confidence only began to wane after the filming was over . |
| 6 | Women in the movement found their sexuality doubly policed , both by social conventions and by Party ‘ discipline ’ . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the boy who had dropped his rifle now brought it smartly to his shoulder and loosed off three shots , incidentally missing with all of them . |
| 8 | Ranulf stopped his chatter and when Corbett drew his sword so did his companions as a blatant warning to the dark shapes which lurked in the half-open doorways . |
| 9 | Stokes himself , arriving home with his squadron in September 1659 , found his conduct fully vindicated by the government . |
| 10 | Just as he wanted to assert Romanian sovereignty , Ceauşescu found his economy increasingly inter-twined with Gorbachev 's . |
| 11 | ‘ If they want our co-operation why did n't they give us prior notice ? |
| 12 | He , he said to me , cos he goes , he said to me , how come your brother always went home with a certificate ? |
| 13 | Imagine my horror at seeing her step out followed by a man ! |
| 14 | Leonora made her bed then collected her cup and started downstairs , deeply thankful that she felt so much better than the day before . |
| 15 | Enraged at seeing their cause thus mugged , Democratic leaders in Congress were willing to perform political somersaults to get some sort of civil-rights legislation through . |
| 16 | The sentry checked its authenticity then activated the electronic turnstile . |
| 17 | Vi twisted her head then stared , eyes wide , at the newsboy 's billboard . |
| 18 | But the event which caused his promotion also undermined the stability of the Cabinet which he joined . |
| 19 | Had Alfred Glynn murdered his brother then killed himself in this frightful manner by way of expiation ? |
| 20 | Writing this in 1776 , he was pleased enough with what was happening ; had he been able to look back from 1815 he would have seen his optimism largely vindicated . |
| 21 | Strach played his heart out typified by a hilarious diving header to save the ball going for a throw ( unfortunately Kelly then kicked the ball straight out of touch . |
| 22 | The disasters that befell his army paradoxically heightened his personal charisma : even the barons of Outremer continued to look on him as their one potential saviour . |
| 23 | I pretended to be very foreign , ashamed to hear my country so misrepresented by an Englishman . |
| 24 | She shook her head then reached across the cakes and patted Erika 's hand . |
| 25 | Rachel shook her head then looked at her sister curiously . |
| 26 | Even when she shows her body agonisingly engulfed by external forces , Frida Kahlo 's direct gaze out of the canvas and into the eyes of the viewer leaves no doubt that the use of her body as raw material is a very deliberate strategy , and that her immersion in a greater universe is a source of strength , not weakness . |
| 27 | THE French count who is to marry the Princess of Wales ' stepmother , Raine , Countess of Spencer , said yesterday he felt ‘ totally abused ’ by people who rented his chateau then used it for a porn film . |
| 28 | The priest shook his head then said , with great sadness : |
| 29 | The proctologist shook his head then turned to look at our private scrap of paradise . |
| 30 | The steward opened his mouth then closed it again , seeing the Security warrant card the man was holding out . |