Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gusted into every overhang of concrete , whistled down the brick funnels on the tall building where she lived . |
| 2 | Yeah but I missed the flipping bit how he killed it . |
| 3 | That same year , for example , Britain 's Sue Barker enjoyed perhaps her finest hour when she defeated the pretty Czechoslovakian , Renata Tomonova in three sets . |
| 4 | They got away with it — that day and three more days in a row : each afternoon when she heard his whistle she stole out and crouched in the grassy fosse beneath the wall . |
| 5 | When , after that , we used to hear controversy about Dr Paisley and later heard about his imprisonment in 1966 , because of that afternoon when we heard the gospel preached with power and conviction , we found ourselves tending to take his side in the controversy . |
| 6 | And later that afternoon when he drove her home in his car and he seemed unusually quiet , she sensed that he too was remembering that moment . |
| 7 | It had just gone four that afternoon when she had her answer . |
| 8 | That afternoon when I arrived at Miss Havisham 's house , it was n't Estella who opened the gate , but a cousin of the old lady 's . |
| 9 | With reference to your telephone conversation with my secretary on the 15th instant when you confirmed that you had completed your mortgage arrangements with Barclays Bank PLC , Bishops ' Stortford and that it was in order for me to deal with the draft Contract when it was received . |
| 10 | Melanie pictured the safe , made of very black metal , set squarely at the end of the bed where he could see it all the time , in the strange bedroom where he slept with Aunt Margaret in a bed that must sag deeply on his side , since he was so heavy and she was no weight at all . |
| 11 | In short , he had developed a habit of increasing muscular tension whenever he started reciting . |
| 12 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a fulltime golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |
| 13 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a full-time golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |
| 14 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a full-time golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |
| 15 | Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag . |
| 16 | Last night 's mess and a more tidy visit this afternoon when he came to see whether we 'd stocked up with illegal drugs on our trip to Nice . ’ |
| 17 | In the beginning , more than fifteen years ago , when she was much slimmer and wore flared trousers , she seemed to enter a magnetic field whenever she came close to Tom . |
| 18 | Dwight Yorke was also guilty of failing to find net particularly just after the half hour when he had two chances in as many minutes . |
| 19 | I tuned , intending to ask the English boy why he lived with me , why he liked my company . |
| 20 | Madame raised her crackling voice from the large brown desk where she presided in the hall beyond , and asked them with unusual largesse if they would like some refreshment . |
| 21 | We went down to the white-washed infirmary where I made Benjamin stop at the kitchen for rags soaked in vinegar and herbs . |
| 22 | Devine improved for the fourth time this winter when he reached 64.40 metres at a meeting in Melbourne . |
| 23 | In this next example two Polish boys are telling an English girl how they came to be in France during World War Two : |
| 24 | They were keeping it a secret and they were going to take him some place where they sold parrots . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose there is some place where he kept his papers and private things ? ’ |
| 26 | Another evening when she invited some of their friends , including Juan Gris and his wife , to dinner at the cottage , Modi turned up late , drunk and covered with mud . |
| 27 | They could not have told when the music tightened its hold and began its pull , but to Taliesin , afterwards , it was as if there was a moment when he knew that he was able to resist , and then another moment when he had surrendered completely . |
| 28 | My father died when I was quite young and at ten years of age I went into a poor old orphanage where I stayed four years . |
| 29 | this place where they got a boat . |
| 30 | I 'm sure I told you there was n't another meeting when you asked me , and I gather there 's been a bit of a problem as well for other people . |