Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] [pron] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ‘ caught numerous examples , marked and gave them their liberty , in order to ascertain whether the individuals which were flying round the ship at nightfall , were the same that were similarly engaged at daylight in the morning after a night 's run of 120 miles , and which in nearly every instance proved to be the case . ’ |
| 2 | Luke sat still and gave her her head , amazed that the more she warmed up , the faster she went , staggered by the distance she could carry his 190-pound bulk in the burning sun . |
| 3 | He did n't know whether Alice ever thought of it , or whether the trauma had erased it from her mind so that she now believed the version he had formulated , had taken the lie into her unconscious and made it her truth . |
| 4 | We knew he was hungry and gave him our leftovers . |
| 5 | The Japanese , ever imitative , took their ideas from the Chinese and made them their own . |
| 6 | Lloyd pushed the door open and showed me his teeth . |