Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Forty times I made that ride there and back — in the bus , not the jeep like you two , " he told us . |
| 2 | Going round the stands I met or saw Lady Grierson whose husband Ronald , received a knighthood in the Birthday Honours , and her son Mr Jacob Grierson ; . |
| 3 | Every few steps I stopped and shouted , but the only sound in that wild , lonely place was the wind . |
| 4 | After a few paces I stopped and looked around . |
| 5 | At the first of the smaller channels she turned and began to ease herself down the shallow bank , grunting , her face set against the pain she was causing herself . |
| 6 | Over the next few months we talked and prayed about it and in the Spring we submitted applications for staffing on the King 's Lodge Base at Nuneaton , starting in April 1993 . |
| 7 | They had volunteered and were prepared to masquerade in German uniform , knowing full well the risks they ran if caught . |
| 8 | The big jeans names are already aware of the authentic newcomers , and are beginning to realise that the original utility styles they updated and bastardised over the past 30 years are the current fashion winners : watch them scramble to regain their own heritage . |
| 9 | As the water ripped at his thighs he turned and staggered backwards , using his stronger right leg as a brace against the frightening force of the water . |
| 10 | ‘ Wait and see , ’ she said and to both their surprises she turned and put her arms on Maggie 's shoulders . |
| 11 | She found the most sensible shoes she had and prepared to depart , rushing back at the last minute to snatch up a loose shirt and shrug into it . |
| 12 | If we want to find out about ancient people and the sites they used and constructed , our first thought might be to consult the archaeologists . |
| 13 | The Community 's role in this area should be stepped up and its action made more effective , with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and the respective roles of the member states and the social partners , in accordance with national practices and traditions [ the last phrase being inserted at the insistence of the UK which consistently opposed any extension of EC powers into areas it regarded as relating to employment law rather than to social policy ] … |
| 14 | But he was also responsible for the appalling treatment of the natives he killed or turned into slaves . |
| 15 | Sara silently handed him the ingredients he wanted and found the mustard pot . |
| 16 | But after a few notes she stopped and turned round on her stool to face me . |
| 17 | For secret reasons she acknowledged but did not understand , she felt bitterly offended . |
| 18 | Send off for the copies you missed and complete your collection of Britain 's newest , brightest gardening magazine . |
| 19 | Well you should save the programmes you recorded and watch them on a Saturday . |
| 20 | Several times she turned and came some way back towards me , admonishing , shaking her finger . |
| 21 | Some days Christine was quiet and unhappy , some days she laughed and sang . |
| 22 | For many weeks she watched and noted their social behaviour without being spat at . |
| 23 | We read your guide to clipping dogs ' nails ( December issue ) and bought the nail cutters you recommended and did it ourselves , following your guide . |
| 24 | ( The places we saw & visited were mind-boggling but it was really a family visit to see & , their daughters , sons-in-law & grand-children … all boys ) . |
| 25 | The women ended up having to negotiate everything through their husbands , and when they were expected to work for nothing on their husbands ' plots they refused and demanded full payment . |
| 26 | In the early years they manufactured and supplied both hand and machine knitting yarns in natural fibres , principally wool and mohair . |
| 27 | Sibbald published his Scotia Illustrata , a natural history of Scotland , in 1684 , and one of the plants he described and figured was later named after him . |
| 28 | For two days he resisted and fought . |
| 29 | His evergreens include I 'll be Seeing You , Katie , Dear Hearts and Gentle People , and I Can Dream , Ca n't I. Among films he scored or wrote for are Hellzapoppin , Anchors Aweigh , Love is a Many Splendored Thing , and Myra Breckinridge . |
| 30 | Apricot really stole a march on the competition last September with a couple of new PCs it described as optimized for workgroup operation . |