Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found a medicine dropper and used that to feed it the milk they left me . |
| 2 | Before she could move back , he bent and gave her a light , lingering kiss on her mouth . |
| 3 | Anyway , I stopped and offered her a lift . |
| 4 | If he came to me now and knelt and handed me the poker , I could n't hit him . |
| 5 | Anyone would think there was a law which stipulated that to call yourself a specialist in private medicine , you needed the necessary training and experience . |
| 6 | Diggs came and told us the day he broke out . ’ |
| 7 | She came and made me a ham sandwich and the maid just look at her to eat it now . |
| 8 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 9 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 10 | He lifted and carried her the few necessary steps , until she felt the yielding softness of his bed beneath her back . |
| 11 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
| 12 | The dragon 's tail whipped around as it passed and caught him a stinging blow across the forehead . |
| 13 | Later , when other countries wanted to make their own cloth from jute , the workers of Dundee made and sold them the textile machinery . |
| 14 | Then , at a stroke , something happened that gave him a powerful sense of purpose . |
| 15 | She turned and threw him a desperate look . |
| 16 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 17 | And I was walking away , and turned and gave him a great kick , you know , right in his balls , and I said , ‘ Come on then ’ , took a mad fit , you know , and I |
| 18 | Before disappearing through the brick arch she turned and gave him a final smile and a wave . |
| 19 | Julius turned and gave her a faint smile . |
| 20 | But , when he turned and gave her a warm , infectious grin , she found it difficult not to smile back at him . |
| 21 | The man turned and gave me a friendly nod , before taking up a small piece of wood with pencil markings on it . |
| 22 | In the doorway Battler turned and gave me a final beam for good measure , then they were gone . |
| 23 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 24 | It scared and disgusted her the way every male she met suddenly started ogling the blancmange under her blouse . |
| 25 | It took me right to the McDarroch days as he fished out one forceps after another , opened and shut them a few times then tried them on me . |
| 26 | Politely , Muriella hid her curiosity as Marion returned and offered her a horn cup . |
| 27 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 28 | Father Devine beckoned and showed me a huge slab of rock . |
| 29 | She had been impressed by his knowledge and his observation and she loved and admired him a little more . |
| 30 | Stefan grunted and gave him a sharp look . |