Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Altogether 149 respondents reported that they had never undertaken or funded any HIV prevention work specifically aimed at gay or bisexual men . |
| 32 | McCaw Cellular Communication Inc reported that it sold about 14.5m newly issued shares of Class A common stock to AT&T Co for $400m as part of AT&T 's negotiated attempt to win a 33% stake for $3,730m and acquire an option for voting control of wireless phone company . |
| 33 | She reported that she had already removed , cleaned and returned them as she had caught some wool under one of them . |
| 34 | Mr B. P. reported that he had already lost 3 stone some time before but had stuck at 15 stone and was pleased when he started to lose again . |
| 35 | In a postscript Dr. Yeats reported that he had subsequently seen both Dr. Thackeray and Mr. Leech who had been together since he had been with them on the previous day . |
| 36 | Also I express surprise at the Labour leader 's volte face a short while ago in the press he reported that he had more important matters to think about , or discuss insofar as fox fox hunting was concerned or words to that effect . |
| 37 | Robinson paid tribute to Mrs Ash 's excellent housekeeping , and lamented that she had never become the Mother she was ideally suited to be . |
| 38 | What follows are the most reliable facts which his early biographies ( John Aiken , 1792 and James Baldwin Brown , 1823 ) provided and which have subsequently been checked and accepted , as far as possible , from his own works and from later accounts . |
| 39 | When a young boy , overcome with curiosity , stepped out and prodded the dog 's mouth with a stick , he was grabbed by the arm and hauled back roughly : and when a dog began idly sniffing the body , someone kicked out and shouted and it lurched away through the crowd . |
| 40 | ‘ One of these days ’ George promised and they smiled quickly at each other isolating Maxim in a twinge of envy . |
| 41 | You do seem to enjoy watching nude bathers , so do n't you think it would be much better for everyone involved if you went somewhere where they did n't mind being watched ? ’ |
| 42 | No-one moved until she had quite satisfied herself . |
| 43 | Her fingers running through the ruff of fur around the cat 's neck tightened as Jehan spoke , and the cat yowled and it bit playfully at her hand . |
| 44 | ‘ We regret in respect of the national anthems our undertaking has been violated and breached and we apologise unconditionally to anyone who has been offended by this breach ’ . |
| 45 | To her relief he stopped and she felt just a touch safer . |
| 46 | Joanna — ’ She stopped and he interrupted quickly . |
| 47 | Her head swam and she swayed dizzily . |
| 48 | Her brows rose as she bristled inwardly . |
| 49 | Her eyes dilated as she arched away . |
| 50 | Some of the men grumbled as they moved away , but all found some form of light and took a place in the line to join in the search . |
| 51 | Strange the tricks that life plays , I mused as I drove home , popping the tape of madrigals into the player . |
| 52 | My whole body trembled when he came near . |
| 53 | Larry moved as she drew nearer . |
| 54 | The heels of wine bottles were cold green moons she stroked as she slid past . |
| 55 | ‘ It 's not your fucking body , ’ the girl shouted as she ran upstairs . |
| 56 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she shouted as she went downstairs . |
| 57 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 58 | And so , he phoned when he got home and Mr was in and and then when Mr came out he told Miss to mind the class cos he did n't get up till late . |
| 59 | His heart sank as he said falteringly , ‘ I will pay you tomorrow . ’ |
| 60 | She behaved as she had never thought it would be possible for her to behave . |