Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [coord] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't heard how they got on but I saw Mick just before he went and he was very positive , ’ said Ronnie . |
| 2 | But a couple of errors crept in and we allowed Coventry to take the lead . ’ |
| 3 | He put four big suitcases in the car then Minnie and Dympna got in and he drove off . ’ |
| 4 | a lovely cottage , thatched roof cottage they lived in and it had an apple tree in the front , and a pear tree down the back , and all fruit trees . |
| 5 | But there again er it was the time we lived in and you had certain Well yards had their own way of trying to keep track of when a guy was in a toilet etcetera and sometimes you would have to hand in y your er your time ticket , to the toilet attendant , and you would give him this ticket and he would say right you are , you know , and mark down your number on a book and say to you , well you 've got seven minutes or something you know . |
| 6 | but I , I 'd never get them done , and I mean I 'd fed Matthew and I shouted down and I said look you 'll have to come and get him dressed cos I 've got dinners to put up yet |
| 7 | At the house he invited Rose in but she refused with the excuse that it was too late . |
| 8 | It was in a terrible state when we moved in but we cleaned it up and made it quite homely . |
| 9 | They never actually moved in and they promised it to Daddy . |
| 10 | Hill loathed the idea of betting shops , which were legalized in 1960 , but rivals moved in and he followed in 1966 . |
| 11 | The father moved in and I got a full-time job in another engineering company . |
| 12 | The car engine roared again and the red car moved off but it did n't go far . |
| 13 | Venner wandered off and we went through the pathetic pile of possessions : a counter-pane , three dirty bolsters , hose , jerkins , battered boots , more cheap jewellery , a collection of quills and a bar of Castilian soap . |
| 14 | At the question , her head jerked up and she saw that Vitor had awakened from his nap and was frowning at her . |
| 15 | The soldier woke up with a snort ; his head jerked up and he looked at us inquiringly . |
| 16 | It bounced up and I turned to see the ball hovering above my stumps . |
| 17 | Eventually , all the pressure built up and I had a nervous breakdown . |
| 18 | It hit me when I phoned up and they said those two had gone . |
| 19 | So he phoned up and he had to redial two or three times before he started . |
| 20 | I phoned up and I got phone up to ask for the information right ? |
| 21 | I started to like it more when we loosened up and it got less serious . |
| 22 | Well they phoned back and they said , can you tell your husband to take his car to National Tyres er , that insurance has sent him , and could they give him an invoice for the insurance company . |
| 23 | His voice petered out and he rolled away from her and lay on his back , his hands clasped behind his head , staring woodenly at the ceiling . |
| 24 | ’ His excuses petered out and he hung his head shamedly . |
| 25 | His body stiffened ; there was a change in him , Robyn felt it , knew it and then he drew back and she saw in a fleeting moment his own look of self-disgust . |
| 26 | My master wandered out and I unpacked my belongings , washed , changed and went down to the sumptuous banquet Santerre 's cooks had prepared for us . |
| 27 | Pauline moved out and she moved back in again though did n't she ? |
| 28 | The builders and decorators moved out and he moved in . |
| 29 | ‘ She complained of feeling ill and then the next thing she blacked out and we called an ambulance , ’ said Peter , who works for Darlington Council . |
| 30 | He rose and staggered out and we followed him into a stinking alleyway a short distance from the tavern . |