Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was struggling to stop it , frost was formed where it struck my already cold hand . |
| 2 | Because of the way he was looking , his parted lips , his wondering eyes , she felt desire , a flicker of it , the first sign , the first time for months , a movement like a string being plucked where she thought her womb was . |
| 3 | My flower — the one that I remember best out of many — was gathered where I said it had been . |
| 4 | Newbon disclosed that he told his former managing director a couple of years ago : ‘ I could get Oxford United very cheaply , ’ — but his boss was n't interested . |
| 5 | For example one woman set fire to her kitchen accidentally and the carer , her neighbour , realised that it would not be safe for her to remain at home ; another carer , a husband , found himself becoming so stressed that he struck his wife ; he then requested institutional care . |
| 6 | He thought he was being attacked so he defended himself . |
| 7 | And , anyway , she was n't so deluded that she thought they might make a life together . |
| 8 | She had n't forgotten that she owed him taxi money . |
| 9 | He had forgotten that he held it in his hand . |
| 10 | It was claimed that they poured their drinks over the counter and then smashed their beer glasses . |
| 11 | Many would have claimed that it served none , that it was but the result of the Fall and of sin , and that it brought only harm and hurt to the world . |
| 12 | A fourth man , said to have provided the bomb , has added that they had nothing to do with it . |
| 13 | Several times he almost stopped himself , but it felt so good to be unburdened that he let his tongue defy his better judgement . |
| 14 | ‘ You had n't considered that it had nothing to do with you , I suppose ? |
| 15 | He clearly thought he had won and it annoyed her . |
| 16 | On the dashboard in front of him the radio crackled and he picked it up . |
| 17 | Her colour deepened and she bit her lip and looked down at her plate . |
| 18 | God , he was so gorgeous … her hands were moving on to his strong thoat , thrusting into his black hair , she was losing her head again as the kiss deepened and she heard him give a low growl of harsh excitement , his mouth increasing the pressure until Rachel was obliterated by him , dazed , clutching him with shaking hands , gasping hoarsely against his mouth , feeling his strong hands move swiftly up to her breasts to stroke her nipples and force a long hoarse cry of exquisite desire from her . |
| 19 | The Church , the vicar and the Archdeacon and the Bishop all weighed in on Gray 's side so it was quietly dropped and he got his parish here a year later . |
| 20 | But skipper Dave Watson revealed : ‘ Tony was disappointed at being dropped and he said what he felt at the time . |
| 21 | Then his weight lifted and she opened her dazed eyes , confused , as he moved away to sit at the edge of the bed . |
| 22 | huh , I could n't believe it , I mean he 's been that thick and she says how old are you and he says thirty five , when she 's gone , when he 's gone she said blimey I thought he was forty five did n't ya ? , she said yeah , I said he ai n't wearing very well is he ? , then this woman come in and she was , she 'd had an operation and one of her stitches had n't dissolved and she said I have a shower instead of a bath , perhaps that 's why and Sue says yes that 's why because you need water to dissolve a stitch , so any way she said to her how old are you , she says thirty seven and Sue says |
| 23 | I told the guard at the reception desk in the dark , grim entrance why I had come and he told me to wait . |
| 24 | It was gone as soon as it had come and he re-established his public gaze . |
| 25 | He got straight back on to the divan and lay with his eyes shut , as if I should n't have come and I felt I ought never to have come ( especially without telling C ) , and I felt as well that it really was a bit much , a pose . |
| 26 | A spokesman for the City 's surveyors department said : ‘ There was an element of confusion after the blast because the Chamber of Shipping building had partially collapsed and we thought there might be similar damage to the Baltic . |
| 27 | Lisabeth 's eyes clouded and I knew I 'd done enough . |
| 28 | Her foot caught and she wrenched it free of its shoe , clinging to fitzAlan 's hand all the while as he half led , half pulled her upwards . |
| 29 | So we referred it to the confed and er we had the officers down and the matter was resolved and we got our increase and it was acceptable by everybody . |
| 30 | With the onset in the later stages of unmistakable labour pains in my lower abdomen all doubts were resolved and I knew I had to do something about it . |