Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Kaye enjoyed helping the group but found that it eroded her own identity . |
| 32 | He was in a small home reserved for ‘ difficult ’ juveniles , where the matron in charge reported that he wet his bed on occasion and had bad dreams but showed no other signs of disturbance . |
| 33 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 34 | His eyebrows rose and he met her steady gaze with a hint of amusement in his own . |
| 35 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 36 | A few minutes later he rose and I heard him say , ‘ Goodnight and thank you for giving me your interesting reminiscences . ’ |
| 37 | Richard phoned and she told him about it , omitting the part about her offer of a donation . |
| 38 | Jenna moved and he let her go at once , coming lithely to his feet and helping her up . |
| 39 | Since just before I moved and it triggered it off . |
| 40 | Her hand trembled and she clamped it hard against her chest until the attack of nerves had subsided a little . |
| 41 | The girl 's hands trembled and she clenched them . |
| 42 | I think a medical problem different say for instance for myself I got an awful bash on the nose playing badminton and they thought it was broken , however it mended and I wished it had broken because its mended a bit , but I do not believe in spending money on cosmetic surgery because I think if you make the best of what you have and think of all the people were mutilated by disease |
| 43 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 44 | The driver gunned the motor but that only threw off sprays of fine snow , and the motor howled until I thought it would burst . |
| 45 | I want that somebody found and I want them talking . ’ |
| 46 | Her lashes flickered and she raised her head . |
| 47 | His eyelids flickered and he put his sour unshaven mouth to hers . |
| 48 | He did not change expression , but an eyebrow flickered and I knew I had him . |
| 49 | Mair sometimes grudged the work and time it involved but he knew its importance . |
| 50 | I tried but she sensed my revulsion . |
| 51 | Include also those items which you wanted to have in the past but dismissed because you thought you could not have them or simply forgot about them . |
| 52 | You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to . |
| 53 | She stopped before she revealed her future plans . |
| 54 | First , on the ’ liability for others ' acts ’ point , the Bill contains safeguards — as my hon. and learned Friend knows from his study of it — when the accused can show that the aggravating event occurred before he committed his basic offence or that he was not near the vehicle at the time . |
| 55 | They divorced after he strangled her dog for trampling on his tulips . |
| 56 | He said he had only offered to use the truncheon as a sex aid but desisted when she shook her head . |
| 57 | The older man 's bushy grey brows rose as he shot her a penetrating glance . |
| 58 | His brows rose as he turned his brown eyes upon her . |
| 59 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
| 60 | God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me . |