Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | In short , it was claimed that meditators ' moral senses were enlivened and it helped them ‘ become better Christians ’ . |
| 34 | The nipples stiffened and she squeezed her breasts through the silk , her breathing growing heavier as she kneaded the sensitive buds with her fingers , her excitement growing rapidly . |
| 35 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 36 | His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling . |
| 37 | Her voice cracked and she cleared her throat . |
| 38 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 39 | ‘ The PCC would n't give him a bean towards getting it repaired and he said he 'd spike their guns and do it himself . ’ |
| 40 | Dr Steel said it was difficult to estimate when the gene would be located but he thought it would be months rather than years . |
| 41 | Mr Wolski did not want the eagle caught but he knew its chances of escape were very low . |
| 42 | The kids were mortified but I thought it was a real hoot . ’ |
| 43 | Country vets are n't easily sickened but I felt my stomach turning . |
| 44 | I was absolutely devastated because we thought we had done nothing wrong . |
| 45 | She was a year old and her mother had wanted her to be fostered while she got herself sorted out . |
| 46 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
| 47 | However , when he is transferred to a strange yard with different handlers , even if it is a good establishment , his natural nervous temperament will reappear , explaining why so many new owners think their horse may have been drugged when they bought it . |
| 48 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 49 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 50 | The woman had become suicidally depressed while pregnant with her previous two children and was devastated when she found herself accidentally pregnant again . |
| 51 | I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship . |
| 52 | He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time . |
| 53 | He saw the man 's limbs , tightly clenched as he drove his horse towards the Cutcherry guns , suddenly relax as if something inside him had snapped . |
| 54 | She was silent for a moment , and my stomach clenched as I saw her face soften , her eyes grow dreamy . |
| 55 | Katherine 's voice cracked as she called her daughter 's name , and she repeated herself , more softly this time . |
| 56 | Ron Todd , Transport and General Workers ' Union general secretary , was applauded as he reaffirmed his union 's commitment to unilateralism . |
| 57 | We were applauded when we reported our record , and one of the newly recruited flying students opened a few bottles of root beer by way of celebration . |
| 58 | Earlier , Alex Aitken , of the Conservative Collegiate Forum , was loudly applauded when he said it was ‘ intolerable ’ that taxpayers should have to fund the left-wing propaganda of the NUS . |
| 59 | ‘ Then how come when we pulled her from her suit I found a folder full of Alex Bannen 's notes stashed away inside the sleeve ? ’ |
| 60 | Chantal 's mouth dropped as she opened her apartment door and registered the sodden , bedraggled figure on the landing . |