Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain . |
| 2 | So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit . |
| 3 | So we suggested that for the production phase it might be better if one company was to build one wing and the other company the other er and that 's . |
| 4 | Perhaps he said that for the benefit of Signor fragolli , so I just said , ‘ OK . ’ |
| 5 | So it meant that by the end of the war , the railway stock , the carriages , locomotives and all that was on their last stages . |
| 6 | But already she sensed that in the end she would . |
| 7 | Desperately she pleaded but to no avail . |
| 8 | In your letter you present the fact that yourself and the Deputy Director have opted for an increase based on the Grade 1 salary and presumably you saw that as a gesture of good will or a concession to our demands . |
| 9 | Gradually we realised that despite the wealth , warmth and comfort , Templecombe held an eerie , sinister air . |
| 10 | Later he explained that by the words ‘ no extra charge ’ he meant ‘ no extra cost . ’ |
| 11 | He had raised the question of the ‘ two souls ’ of the peasants in The Economics , but here he recognised that in the given situation then facing the Bolsheviks the ‘ petty-bourgeois ’ aspect would dominate . |
| 12 | Presumably it meant that after a while you ceased to bring things to the Cabinet that you knew would produce a put-down ? |
| 13 | Earlier I said that on the whole our food was not bad : salads , fruits and nuts were plentiful but I had taken on my parent 's tastes . |
| 14 | Then I realized that over the years the white wedding dress had become yellow , and the flowers in her hair had died , and the bride inside the dress had grown old . |
| 15 | Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue . |
| 16 | And he said he was working with an old fellow which is getting on in age and he was quite absent minded and he said , I was about thirty feet from the ground on a ledge er filling er s a hole ready for shot for blasting and the old fellow was about twenty feet higher than him and then he was ss er whatsit another hole and then a at the top of the chamber there 's a little hole , he said , like a roof we call it which is a little passage that goes up into the next floor and then we used that as an escape route he did n't have to go far . |
| 17 | They looked like anatomies of death , they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves , they did eat dead carrions , happy where they could find them , yea , and one another soon after , insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves , and if they found a plot of water cress or shamrocks , there they flocked as to a feast for the time , yet not able long to continue therewithal , that in short space there were none almost left , and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man or beast . |
| 18 | It is meant both to set out extraordinary expenditure which was how it arose but at the same time John pointed out that it might be a good thing if we also had an indication of the routine procedures and so therefore they are now set out in one document and are for your er final approval . |
| 19 | Then he realised that for the first time he was looking into the front of a hurricane . |
| 20 | He turned now and led her towards the door , but there he stopped and in a quiet voice said , ‘ Now , do what I tell you . |
| 21 | He should n't be in her thoughts at all , and yet she found that in the short space of time since she had met him he had sunk in , wormed his way into her mind with his disturbing home truths . |