Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] [pron] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On my return home I discovered that the plant that I had thought was a weed was in fact ‘ The Marvel of Peru ’ , first brought from Peru to Spain in the sixteenth century and John Gerard used to lift the roots in autumn and keep them in a butter firkin filled with sand . |
| 2 | When they were in their room together they agreed that Sister Dew was ‘ a bit of a trial ’ and that seemed to draw them together . |
| 3 | The American boy apologized haltingly in French as he knelt to return the shivering pet to her , but once the animal was safely in her arms again she turned and fled shyly back to her father 's side without speaking . |
| 4 | The relief must have shown in her face , as she caught his brief little smile of amusement drifting in her direction , and when she thought back on their encounters lately she realised that he often seemed to glance at her in that same lightly amused way , as if he found her mildly diverting — the way he might feel , perhaps , about a pretty child . |
| 5 | She told me here 's your keys now she said because you 've lost a set . |