Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 When she 'd said she was worried about her superiors , he 'd felt like telling her that he had her superiors right where he wanted them , but he could n't .
2 You may have to wait for one or two things but you know like like copy sometimes but I did n't used to send them s erm er contracts in unless they had everything .
3 Mark took these pictures down because he knew they would terrify his patients .
4 She was n't even aware of having spoken the words aloud until she saw his face tauten with some undefinable emotion as he held her from him .
5 Lyn took one of the gravel paths into the grounds of the general hospital , walking towards the sun that dazzled her eyes so that she screwed them up against it .
6 And then er when they came back he says she says you know and I just says er and when she got out of the car , Dawn was out in the gar in the garden walking , and she said she just got out of the car and she looked over at Dawn like that took the kids in and she said I just says here you are , she said , come on Ashley over here , you stay and play in your back and your side of the er street from now on .
7 UNTAMED HEART ( 15 ) CHRISTIAN Slater has specialised in off-beat roles ever since he lost his screen virginity at 20 , playing a novice monk in The
8 The other thing that was said about him , particularly towards the end , after the U-turn on economic policy , was that he 'd been captured by his officials , and that he also , in the end , rather relished the company of the permanent secretaries more than he did his Cabinet colleagues .
9 CARRY ON KISSING : Admirer Hubert , smothering smiling Di 's hand with smackers yesterday after she accepted his offer
10 It was two months later that she told me of her problem and the discomfort it had previously caused her .
11 We married 18 months later and I thought I knew him fairly well .
12 He was still in hospital five months later when I finished my tour .
13 I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised , her action in not leaving a note seeming poor thanks now that she knew he had only been trying to protect her from himself when he 'd called her clinging .
14 You can explain to him about your system and he 'll put the books back where he found them . ’
15 and unfortunately it was only about eight months before that she lost her mother , only her mother was the dominant feature of the family you see she kept them all together
16 And er Sun Life who 're a , who , who er you know are favourite for er for er gilts management , er er were busy buying index-linked gilts about twelve months ago when nobody wanted them .
17 Doherty was aghast 12 months ago when he made his first attempt to win the title and lost heavily to the unfancied Fergal O'Brien but this year he was determined to wipe out that memory and win his third title in a matter of months .
18 Thomas last played in the full England side 13 months ago when he won his first cap in Saudi Arabia and did little of consequence .
19 It 's been fully serviced up to 4 months ago when I bought it .
20 Survivors quietly described how families were destroyed , women abused , men castrated ; how the Gestapo made them play their gypsy violins even while they performed their atrocities .
21 He caught her by the waist , in a half rugby tackle , lifted her up , spun her around and in one fell swoop had hoisted her on to his shoulders even before she realised what was happening .
22 He took us to the pictures sometimes and we shared his intimate refuge from Mum .
23 Then she felt the coverlet being pulled off the bed and João was on top of her and his sweet breath was in her face and his mouth over her mouth ; he was forcing her legs apart until she thought she would split ; he was trying to lift them right up over his shoulders , and at the same time trying to enter where she was impossibly small , cursing at his lack of success and finally grunting and gasping , until she felt a little damp fountain on her belly and he rolled off the bed and pattered quickly from the room .
24 Her thighs pushed his legs apart and she pressed herself against him .
25 The tears welled up into her eyes again and she dashed them away with an impatient hand .
26 I had chosen these subjects specifically because I knew nothing about any of the four disciplines and because , having studied foreign languages at A Level , it seemed natural to develop my linguistic skills .
27 ‘ We were talking about ransoms too and I said I would pay to save the life — ’
28 I was offered a cup of tea and stayed ten minutes longer than I thought I 'd be .
29 ‘ I can not because I do n't believe God would change His plans just because I asked Him . ’
30 I did put my shoes on cos I thought I sha n't get them on in a minute because my feet swell when I sit down .
  Next page