Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt terrified and utterly lost . |
| 2 | We were taken off for a shower — which was welcome as I had n't washed properly since the night before I left London- and then shown our beds in the barrack rooms on the second and third floors . |
| 3 | JULIA FORDHAM Porcelain ( Circa 10 ) ‘ You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed , ’ is not a lyric you would expect from Kylie Minogue , or even Liza Minnelli . |
| 4 | A 45-minute session makes you feel relaxed and slightly dazed , but not so severely that you ca n't go shopping afterwards . |
| 5 | She seemed surprised and perhaps relieved . |
| 6 | You need to make a conscious effort especially to get the tune right — at the beginning you will probably feel that you sound strange and maybe affected , but that is only because the intonation patterns are new to you . |
| 7 | She was an attractive , red-haired woman , but she looked sad and always dressed in black out of respect for her dead husband . |
| 8 | You felt dizzy and extremely frightened , imagining all sorts of frightening thoughts . |
| 9 | She felt bewildered and suddenly lost . |
| 10 | When they did converse , she said little and mostly listened ; it had only recently struck Angelica that she knew almost nothing more about Alina now than she had at the end of that first day . |
| 11 | All year round we help blind and partially sighted people living near you ! |
| 12 | There were several female faces above her and the sounds of the street still reached her though they seemed distant and somewhat muffled . |
| 13 | They look fascinated but slightly frightened . |
| 14 | Not surprisingly , they felt deprived and easily resumed old eating habits , often in response to stress . |
| 15 | This in itself caused her to feel guilty and so added to the distress she already suffered . |
| 16 | It may sometimes make them seem indecisive and easily led , but it also bestows qualities of sensitivity , sympathy and empathy . |
| 17 | Small-scale and localized in the early nineteenth century , it became large-scale and increasingly concentrated in several main trawler ports as the century wore on . |
| 18 | He became lazy and somewhat withdrawn . |
| 19 | It smelled fresh and newly washed , and curiously stamped with her youth , her beauty , her frail mortality . |
| 20 | LAMBS ' LIVER , BACON AND ONIONS Not only is lambs ' liver high in iron and a general nutrition booster , but it tastes superb when thinly cut and cooked briefly so it is brown outside and pink inside . |
| 21 | Cassie was fond of it and kept it dust free and well polished . |
| 22 | Don Kroodsma did an experiment in which he played normal and artificially reduced repertories of male canary song to female canaries . |
| 23 | ‘ He seemed quiet and rather withdrawn that morning , but he very often was so I did n't take too much notice . |
| 24 | The other contender was a Fiesta — ‘ it seemed comfortable and well put together , but I 'd read that the engine was n't that good , ’ says Mr Cole . |
| 25 | ‘ Ewbank 'd inside and Atco 'd out , the English suburban residence and the garden which is an integral part of it stand trim and lovingly cared for ’ ( Richards , 1946 ; 1973 edn , p. 13 ) . |
| 26 | It is now possible for reporters to deliver copy via computer to the file server where it gets subbed and seamlessly rewritten by the editor . |
| 27 | He looked immaculate and well rested , as though he had slept for twelve hours instead of a scanty , meagre five . |
| 28 | He looked tired but nevertheless managed a smile as he caught sight of his two employees and walked over to join them . |
| 29 | He looked tired and slightly irritated . |
| 30 | The first thing she noticed about him as he walked into her office was that he looked tired and rather drawn . |