Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twoflower found himself fervently wishing for light . |
| 2 | The stunts became more daring and , in one episode , Crawford found himself literally playing with fire , when what looked like fireworks were attached to the back of his jacket and suddenly had to start exploding . |
| 3 | As the first night of the Hochhauser Season approached , Suzi Hoflin found herself increasingly torn between dread and a curious sense of wild exhilaration that was only partly to do with the excitement of appearing in a professional production . |
| 4 | Dr Sasaki shouted the name of the chief surgeon and rushed around to the man 's office and found him terribly cut by glass . |
| 5 | ’ I have stabilized at Halflight speed , ’ I heard Posi say — and found myself almost babbling with relief that she was still functioning . |
| 6 | There was , however , a parliamentary by-election , in Newbury , where the party suffered its largest-ever fall in support ( 29 percentage points ) . |
| 7 | Sybille , who witnessed Laura 's behaviour with journalists , believed she always felt under attack by the English press . |
| 8 | I told 'im ter look after yow . ’ |
| 9 | The first time it happened I immediately thought of meningitis , and rushed her to the doctor 's . |
| 10 | Those few who consciously risked the consequences of disregarding it , or allowed themselves unthinkingly to slide into overindebtedness , could still suffer the degradation of what went for life behind the walls of the Marshalsea or the Kidderminster dungeon . |
| 11 | When an influential purity deputation petitioned the Home Office , Herbert Samuel , then Under-Secretary of State , expressed himself personally committed to legislation in the interests of national honour , but he refused to pledge the government to introduce proposals in the house , or even to support them publicly . |
| 12 | Defries heard herself almost screaming with anger . |
| 13 | Keepers discovered her desperately fighting for life at the West Midlands Safari Park where she had to be hand-reared before being transferred to the Kingsley wildlife sanctuary , Cheshire , where she takes every opportunity to hitch a ride from the resident Bull Terrier bitch . |
| 14 | When his kiss only brushed her cheekbone , she pulled herself away to stare into doubt . |
| 15 | One of those oaths bound him never to return to Earth , never to revisit the headquarters of the Inquisition , nor the even more elusive bastion of the Ordo Malleus . |
| 16 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 17 | I say , the reason I think I had bad dreams , recently , in the last sort of three nights , is because they 're the three nights I went swimming early , so I thought I better go to bed early . |
| 18 | The advent of Dutch William in 1688 may have brought a Protestant ruler , but it brought one already embroiled in war with Louis XIV , and ended a period in which the offshore island had played small part in the struggles of continental Europe . |
| 19 | Accepting the only logical course of action the robots had shut down the machine , even though it meant they too sank into inertia as a consequence . |
| 20 | Finally she asked to speak to Mr McGay the teacher who sent her home suffering from shock . |
| 21 | She had put a small fridge in his room and she kept it well stocked with milk . |
| 22 | Design flaws made it hard to manufacture in volume at 40MHz until recently though it was originally targeted at high clock rates . |
| 23 | I was articled in Worthing in 1966 with the Borough Council where I undertook a wide variety of conveyancing and litigation , and as a local authority employee , I was authorised to appear on its behalf in the Magistrates ' Court which gave me early experience in advocacy . |
| 24 | Her visit became a ritual , as did her daily walk to town . |
| 25 | What time did you finally go to bed ? |
| 26 | apart from being marketing director for developments , er did you also deal with marketing of other aspects of the group ? |
| 27 | Did you ever go to school , Mrs Winkowski ? ’ |
| 28 | And did you ever hear of saltpetre being used ? |
| 29 | Did you ever get in touch with the erm |
| 30 | did you actually go to sleep mummy ? |