Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intercourse is safe throughout pregnancy , unless you had a previous miscarriage , in which case it should be avoided during the first 14 weeks and avoided altogether if you have a history of miscarrying . |
| 2 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 3 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 4 | Caroline whispered fiercely as she dropped the brush to the top of the vanity table . |
| 5 | a lovely cottage , thatched roof cottage they lived in and it had an apple tree in the front , and a pear tree down the back , and all fruit trees . |
| 6 | The little reporter realized suddenly that she had a real story for her editor and went pale with fear as she remembered that lady 's ruthless slashing up of her last offering , the report of an insignificant wedding . |
| 7 | Constance asked timidly when she heard the voice at the other end . |
| 8 | ‘ Leo ! ’ she exclaimed crossly as she gave a little hop and a skip to keep up with his long strides . |
| 9 | She was holding a net curtain to one side with the gold-ringed fingers of one hand , while in the other hand she held to her mouth a long white ebony cigarette holder on which she drew constantly as she watched the visitor enter her neighbour 's house . |
| 10 | " There he is , " she whispered excitedly , and pointed out a young man of about João 's age , whose lips moved constantly as he said a rosary . |
| 11 | My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm . |
| 12 | Evening drew in while we carried the weekend 's provisions ashore . |
| 13 | She stopped suddenly when she saw a stranger in the kitchen . |
| 14 | Of another restorer working on similar sculptures , Minervino claimed that he ‘ stopped long before he reached the skin of the marble ’ . |
| 15 | The father moved in and I got a full-time job in another engineering company . |
| 16 | They moved in when they outgrew a caravan on the site . |
| 17 | This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill . |
| 18 | He waded ashore and we had a planning conference on the shingle . |
| 19 | He moved away and I heard a murmur of protest as he trod on feet and pushed ribs to move back through the sightseers . |
| 20 | If we do we 'll be like the man in the cartoon who fell off the Empire State Building and shouted just before he hit the ground ‘ I 'm doing great so far ’ . |
| 21 | That in itself was a minor triumph for the Popular Front agitation ; Chamberlain moved partly because he feared the domestic consequences of not doing so . |
| 22 | The effects of Esther 's stroke were not obvious at first , which made the doctors wonder if she had suffered a second stroke when they found later that she had a very severe left hemiplegia . |
| 23 | Her throat swelled up until she needed a tracheotomy . |
| 24 | Eventually , all the pressure built up and I had a nervous breakdown . |
| 25 | The track wound past one last stand of trees , then petered out as it reached a wide , open space at the top of the hill . |
| 26 | ‘ Then I found out that I came a poor second to the real love of her life — money . |
| 27 | The bill had already been taken care of , she found out as she asked a porter to help with their bags . |
| 28 | ‘ We only found out when we saw the Daily Mirror , ’ said Craig , who lives with Julie and their three other children in Luton , Beds . |
| 29 | When they rebel it causes trouble , as Natalya , 40 , found out when she became a successful property dealer in St Petersburg . |
| 30 | ‘ She complained of feeling ill and then the next thing she blacked out and we called an ambulance , ’ said Peter , who works for Darlington Council . |