Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The handbook , however , that is recommended for potential writers , You Can Write a Romance and Get it Published , breezily enjoins its readers to ‘ Remember that these are formula books tried and proved to be successful ’ and proceeds to outline the characterizations and plotting that are expected of the successful romance . |
| 2 | Then , as Moore stood with a third book in his hand , ready to throw , the rat squeaked and seemed to be afraid . |
| 3 | Some , previously inactive , became and continued to be active . |
| 4 | The girls giggled and pretended to be unimpressed . |
| 5 | I let him have his pet , but in the end I went and tried to be nice to him ( because I knew I must get him to send that letter ) . |
| 6 | Virtually all the inmates I saw and spoke to were friendly , smiling and quite pleased to show me the work they were doing . |
| 7 | I had always believed everything he did and said to be sincere and genuinely personal , but gradually small cracks began appearing in his carefully constructed persona and well-tended integrity . |
| 8 | Kate found it hard to avoid hearing about him ; he seemed daily to be permeating her senses almost as if he were personally hounding her even though she accepted that had to be crazy thinking on her part . |