Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 2 | However , the TUC was careful to keep well away from the whole issue of such a boycott and the Court of Enquiry now provided them with yet another excuse to defer any further action . |
| 3 | I told them in as few words as possible what Silver and the others had said , and they listened without speaking . |
| 4 | Standing up slowly , she faced him with as much composure as she could muster . |
| 5 | ‘ I admired him for so many years and was very proud to count myself among his close friends . |
| 6 | Still , although many would argue that the exterior changes have robbed the Polo of its identity and turned it into yet another Eurobland shopping car , at least it no longer looks dated . |
| 7 | The Collector popped it into his mouth , let himself savour the sensation of it wriggling on his tongue for a moment , then crunched it with as much pleasure as if it had been a chocolate truffle . |
| 8 | When tomorrow came , Charlotte faced it with as much resolution and efficiency as she could muster . |
| 9 | He watched us without too much interest , his right hand resting casually near a push-buzzer . |
| 10 | Food , to them , was a commodity , and they treated it with as little respect as a bar of soap . |
| 11 | The restaurant where she had arranged to meet Piers was close to the Palais Lascaris , an old , breathtakingly beautiful town house , and she located it without too much difficulty . |
| 12 | ‘ He reminded me of so many things I 'd half-forgotten . |
| 13 | We 'd worked together on a BBC play called Shiftwork and he had a slightly wry , sullen world-weariness about him which reminded me of so many downtrodden husbands . |
| 14 | As my car moved through the area announcing ‘ Meet shadow chancellor John Smith as he explains Labour 's policy on fiscal and monetary reform , ’ I noticed that the town was not as crowded as I remembered it from only that morning . |
| 15 | The way the pastry mixture clung to your hands if you mixed it with too much water . |
| 16 | Luckily the main guy was able to call me and we discussed it for quite some time . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Busy , ’ he replied , and while she bit down a reply of , ‘ That should keep you out of mischief , ’ Lubor went on to disappoint her some more , when he added , ‘ Mr Gajdusek has gone away and left me with very much work . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We altered our tactics to keep two men wide and one up the middle , and with Mel Pejic behind the back four we restricted them to very few chances . |
| 19 | If she was honest , no money meant no food — which left her with very little choice . |