Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might have been assumed that the corollary was that the prosecution did not have to prove that the accused assumed the rights of the owner contrary to the owner 's wishes but in Morris it was held that a person appropriated only if he adversely interfered with or usurped the rights of the owner . |
| 2 | His eyes narrowed menacingly but he quickly checked himself and smiled . |
| 3 | He winced slightly as she gently probed the area for any sign of infection . |
| 4 | It helped enormously that he also happened to enjoy affairs with women , and that when he was acting on stage , his sexual proclivities were not such a problem as he was less in the public eye . |
| 5 | Luciano Pavarotti rested there after his famous Hyde Park concert , actor Richard Gere is a regular at the hotel and Madonna stopped there when she recently visited London . |
| 6 | But , of course , the other thing of course , i it takes out the , the one that got away cos you actually see the one that got away |
| 7 | I was cleaning , cleaning it up and of course I was tapping it with a hammer was n't I to try and get all the putty you know , try and break the putty and most of it came away and I just tapped this one little |
| 8 | He came home and he just laid the table , very impressive . |
| 9 | He went to bed to dream uneasily , and woke early as he always did in the early stages of a case before he had got the machine working properly . |
| 10 | Corbett ate sparingly as he always did . |
| 11 | Now he knew beforehand because we told him when he came , first came here that we also use Mission Praise , and you do . |
| 12 | For several weeks after her wedding she had entertained the silly idea that James might look for her , but she was thankful that he never came even though he soon heard about her marriage to Nahum . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't be silly ; you know nothing about my career , pursued or otherwise , and I wish you 'd go away , ’ she added peevishly as she finally managed to drag her eyes from the grey warmth of his . |
| 14 | ‘ Eureka ! ’ she muttered triumphantly as she finally spotted the elusive hotel , and drew into its car park . |
| 15 | The tears came again as she erratically negotiated a roundabout . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , no ? ’ he drawled mockingly as he slowly lowered his dark head towards her . |
| 17 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
| 18 | No , ’ he confirmed gently when she just stared at him in shock , ‘ you need n't answer , not if you promised not to . |
| 19 | The baby was crying and Carrie sighed resignedly as she quickly replaced the lid of the potato pot and hurried into the back room . |
| 20 | His family believed he was going to pick up a bankers draft , but he never showed there and he never reported to hospital . |
| 21 | Their lascannon ball turrets swivelled alertly but nothing else seemed to be in the vicinity . |
| 22 | The team released him and he returned home where he soon married . |
| 23 | ‘ Asked me to keep an eye on you , ’ he repeated mildly as he skilfully opened the bottle of wine . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't marry a man who hates me — ’ her voice wobbled dangerously but she quickly brought it back under control ‘ — who believes me to be a traitor , without a single question or … or … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Can you hear me , Beth ? ’ he called again as he hurriedly extracted his golfing slacks from the rack . |
| 26 | He could see that Lee was attracted to Meryl , and this amused him , because he knew instinctively that he only had to turn on his own powerful charm and the result would be a foregone conclusion . |
| 27 | Nothing went right and I nearly gave up . |
| 28 | In the other fields I 've discussed earlier — public speaking appearing on television , staging a special event , holding a conference , you can ( but you should n't ) kid yourself that they went better than they really did . |
| 29 | Cassie knew suddenly that she desperately wanted to see her mother and father before they left England . |
| 30 | So she went away and I never pressurised her and I told the other girls not to ask questions or anything , just to leave her . |