Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Culliman chuckled at the idea ; the Ambassador murmured something and backed into the room .
2 He believed in collective Cabinet government and abhorred anything that smacked of an over-mighty premiership .
3 She recorded everything that passed in the room , but she cared for only one person .
4 Colt sat at a table outside the café that saw everything that moved in the village .
5 Frank did nothing but sit in the house for two days silent and with tears .
6 This is interesting because Morrissey was referring back to his days spent in hopeless fandom when he practically worshipped everything that moved within the media .
7 They said nothing but listened to the chatter in the restaurant , the clatter of cutlery and tinging of glass .
8 Creggan said nothing but stared over the grey rolling sea that had given the eagle whom he loved most in the world her name .
9 Those members of the British Section delegation who had survived previous ICMs said nothing and waited for the strain to show .
10 She recalled Alain Gebrec 's warning that the edge was unstable in places ; panic threatened to take over ; she was on the point of abandoning the whole insane exercise when , almost at the very edge of the cliff , she spotted something that gleamed in the sun .
11 I wanted something that looked like a sea animal .
12 So you could claim the cost of repair if you chopped one while digging in the garden .
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