Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed he had just given up and was letting her go graciously and tenderly . |
| 2 | ‘ So … so I 'll send them , shall I ? ’ she asked , holding her breath , bracing herself , waiting for the blunt , ‘ You do that ! ’ the violent , ‘ Go to Hell ! ’ the indifferent dismissal , or , even worse , the continuing silence which meant he had really hung up on her . |
| 3 | For a moment , the sergeant had that same sense of disorientation when the lights went up at the end of an afternoon programme in the cinema and he felt he had just flown back from another world . |
| 4 | ‘ At first I thought he had just blown up or even broken down . |
| 5 | ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour . |
| 6 | The one time North thought He had really come through ( ’ Thank God — He answers prayers ’ ) , was a cruel tease . |