Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Siegfried stalked around the calf house as I had done and when he returned his face was expressionless . |
| 2 | The chimes of bells which stood in every district of the city were being rung as they sat down — both because the ringers had been amply bribed and because they thought it politic to honour Artai and his chief supporter — and a small orchestra of trumpets and tambours had been hired by a steward and was accommodated in the yard , so that Burun 's speech of welcome to his guests , as well as their affable replies , were conducted with much opening and shutting of mouths and a deal of dumb show . |
| 3 | Then suddenly the bike stopped and before I knew what was happening , I 'd fallen off . |
| 4 | I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was . |
| 5 | Until I was four years old this sort of behaviour continued , then a brother was born and when I saw him , my first frightened question was : " Can he read ? " |
| 6 | He would have stayed and while I did it but . |
| 7 | She felt as though all her bones had melted and that everyone knew it . |
| 8 | However , after the March 1990 elections ministers reassured white farmers that their interests would be protected and that they had nothing to fear . |
| 9 | He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake . |
| 10 | Kelly Johnson had just left and so they asked me to join . |