Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adj] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moving at top speed , the animal positively flings itself along and then , just as suddenly , comes to rest as though nothing strange has occurred . |
| 2 | It was too late for that , and nothing discreditable had leapt out from Greg 's perusal . |
| 3 | Instead , they got themselves into a thoroughly embarrassing mess , saying they accepted Gatting 's statement that nothing improper had taken place but sacking him all the same . |
| 4 | Nothing interesting 's happened . |
| 5 | Nothing exciting has happened here , which is perhaps a good thing . |
| 6 | Thus , in the case of Parchment , the police committed what would have been a number of breaches of the rules had the accused been in the police station , but , simply because the supposed infractions had taken place before his arrival , the crown court held that nothing wrongful had occurred . |
| 7 | But someone real had laughed . |
| 8 | They exclaimed and condoled , with — once I had assured them that nothing serious had happened to my brother — a rather charming mixture of sympathy for me and pleasure in the excitement of the news . |
| 9 | Nick took her to a small restaurant a few miles outside Cambridge , where they both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened . |
| 10 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 11 | But Lady Merchiston called out after her , very much in her usual manner , as if nothing untoward had transpired . |
| 12 | Then , while shopping in Fore Street one morning , he was approached by Timothy Gedge , who smiled at him as though nothing untoward had occurred between them and asked if he had come to a decision about donating the curtains . |
| 13 | However , nothing untoward has happened at that spot since and the lines have been lifted , affording no clue as to the evil influence that lurked under the hoardings of the Fish Dock Road . |
| 14 | Somebody famous had said that . |
| 15 | Summat bad 's happened to her . |
| 16 | He smiled as if nothing unusual had happened and said , ‘ Dinner in five minutes . |
| 17 | To his dying day the young Count would not forget the fair hand which had tended him when none other had heeded his plight . |
| 18 | However , since nothing substantial has seeped out in this porous capital , that 's doubtful . |
| 19 | Something strange had happened last night , she was sure of that . |
| 20 | Something strange had happened to them . |
| 21 | One evening a few weeks later , Matilda was having tea with Miss Honey in the kitchen of The Red House after school as they always did , when Matilda said suddenly , ‘ Something strange has happened to me , Miss Honey . ’ |
| 22 | I started to feel really low , certain that something awful had happened . |
| 23 | I was just dropping off to sleep and you know how you 're just thinking , yeah , mm what are we gon na do this weekend , and all of a sudden , Ben 's legs went and kicked me really hard , and I thought oh my God something awful 's happened , and you , you really do , you move a lot . |
| 24 | Dr ‘ Scott ’ You come to a house where something awful has happened and there 's the mother and a couple of daughters and the neighbour from next door and they 're in a terrible state . |
| 25 | Something odd had happened to her last night . |
| 26 | Now something exciting has happened , you want to dull the effect ! ’ |
| 27 | Something funny 's happened . |
| 28 | He had said and done nothing that was not polite , yet he left them with an inexplicably awkward feeling , as though something unpleasant had taken place . |
| 29 | Something unpleasant had happened to her face ; it was swollen and a greyish-blue colour , and her eyes protruded under strained shiny eyelids . |
| 30 | Something similar has started appearing on British television , so if they have to be shown surely the details could be kept to a minimum and shown for the shortest possible time . |