Example sentences of "[vb past] it without [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in the room Sally had chosen especially for her was Harriet amongst familiar echoes of the past and she never entered it without feeling a wave of gratitude towards her aunt . |
| 2 | They said they were n't , but they jammed the bread and ate it without speaking . |
| 3 | If Cad had become aware of him on that occasion , as she soon would , when she became their go-between , she would have taken his attachment as her due : she counted the giving of delight as nothing for she accomplished it without intending it . |
| 4 | Karen knocked on the door , then opened it without waiting . |
| 5 | He snatched it from my hand , read it and returned it without looking at me . |
| 6 | I signed it without speaking , incredibly delighted , grinning like a maniac . |
| 7 | He obtained her signature but did not explain the document to her and she signed it without understanding it . |
| 8 | They knew without being told that this was the chief telegraphist , whose word was law on starboard watch ; knew it without seeing the three brass buttons on either sleeve cuff which pronounced his rank or the lightning-flashed wings on his right arm that told them he was the telegraphist they sought . |
| 9 | Riven took it without speaking . |
| 10 | Took it without saying anything . |
| 11 | I thumped it without feeling remorse . |
| 12 | He did it without pushing and shoving but with competent authority . |
| 13 | What 's more , he did it without getting his feet wet . |
| 14 | She carried it without complaining and without any comfort . |
| 15 | A constable brought his coffee and he drank it without noticing . |
| 16 | We , we tackled it without putting a great lot on the rates , we were a , we were able to tackle it year by year by altering some of the rooms . |