Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I first heard and reviewed a pair of SD Ribbons several years ago ; to look at , the design has scarcely changed in that time , except that it is now obviously more professionally engineered and finished . |
| 2 | What guarantees can the Minister provide that other metal objects can not find their way into prison in the way in which that did and disappear as it did ? |
| 3 | And all the rime you knew that you would never take the risk of getting shot which this involved or have the necessary patience to carry it out . |
| 4 | All her fifteen combed and scrubbed years rose up in an endless vista of baths and shampoos and clean underwear ; a cortege of full baths in which she had washed herself , a slithering file of bars of soap which she had rubbed to nothing against her flesh . |
| 5 | It was a hard , harrying bout in which both gave and took punishment , but which was decided by Temple 's better in and out tactics , evasion and aggression . |
| 6 | You all saw that to begin with the tape measure stretched across from one side to the other , exactly . |
| 7 | ‘ It was what you all wanted and anticipated . |
| 8 | are they settling in , there 's also stuff in there and you know , getting to know the staff , getting to know your class school rules , coming to school prepared what it 's like on your first day er , their first week , what you were worried about when you first came and coming to scho , fears and realities and all |
| 9 | Go back to the moment when you first met and remember how it felt . |
| 10 | That was when she first realized that to lose someone you love is not to feel instant separation . |
| 11 | But the King was only interested in enjoying himself tonight , so we all drank and talked , and drank again . |
| 12 | While we all coughed and looked at our shoes in embarrassment , the gleaming casket containing Dennis 's mortal remains was spirited away to the nether regions of the crematorium . |
| 13 | Anyway I suggested to Mrs Newton that this sort of thing did n't sound like the Froggy we all knew and loved because , with great respect , that sort of money would usually have gone only in one direction — to the publicans and bookies . |
| 14 | Someone said there were things about himself he would n't like his wife to know , we all laughed and went off happy . |
| 15 | On Kristallnacht when we all romped and played and helped the Jews , and the fizzy shards swirled like stars or souls , and when Herta bent to wipe her lips with a pink handkerchief-before spitting my tongue out of her mouth . |
| 16 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 17 | The party continued long into the night , further cementing , as we all hoped and expected , East-West relations . |
| 18 | We all spurred and whipped as we reached the bottom of the hill to keep up pace for the snow underfoot made the going heavy , when both Bowyer 's horse and that of Southgate suddenly took on a life of their own . |
| 19 | Since it was our last night we all celebrated and partied . |
| 20 | Sometimes I wonder that she did n't collapse under the sheer weight of how much we needed her , of how unreasonably we all admired and needed her . |
| 21 | Then Mrs F gave a cup of tea to Vern , and somehow we all turned and looked at him . |
| 22 | She just sat there , staring out at us with her face all blank and closed up , as if she could n't see us any more , and as the bus lurched forward we all waved and ran off to our big school up the hill . |
| 23 | We all worked and lived at the same place and it seemed pretty cool to me at the time , but it started to become more and more negative until it got to the point where I wanted to leave … and I realised that they would n't let me ! |
| 24 | Unless you 'd rather we all bowed and scraped and addressed you by your noble title , Roman ! ’ |
| 25 | Something inhuman screeched and bellowed in the storm , and Pearce was swept away from the glass by the shadow , out of sight and into the night — leaving a bloody smear . |
| 26 | But we both agreed that Robed Frost , Allen Ginsberg , Kenneth Rexroth and the rising ride of repetitive Beat poets were not worthy of consideration . |
| 27 | We both thought that following 9 … f5 ? ! 10. f3 Black had somewhat weakened himself 9 … |
| 28 | We both knew that walking alone would not keep the pounds off forever . |
| 29 | We both laughed and carried on watching the fish . |
| 30 | We both cried and kissed each other , and she said , ‘ I love you , even I love you . |