Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Gide and many others in mind , Said observes that virtually no European writer who wrote on or travelled to the Orient in the period after 1800 exempted himself or herself from a quest for sexual experience unobtainable in Europe : |
| 2 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 3 | The bombers could be brought down or exploded in the air by Surface-to-Air Missiles and SAMS were being turned out like sausages , according to Khrushchev , in order to ring Moscow and other cities . |
| 4 | For example in Estate Agents documents the phrases ‘ within easy walking distance ’ and ‘ sought after ’ are very common , and for use in such a context , these would be included in or added to the compound lexicon . |
| 5 | Numerous chapels are set in or added to the walls but the chief area for this is the chevet . |
| 6 | There will not be the same winding down that occurred with the old rating system . |
| 7 | Er er well the engine which should have pulled , the post train , broke down so that went to the works and the engine which took its replacement |
| 8 | So that viewed from the purl side it 's the opposite way round to the mylar sheet , while on the knit side it 's the same way round as the mylar sheet of course . |
| 9 | So that added to the delight and fullness of life . |
| 10 | He greeted her very warmly and blushed in the sweetest way when she gave him a sisterly kiss . |
| 11 | Harry folded his arms , smiled as if he knew better and strolled about the room . |
| 12 | I jumped up suddenly and ran into the crowds of people in the dark . |
| 13 | ‘ Pech gehabt , ’ he said suddenly and broke into a grin . |
| 14 | Just then , a customer got up suddenly and hurried to the door . |
| 15 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 16 | Joseph tugged at his brother 's sleeve suddenly and nodded across the room . |
| 17 | The snow was falling thickly and poured past the window in blizzard proportions as the plane hurled itself into the Arctic night . |
| 18 | As Reid led the patient with the bloody head indoors , the white man turned to me , almost stopped me from going inside and said in an educated voice , ‘ Good morning , Doctor , and welcome to Koraloona . |
| 19 | Constantly looking back , Richmann hurried inside and waved at the sentries . |
| 20 | His fingers dispensed with the buttons on the front of her dress and his hands , warm and firm and so , so clever , slipped inside and teased at the lace of her bra . |
| 21 | I looked at it afresh and came to the same conclusion . ’ |
| 22 | He kicked gently and rose at an angle towards the ceiling . |
| 23 | I careered down the snow-slope below and sat in the shelter of a boulder to watch Roger abseil down the ice pitch , coiled the ropes and climb carefully down to join me for a marvellously welcome brew under the Shelter Stone . |
| 24 | He held the parcel out and then let it fall , and it had time enough to turn lazily over before it landed with a solid smack on the terrace below and bounced towards the rail . |
| 25 | I went below and peered inside the cabin — a tiny fixed table with divan-type seats on either side . |
| 26 | Then he shifted impatiently and gestured to the drawing-room . |
| 27 | Two minutes later , a truly magnificent swan , as white as snow , came swooping in and landed on a branch nearby . |
| 28 | All the windows were broken and came in and landed on the people working . ’ |
| 29 | Thus , to the primary objective : the production of a new OED for the twenty-first century ; we must add a second objective : the electronic handling and delivery of the information contained in and added to the OED , so that the latter is able to be altered in response to changes in the language . |
| 30 | But after he sat down and thought about it he came in and apologised to the lads . ’ |