Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The New York Times demonstrated how he had made little impact on the movie world , until that point in time , with the observation that the lawyer Hanson was ‘ … played by Jack Nicholson whose sharp , regular features may be vaguely familiar to kids who go and watch drive-in movies . ’ |
| 2 | As the words sank in she raised her head . |
| 3 | And if you read the scriptures , you 'll discover those where er he , you know er he was with Paul on one occasion , and er he 'd been eating with Gentiles and er then some Jews came up who believed that eating with er non-Jews even though they were followers of Jesus was wrong . |
| 4 | Stretching it further by setting up trading posts inland seemed neither necessary nor prudent , so a network of Indian traders grew up which took the Company 's goods inland . |
| 5 | But as the months went by she became restless . |
| 6 | She said : ‘ There are only 3,000 black rhinos left so we have to learn to conserve them . |
| 7 | Only a sharp expression in the eyes suggested how he had made his way in the do-or-die world of modern publishing , where niceness gets you nowhere . |
| 8 | When afros came in I gave up . |
| 9 | Well as I told you at you used to clip them that damn short and we when I was knocking them off , I had to keep dodging down , let the wag and keep knock clips off and chuck the one side and then the wagons came down They went down the hill like that , and then up here there was a hook line to stop them . |
| 10 | Mark needed a chance to realize that his parents understood how he felt and that lots of other older brothers feel the same way towards their young sisters . |
| 11 | The winds blew wherever they wanted |
| 12 | Detectives leading the hunt for Mrs Campbell 's killers said today they 'd made vital progress . |
| 13 | Detectives leading the hunt for Mrs Campbell 's killers said today they 'd made vital progress . |
| 14 | Directors said yesterday they had decided to change investment accounting policy to charge the provisions as exceptional rather than extraordinary . |
| 15 | In the event the visitors explained why they considered that both points were without merit . |
| 16 | My grandiose descriptions faltered so I undid my money belt and emptied one of the pouches on the table . |
| 17 | As the planes flew on they neared their target of the German city of Nuremberg . |
| 18 | As the years stumbled by she found that she had nothing much to say to anybody . |
| 19 | At the start she would rehearse arranging them with the nun so that she would do it well when she got to the Hogans , but as the weeks went by she grew in confidence . |
| 20 | Most important of all , she thought , as she picked over the problems of his character , as the days went on he seemed to be so much steadier , so much easier in his own skin . |
| 21 | But as the days went on she found herself working with him more and more frequently , delegating the routine tasks to the general office on the ground floor . |
| 22 | As the days went by she moaned more and more about the mess the wood caused . |
| 23 | When the cuffs went on he had braced the sinews of his wrists to secure the maximum space when he relaxed . |
| 24 | I was born in Hampstead at 10.00 pm. on a Tuesday night and my Mother was very glad to see me , because I was her first boy ; she had already produced two girls with the help of my Father and as the years rolled on she gave birth to another two boys . |
| 25 | ‘ As these first two days dragged on I began to realise that there was no hope of saving my arm . |
| 26 | He called on the UN initially to deploy teams of military observers , but other Bosnian officials said yesterday they hoped a peace-keeping force could follow . |
| 27 | UN officials said earlier they hoped to enter the settlement of Cerska within 24 hours to check Moslem claims that up to 1,500 sick and wounded needed to be evacuated from a Serb offensive . |
| 28 | A whole series of male clubs sprang up which emphasised the elements of male bonding . |
| 29 | As the lights came up I saw he was standing up straight and alert , with cubes of dried vomit decorating his cheeks . |
| 30 | I 've gone round the car twice , I thought , that ai n't stopped but I did , you do n't realise it 's stopped cos I did n't hear the bib bib bib bib bib there 's so much foam anyway you do n't realise there 's none coming out the like fine dribbles coming out of fucking put the back , put the jets bit on he rinsed it all down just about got it rinsed and then it gives you like erm a blob like a wax blob , so I put that on there I thought |