Example sentences of "[noun prp] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could have been stoned , people would have mocked her as she passed in the street , as they jeered and booed that girl Serafina when she started getting bigger and everyone knew who 'd done it but they could n't do anything about it , not even kill him , because he was the son of a nobleman -Rosalba shuddered , remembering the way Serafina had thrown up her chin and turned and screamed at her tormentors , ‘ And which one of you is so good that you can point at me ! ’ , then dropped her head and run away down the street , holding her heavy breasts as she ran . |
| 2 | The days on Capitol Hill when she had to paint in her limited spare time seem far off now . |
| 3 | At seven-thirty she had started the engine of the Subaru when he came running out of the house . |
| 4 | Instead , Blanche asked Blufton where he had bought the mechanical canary . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's such an important video artist worldwide , known particularly well in the United States where he has won numerous awards . ’ |
| 6 | She had been crying , for the money Eddie earned was precious , and McAllister had not known what to say , only that she was sorry and would inform Dr Neil when he had returned . |
| 7 | " We should get a doctor , " said Rossmayne when he had laid Virginia on a couch . |
| 8 | Tom , 49 , from Liverpool , flew to the Portuguese capital Lisbon where he aims to follow Columbus 's voyage to the West Indies in the smallest craft ever — just 5ft 5in . |
| 9 | What happens on Friday when we have to pay out wages ? ’ |
| 10 | Had he been bearing a grudge against her since the previous Friday when she had pushed him against the door of Woolworth 's ? |
| 11 | Next Friday when you go to get your money , cos I was n't always with the collier , mostly I was on the day work . |
| 12 | David Harper discovered the latest damage on Friday when he went to open the shop . |
| 13 | There was nothing in our press release , in fact the contrary , criticising the Labour Party Officers going to Brussels where we 've had tremendous support over the last ten years . |
| 14 | At Deirdre 's elbow stood the faithless Jonathan Headleand , who was trying to explain to his stepmother 's first husband Edgar why he 'd decided , after all his protests , to follow in his father 's footsteps , while simultaneously trying to keep one eye on Deirdre ( for whom he felt responsible ) and the other on his girlfriend Kate Williams who was being harangued by a Tory backbencher about Marxist infiltration of the Open University . |
| 15 | That glory of hair gone and she had never noticed , not even on Saturday when they had said goodbye . |
| 16 | I do n't mind shopping on Saturday when I 've got the money , but I do n't like it during the week — I 'm usually broke by Monday — so I keep it down to a minimum . |
| 17 | Sometimes when we 'd been out to clubs Bernie would give me a lift home to my parents ' , right out in Greenford where we 'd moved just about the time I started keeping twilight hours . |
| 18 | ‘ I use the Hollower whenever I wish to cross a threshold … ’ |
| 19 | The discount houses have an arrangement with the Bank of England whereby they agree to tender for the whole of the weekly Treasury Bill issue . |
| 20 | Guard dogs hurled themselves against the wire and then chased the car the length of the property , barking frantically , while Cinzia told Zen how she had persuaded Gianluigi to buy a place in the country although he could n't see the point , but to her nature was not a luxury but something fundamental , a source of sanity and order , did he understand what she meant ? |
| 21 | Took her months to call me Ken and she says Mister Reynolds when she 's got company . |
| 22 | ‘ What a lovely day , ’ said Mrs Molesworth when she had got her breath back . |
| 23 | ‘ And what am I supposed to tell Mr Benedict when he arrives to find you gone ? ’ demanded Taggy crossly , tucking a nightgown into the battered portmanteau . |
| 24 | It was Scott who launched McWilliams on his Irish career after he had come home from England where he had made his start and Pat stayed with Scott for two and a half years before moving on . |
| 25 | These were developed in England where he had come in search of further anthropological inspiration after reading Frazer 's Golden Bough . |
| 26 | Richmond travelled through Europe gaining a rudimentary education on his tours before basing himself in England where he continued to box with a measure of success while working as Lord Camelford 's valet . |
| 27 | Since February when they had chatted in Portuguese , she had seen the racing driver just twice . |
| 28 | Mr Rampton asked Lord Aldington why he had ordered on 17 May 1945 that the Yugoslavs not be told where they were going , and whether they had been falsely told they were going to Italy . |
| 29 | There they split up , Rudi going by train to Gdynia where he managed to work his passage on a Polish boat to Stockholm . |
| 30 | At the end of that street , they went back to the bus-stop and to Kilburn where they had worked before . |