Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Poor Daisy , disapproved of from both sides ( for Joszef 's family had still not come round , though she had adopted their religion ) .
2 She would play happily on the sand for hours as long as the tide was out but would run from the beach as soon as the sea came to within several yards of where she was sitting .
3 Steel wool and soap filled pads are useful although much frowned upon by many authorities .
4 But Ben Macdhui has been known to give walkers more than they bargained for on several occasions .
5 But Walter Machin was just what we went for in those days : we were all daft about him could n't think o' anything else , from morn to night . ’
6 So , looked at in some lights , theory becomes literature .
7 There were all sorts that we dealt with in those days .
8 You , you had to in those days you had to sort of er use your common sense because if you had a big healthy baby it 's a long while to go right through ten o'clock at night till six o'clock the next morning .
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