Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't heard how they got on but I saw Mick just before he went and he was very positive , ’ said Ronnie . |
| 2 | Intercourse is safe throughout pregnancy , unless you had a previous miscarriage , in which case it should be avoided during the first 14 weeks and avoided altogether if you have a history of miscarrying . |
| 3 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 4 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 5 | Then suddenly , he came to a decision , and plunged on before he had time to reconsider it |
| 6 | The long day passed slowly and it grew very hot . |
| 7 | ‘ 'T IS really nought , ’ she whispered nervously as he reached her and held out his hand . |
| 8 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 9 | It was when the laughter ceased altogether that one had to worry . |
| 10 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 11 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 12 | Mona asked nervously after they rose from their knees . |
| 13 | ‘ Go on where ? ’ she asked bitterly as she stared blindly through the mud-spattered windscreen . |
| 14 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 15 | But a couple of errors crept in and we allowed Coventry to take the lead . ’ |
| 16 | Caroline whispered fiercely as she dropped the brush to the top of the vanity table . |
| 17 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |
| 18 | Leaving the clinic she realised suddenly that she wanted to go to her garden . |
| 19 | Rachel asked suddenly as they drank black coffee , because the question had been burning on her mind for some time , and she told herself it was important strategically to find out , although she suspected the truth was that he fascinated her . |
| 20 | He put four big suitcases in the car then Minnie and Dympna got in and he drove off . ’ |
| 21 | He lived in and I believe he made that one , yeah . |
| 22 | a lovely cottage , thatched roof cottage they lived in and it had an apple tree in the front , and a pear tree down the back , and all fruit trees . |
| 23 | But there again er it was the time we lived in and you had certain Well yards had their own way of trying to keep track of when a guy was in a toilet etcetera and sometimes you would have to hand in y your er your time ticket , to the toilet attendant , and you would give him this ticket and he would say right you are , you know , and mark down your number on a book and say to you , well you 've got seven minutes or something you know . |
| 24 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 25 | But er there was a time , they got so If you had carried it too green , erm you er it could catch fire . |
| 26 | See the dockers then all got together and they said right so many men for that job , so many for that job and that did n't matter who they were , they had to their job , all the way round the dock . |
| 27 | To Llaneilian to got to get it they got they got together and they got married and they had ten children . |
| 28 | ‘ But not me ? ’ she asked dubiously as she held it up against her . |
| 29 | The people filling the board room steamed gently as they sat huddled together on the rows of chairs arranged neatly in front of the big desk . |
| 30 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |