Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It feels so high , ’ she exclaimed as exhilaration gripped her . |
| 2 | One sign of the times : the film ‘ Bonfire of the Vanities ’ flopped after critics accused it of being kinder to yuppies than the original Tom Wolfe novel . |
| 3 | News of the two games came as Tottenham announced they had wiped out their debts by finally banking almost £6m from the Italians for the gifted Gascoigne . |
| 4 | ‘ You seem to make a habit of this , ’ she muttered as confusion propelled her into action . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's … it 's simply lovely , ’ Laura murmured as Carole showed them around the cottage . |
| 6 | You asked if people say we looked alike . |
| 7 | He turned as Heather joined them . |
| 8 | Shelley went outside to the jeep , parked close by in the blazing sun , but turned as Miguel followed her and suggested , ‘ Maybe I could go to the village alone ? |
| 9 | He nodded as Ralph greeted me , touched the neb of his flat cap , and walked away . |
| 10 | Throughout 1990 rumours spread that a less-busy Shabba had signed for a major , which finally happened when CBS picked him up in America at the end of last year , and worldwide earlier this year . |
| 11 | The silence lengthened as Lucenzo surveyed her , and she knew intuitively that he was debating whether to pursue her or not , wondering if she was worth teasing any longer and perhaps forming some other devilish plan . |
| 12 | Billy 's eyes shone as Yanto told him about the bike . |
| 13 | All my dreams of playing for United to the end of my career — and I was on a seven- year contract — vanished when Ferguson called me into his office and offered me a cash pay-off to clear out and go and do something else with my life . |
| 14 | I agreed because Charlotte wanted it , not because of Arthur Nicholls . |
| 15 | ‘ Tina , darling , perhaps it 's time — ’ Lucenzo swore as Katarina interrupted him with a heart-rending wail . |
| 16 | She watched as Roman poured it into small white cups . |
| 17 | Katy watched as Grandma wound it slowly round and round and the ball of wool grew bigger and bigger . |
| 18 | Some treat Jesus as the greatest medium who ever lived while others accept him as ‘ the psychic Son of God ’ . |
| 19 | He screamed if Ivan left him alone , even for a few minutes . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , folk knew because Walter told them . |
| 21 | The toy car went because John wound it up . |
| 22 | He listened while Gabriel told him the day 's events . |
| 23 | She listened while Silas gave them a talk on safety measures , reminding them that if anyone fell out he must lie on his back . |
| 24 | Isabel 's eyes fell as guilt racked her again . |
| 25 | She knew what " this fellow " meant when Dada said it like that . |
| 26 | Martin Peak and Karen Brielly died when soldiers mistook them for terrorists when they roared through a roadblock . |
| 27 | Mary laughed as Martin pulled her down on the bed beside him . |
| 28 | At one stage Dave Sprott the northern dentist had suggested they hire a black charabanc and people in Maple Drive , used now to his carefully preserved northern humour , had managed deliberately weak smiles of the kind they managed when Sprott backed them into a corner at someone 's Christmas party . |
| 29 | His business grew as Parliament gave him control of a number of ironworks , including the former royal ironworks in the Forest of Dean . |
| 30 | Her head began to throb but it eased as Fernando guided her through the crowds to small , quieter side-streets away from the harbour . |