Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where she met where she met him then ? |
| 2 | He never found where she hid her food . |
| 3 | The driver gunned the motor but that only threw off sprays of fine snow , and the motor howled until I thought it would burst . |
| 4 | Include also those items which you wanted to have in the past but dismissed because you thought you could not have them or simply forgot about them . |
| 5 | You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to . |
| 6 | She stopped before she revealed her future plans . |
| 7 | First , on the ’ liability for others ' acts ’ point , the Bill contains safeguards — as my hon. and learned Friend knows from his study of it — when the accused can show that the aggravating event occurred before he committed his basic offence or that he was not near the vehicle at the time . |
| 8 | They divorced after he strangled her dog for trampling on his tulips . |
| 9 | He said he had only offered to use the truncheon as a sex aid but desisted when she shook her head . |
| 10 | The older man 's bushy grey brows rose as he shot her a penetrating glance . |
| 11 | His brows rose as he turned his brown eyes upon her . |
| 12 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
| 13 | God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me . |
| 14 | ‘ All right , all right , ’ John Williamson grumbled as he made his way to the table and sat down . |
| 15 | ‘ Ye can see me now , more 's the pity , ’ he grumbled as he pushed his way to the back , treading on a few feet in the process . |
| 16 | He made toys that parodied her innocent amusements and those of her brothers and she trembled when he raised his leonine voice . |
| 17 | ‘ Come on , lazybones , it 's nearly dinner-time , ’ Otley scolded when he brought me some tea up . |
| 18 | He tried a grin , but winced as it hurt him . |
| 19 | Boyd was calling up the stairs for Hank to come down , and she watched silently , as if at the movies , while he emerged from his ground-floor bedroom , walked past her without looking at her , and held out his hand to the reporter , who winced as he felt its grip . |
| 20 | Defries winced as she pulled herself to her feet . |
| 21 | One of his hands closing over the slender curve of her hip made her lower body stir involuntarily , the increasing urgency of the gyrating movement explicit , both statement and summons , and Maria heard the harsh breath he drew as he absorbed it . |
| 22 | Michael Heseltine , Environment secretary and former Prime Ministerial candidatem , was certain which he prefered when he met his Spitting Image Alter Ego . |
| 23 | and I phoned one night late and , it was late and I phoned for I wanted her to come home , and I was it was quarter to twelve and said she 's not home yet . |
| 24 | Fred often winced when he witnessed his wife 's impudence and guile , but he realised she was right . |
| 25 | Hank chuckled , and then winced when he moved his head suddenly . |
| 26 | Helping herself to what looked like a gin and tonic — and was a very strong one , she found when she tasted it — as well as a tiny chicken and mushroom vol-au-vent , she was about to make a beeline for an unoccupied chair in the corner when a stranger spoke beside her . |
| 27 | Yet , in Brooklyn , Beecher acted somewhat differently as Dickens found when he paid his last visit to America in 1868 . |
| 28 | Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights . |
| 29 | So if erm if if you yeah yes E T E T phoned when what do you want ? |
| 30 | He stopped as he heard her gasp , then went on steadily , ‘ But I have a question to which I 'd like to know the answer . |