Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guide 's eyebrows rose until they almost met his hairline . |
| 2 | Josh had the newspaper spread out in front of him on the table , but Ruth felt sure that he had not been reading it ; she doubted if he even knew it was there . |
| 3 | Her action always embarrassed him , but as it was unobtrusive he doubted if anyone else noticed it . |
| 4 | Thus in our example where no goods perished because none ever existed , the contract is void at common law . |
| 5 | Deeper and deeper Ruth sank till she nearly leapt out of the hired Suzuki at the gates and fled into the forest never to emerge again . |
| 6 | Terry exclaimed as she hastily opened cupboards and showed Ellie where everything was . |
| 7 | I think I stopped when I once asked someone what the matter was and he said : ‘ If you do n't know , then you ca n't love me . ’ |
| 8 | For a brief moment , she actually thought he would defy the old man , but then her heart sank when he sheepishly replied , ‘ Perhaps it would be for the best , dear . ’ |
| 9 | She was worried that she would n't have an accurate idea of what she ate if she just picked and nibbled . |
| 10 | I 'm a designer , ’ she added when he simply looked right through her . |
| 11 | ‘ I have brought you a brandy , ’ he added when she just sat there with the towel completely over her head . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's leading you too , ’ Maggie reminded him quietly and his hand came as it often did to tilt her chin imperiously . |
| 13 | He drove as he always drove in those days , well , but far too fast . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , ’ she muttered as she deliberately refused to even consider the implications of his statement , of that strong body being in a wheelchair , diminished , the arrogance dimmed . |
| 15 | In a daze of ever-increasing passion , she barely noticed as he gently removed her clothes , suddenly glad to be free of them and astonished to find herself revelling in his softly whispered murmurs of delight , the fierce gleam in his grey eyes , before first his fingers and then his lips began tracing patterns of fire on her quivering flesh . |
| 16 | The great day came when I finally untied him . |
| 17 | It was only half way through my life , I suddenly realized if you really want something , go for it . |
| 18 | Who cared if he never rose any higher than H.S.O. ? |
| 19 | I says , well , I says , I was reading a book and an old wifey that lived up at and she was about ninety six , and this chap that was interviewing her , well he would n't be interviewing her but he said she sat by the fire and she hostied and clochered until she nearly spewed . |
| 20 | ‘ She said she was a real fan , and loved the Royal Family , and asked if her best regards could be passed on , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The superintendent asked if he really meant what he had just said . |
| 22 | But I called him up one day and asked him how he was doing and he said things were pretty good , so I asked if he still wanted to do that album . |
| 23 | ‘ Someone on the set who did n't know her asked if she really had been ill recently and I said no , she 's actually quite young and looks amazing underneath all that . |
| 24 | And I , I 'm going to be working from behind Denise because you all need to see , but you would be working from the front as I 've already talked about , so you need your triangular bandage , alright , and there 's your long edge , and there 's your point as we call it , a sort of elbow shaped , think of that as elbow shaped because it always goes towards the injured elbow . |
| 25 | He must have heard what happened because he never came back . |
| 26 | This had the desired effect of quietening them again , and he acted while he still had them under control . |
| 27 | He ducked as something heavy whizzed past his head . |
| 28 | ‘ But yes , ’ he replied as he attentively opened the passenger door of his Skoda for her . |
| 29 | ‘ Get out ! ’ she yelled while she still had breath , but , even as she started backing rapidly , she knew he had no intention whatsoever of obeying her orders . |
| 30 | This impressive record began when they both joined in 1950 , Alex as a bank boy in the Wilton department and Jean as a trainee in Spool Setting . |