Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of everything : Mr Bishop 's death , the wrecked kiosk , she felt happy because Simon cared enough to be worried about her . |
| 2 | On feet that tried desperately to be silent , Belinda crept away , not stopping or turning round until she reached the looming mass of the house . |
| 3 | After a time he began to whisper in a voice that tried now to be soft and gentle , in complete contrast to his alarm calls : ‘ Come on , Minch , you ca n't really be so ill that you ca n't show me your face just for a moment , or let me hear the ruffle of one of your wings . |
| 4 | Therefore this was a battle now as he understood a battle , however mangled beforehand by being half-decided at a distance . |
| 5 | ( The knife was a rather blunt penknife , not the sharp sheath knife Nick had hoped for , but it was better than nothing , and Carrie tried hard to be pleased with her Bible because Nick was grinning so slyly . ) |
| 6 | The treatment prescribed in may cases is either vitamin B6 or the contraceptive pill ( only around 20% of respondents found either to be helpful ) . |
| 7 | ‘ And I 've just been back and checked just to be sure , ’ his mate added . |
| 8 | Neil Kinnock scored most for being down-to-earth ( 41 per cent ) and was also considered more trustworthy than Mrs Thatcher — scoring 26 per cent to the Prime Minister 's 21 per cent . |
| 9 | He expected Charity to scoff at such weakness , but surprisingly , she seemed only to be concerned with how that could be arranged . |
| 10 | He seemed only to be able to breathe shallowly . |
| 11 | Others seemed genuinely to be pleased with the way things were going , while in a third group discussion centred on how much more usefully the time could be spent with the National Childbirth Trust . |
| 12 | Of the 30,000 Iraqi troops estimated still to be combat-effective at the time of the allied suspension of military action , most were Republican Guard formations . |
| 13 | Terence came close to being stroppy until Mallachy got to his feet and squared his iron jaw , but the incident was enveloped by a late surge to the bar . |
| 14 | I went through the first pile , which seemed mainly to be stock orders from golf professionals around the country , and started on the next tray . |
| 15 | It was this principle that seemed now to be inadequate . |
| 16 | In France , however , there seemed initially to be little concern in government circles at the economic recession abroad . |
| 17 | They practised hard at being reliable . |
| 18 | Her smile was luxurious , and as her eyes did briefly meet Alice 's , she seemed actually to be tantalising and teasing . |
| 19 | This reflected Parliament 's concern that such persons , presumed still to be innocent of any crime , should be further deprived of their liberty only in narrow and defined circumstances . |
| 20 | But faced suddenly with being alone through bereavement or divorce , or gradually through the natural lessening of family ties and dependency , we may find ourselves feeling very differently , remembering with nostalgia the days when we were so busy , needed and surrounded by others . |
| 21 | The kind Julian had offered their house and on an impulse she 'd accepted , relieved only to be free from the demands of the parish . |
| 22 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 23 | I was going to go back but I did n't think I 'd make it so I landed here to be safe . |
| 24 | Even if the courts purported only to be concerned with the fairness of the process of policy making and not with the substance of the policies made , it is very difficult to draw a sharp distinction between process and substance : complaints about process are usually , at bottom , complaints about substance — ‘ if we had been treated fairly , the outcome would have been different ’ . |
| 25 | His goal remained , as it had always been , partnership with Britain within the empire , and he required only to be convinced of British sincerity in working towards this goal to accept the principle of reaching it by easy stages . |
| 26 | She needed desperately to be alone for a little while — to think . |
| 27 | But we saw enough to be grateful that so much is being done to protect and conserve this rich heritage and , driving on lead-free petrol , we felt comfortable knowing that we were doing our bit . |
| 28 | But we saw enough to be grateful that so much is being done to protect and conserve this rich heritage and , driving on lead free petrol , we felt comfortable knowing that we were doing our bit . |
| 29 | Answering them also requires the development of experimental models in which to test different hypotheses , and measuring techniques refined enough to be able to detect any postulated changes with learning . |
| 30 | She struggled unavailingly to be free . |