Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a trick that might just save the life of the bird if a cat has caught it and then placed it on the ground for a moment before starting to pluck it . |
| 2 | And she could n't have it put out that a servant girl had defied her and then abused her to her face , now could she ? |
| 3 | First let her fear build up : let her come to believe that this prize , this catch of the season , would leave her not only as if she had never met him but somehow spoiled . |
| 4 | Despite a major publicity campaign , only a few people thought they 'd seen her or even spoken to her . |
| 5 | The draughts that had drawn them when politely caged , were now either depleted or charged to fury . |
| 6 | The persons who had known her before secretly got ready another ship , though ‘ what the cause was , she never knew ’ , says Margery ingenuously . |
| 7 | ‘ I ask myself every hour now if we might not have held him and still drawn off well enough if I had but kept a better watch on the road to Shrewsbury . |