(1) Basia began to thump on the door.

(2) The reason Basia never told Piotr about her lover was that by then they were no longer lovers.

(3) Basia was frying chicken livers and onions in the tiny kitchen when he told her about Agnieszka's tumor.

(4) "You should mind your own fucking business, " Basia yelled.

(5) Most of the troublesome lots, however, were consigned by Basia Johnson.

(6) And I think that's pretty obvious. He doesn't want to risk losing Basia and the kids.

(7) The door opened, but there was no sign of Basia, only the head of the old woman, at floor level, staring up through the bars like a criminal.

(8) He had written poems about his affair with Agnieszka, but his way with pathetic fallacy meant that even Basia could read them without guessing their true provenance.

(9) His sons would be in school till four, and Basia, who worked for a foreign press agency, was never home before six o'clock, because of the time difference.