Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no awareness of the supposed stereotypical mother of that era — lipsticked and aproned , waiting at the door — and do n't think I even encountered a picture of her , in books , comics or film , until the early 1960s . |
| 2 | I do n't know I just watched a clip |
| 3 | Bernice suddenly found she badly needed a drink , but her hip flask was empty . |
| 4 | However well she did , however hard she tried she never earned a word of praise from her husband , the royal family or their courtiers . |
| 5 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 6 | Describing London as ‘ a city of illusions , subject every now and then to a series of harsh awakenings ’ , The Echo ( 11 August 1898 ) believed that while some of the stones were undoubtedly exaggerated they nevertheless served a purpose : ‘ We steadily shut our eyes to the submerged lawlessness of less fortunate districts until a series of Whitechapel outrages , or Hooligan exploits , make us not only aware of what is going on , but actually afraid of our lives . ’ |
| 7 | The man ran off towards Banbury railway station , where police say they later found a weapon hidden in the men 's toilet . |
| 8 | Graham had already budgeted on being in Martigny ten minutes prior to the train 's scheduled arrival so when he reached the station he found he actually had an hour to kill . |
| 9 | There were some valid defences , particularly the poor state of most of the pitches and the injuries to Gatting ( having returned from getting his nose repaired he promptly had a thumb broken and played in only the final Test ) , but some of the criticisms were very valid , too . |
| 10 | Joan Gibbs says she really wanted a racehorse but could n't afford it and so she bought a greyhound and that 's the next best thing … it 's something of yours |
| 11 | By the end of the war this culture had been defeated , and the victorious Puritans and their nonconformist allies who had gained control of the reins of central government believed they now had an opportunity to impose on the whole nation the same moral reforms that prior to 1640 they had struggled to instigate piecemeal at a local level . |
| 12 | Now he says he also took a batch of papers and a bit of film , negative film . |
| 13 | ‘ He says he never saw a body when he moved it . |
| 14 | By the end of 1929 the First report was published : slim and hastily written it yet established a frame of reference for the London region . |
| 15 | When we were asleep , it had ceased to matter , but when we ate it still remained a bore . |
| 16 | Circumstances had obliged him to sell out to three younger partners , but until they came he never had a telephone or typewriter . |
| 17 | ‘ You wo n't remember , but all the time I was racing I also ran a construction business . ’ |
| 18 | I never bothered much about Allie , and most of the time I forgot I even had a brother . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't believe you ever had a spot in your life , ’ Matthew said . |
| 20 | Take an invitation to buy you either set a price or you do n't . |
| 21 | But he said he reckoned they probably shot a bit wide , and anyway the officers would see that they tried , and it was better to be shot by the other side rather than your own . |
| 22 | As the show opened they even enjoyed a beer with the first day crowds . |
| 23 | But Mr Jackson realises he still had a duty to correct the advert . ’ |
| 24 | Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth . |
| 25 | And also I used to notice that there were quite a lot of em empty window , you know , in the flats , and erm you know I just got a feeling that this was really where I I found that I would be able to work , or that I wanted to work . |
| 26 | Three months ago I purchased a Waterlife Nitrate Test kit from my local water garden centre and when I tried to use it consistently got a zero reading . |
| 27 | But I remember he never had a trap or anything . |
| 28 | Let's hope he never had a connection with the other American icon — or I dong — he 's writing about : JOHN HOLMES . |
| 29 | My dad always brought me up saying you never lay a finger on a woman , never ever . |
| 30 | It was mainly equipment setting up , and then when we did rehearse we only did a couple of songs a day . ’ |