Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the decision made she felt a kind of temporary peace . |
| 2 | Catlin 's display was the base for County 's first League win of the season and Warnock admitted he took a risk when dropping experienced keeper Steve Cherry , Meadow Lane 's player of the year . |
| 3 | Casabona admitted he forced a woman lodger in the house to go to a bedroom where he tied her up with adhesive tape . |
| 4 | But red-faced valuers admitted they made a mistake when Mary , 41 , invited them to view it . |
| 5 | As her eyes refocused she noticed a depression in the pillow Fen had used — and something else . |
| 6 | Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team-mate Rene Arnoux third . |
| 7 | It was not because he would be embarrassed if Mrs. Hennessy knew he had a girl staying there , he told himself . |
| 8 | Keynes thought it resembled a Gruyère cheese — holes without the surrounding cheese ! |
| 9 | A doctor who examined the soldier who claimed he had been hit by the car said he found a bruise measuring 10cms on his left thigh . |
| 10 | Richard said he saw a raven . |
| 11 | Richard said he saw a raven . |
| 12 | Richard said he saw a raven . |
| 13 | Mr Maggs said he saw a friend of his being ill-treated in the back of the van , The police were using too much force . |
| 14 | Swales said he had a lot of flair , but admitted he was an unknown quantity . |
| 15 | The 5ft 9in model and actress with a 38-23-36 figure said it made a change for women to be seen as tough and strong . |
| 16 | Hermes ’ musical talent ensured he remained a favourite with the gods , and he was credited with inventing the lyre from a tortoise shell . |
| 17 | Ronni imagined she saw a question form in his eyes and already she was forming her answer in her head . |
| 18 | My feet decided they needed a day off . |
| 19 | When the enemy formation scattered he took a second too long to pick out an opponent , and one of the Germans slid under his tail . |
| 20 | I could n't say , You 'd give them such a shock that it 'd come as small fry when Darling Bina said she wanted a career on the stage . |
| 21 | As his grasp closed he felt a shock . |
| 22 | As the stragglers passed he noticed a man sitting on a tree root , nursing a bloodstained foot . |
| 23 | When her husband rose she lay a while , dreaming . |
| 24 | " When the war came he had a fleet of eleven ships , most of them modern carriers of eight hundred to one thousand tons . |
| 25 | With his hands deep inside the penultimate trap , his body stiffened He felt a surge of excitement as something moved between his hands . |
| 26 | His teacher thought he needed a mite of discipline . |
| 27 | In 1918 Sanders thought he had a chance to become Chief Secretary for Ireland , but was soon reduced to considering himself as a possible Speaker ; in 1921 he was passed over for Chief Whip because it did not suit the coalition to have such a partisan in so sensitive a post . |
| 28 | ‘ WHEN I knelt at the spot where Donald died I felt a knot that has been tied up inside me for three years slowly unravel . |
| 29 | As he went down again , and traversed the headmaster 's hall on his way to the study , Pumfrey thought he caught a glimpse of the head 's pallid face through the crack of an open door . |
| 30 | Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home . |