Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few months ago she sent me a letter , informing me that during a recent visit to All Saints church , Gresford , she had discovered that the church contained a standing stone . |
| 2 | A second later she knew what the sound was , for having heard her too , the most beautiful Dobermann suddenly came tearing round the side of the house and charged full pelt at her . |
| 3 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 4 | Two days later he granted me a private audience , a remarkable consideration during those eventful days to his youngest and least important guest . |
| 5 | ‘ Seven years later they gave him a parish of his own . |
| 6 | Many years ago I knitted myself a sleeveless jumper in mercerised cotton ; this stretched in the wash until it was more like a mini-dress . |
| 7 | So then he gave them Visa , which he 'd hardly been using at all , and twenty minutes later they gave him a car . |
| 8 | And I 'm no good at tying laces so she got me a pair of Adidas you know with the velcro , |
| 9 | In my , in my day probably someone did it a little bit off that , different |
| 10 | When we were seated facing each other again she gave me a ball of pink wool and a pair of knitting needles and I had my first lesson in how to knit properly without dropping stitches . |
| 11 | ‘ I hit the fish and stright away though it was a good one , but my son Tony has never caught a pike so I handed him the rod , ’ said Lee . |
| 12 | And yet there was a part of her which longed to get to the bottom of this complex man , an instinct perhaps which told her the quest would be a worthwhile one . |
| 13 | ‘ A week ago he sold me a second-hand car that he said was almost new . |
| 14 | We talked a bit then I gave him a lift back to his hotel . |
| 15 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 16 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |