Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] i [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Some months later I received an emotional telephone call from my happy former patient .
2 Travelling to the Continent now I feel a gloomy foreboding , for there is a whiff of decline in the air .
3 Several months ago I introduced a small Regal into my tank which behaved this way .
4 A few months ago I bought a secondhand Singer 2310 machine with an electric motor .
5 When Liverpool beat them 7-1 in a pre-season friendly a few months ago I think a few people thought the Prenton bubble had burst .
6 Three days later I received the following telegram : ‘ DUNLOP TIMES-HERALD MOOSEJAW THANKS REMINDER IF BASIC TERMS AGREEABLE REPORT VANCOUVER CBC 15 SEPTEMBER ’ .
7 Two days later I met the same lady and her sari had been stolen in the middle of the night .
8 But some days later I realised the full truth of what had happened .
9 ‘ I think he must have taken one because two days later I found a five pound note in the box .
10 Three weeks ago I became the proud owner of a Chihuahua and he 's changed my life completely .
11 Four weeks ago I met every single G P in my constituency in a meeting .
12 Several years ago I wrote a controversial article in a fishing magazine concerning black , bronze and two-tone bream .
13 Emergency wanted A few years ago I wrote a little book called Discovering Backpacking .
14 ( Do you know , years ago I asked a wise man who lived in a cave outside Alexandria why this happens ?
15 Twenty years ago I took the same journey to look at the ruins of Glastonbury , destroyed by Fat Henry and his evil spirit , Thomas Cromwell .
16 Three years ago I met a marvellous man , we married and had a daughter .
17 Solid drinking ‘ Two years ago I had a one-day relapse after a very long time of being sober .
18 A couple of years ago I had a fascinating conversation with Professor Max Clues on just this subject .
19 I am glad to report that A.agassizii is not one of these species — some years ago I had a male live for four years in hard alkaline water , and a lifespan of three years is quite normal .
20 A COUPLE of years ago I had a short series published in Everyday Electronics covering the design of regulated power units .
21 Delegates , some years ago I attended an international energy conference in Geneva .
22 Four years ago I bought a secondhand Toyota 858 and after ten minutes instruction , I was quite happy .
23 Four years ago I bought an old Harmony Sovereign acoustic guitar for £20 from an absolute prat .
24 Twenty years ago I joined the Labour Party when I was eighteen years old which gives an idea of how old I am now .
25 I later read a book on astrology which told your former lives , and I learned that 2000 years ago I held an important post as a male .
26 When I came out of my room again I had a new identity , I was a new person .
27 I arrived at my quarter at what time I do not know due to me being very intoxicated and when I awoke some hours later I discovered the following ’ .
28 Less than half an hour later I left the front entrance of the Astoria and walked down the dark side street .
29 I wandered down the Rue de la Carbière then I heard the first soul-searing howl : the wolves were back in Paris , hunting for whatever they could find .
30 From that day onwards I entertained a high regard for his dexterity and skill in public affairs .
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