Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] miss [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With them lived Miss Hatherby , Lady Wardley 's sister . |
| 2 | I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I asked Miss Allitt what had gone wrong , and she said he had been violently sick . ’ |
| 4 | I knew what I wanted to do , and first of all I asked Miss Sowerby , ‘ Any spare blankets ? ’ |
| 5 | But where the muscles had started to waste was the most important part , and so I asked Miss Sowerby for another square of cloth to reinforce the heat over the ankle . |
| 6 | And one summer , when I was twenty , I asked Miss Linda Wood a very important question . |
| 7 | I asked Miss Matlock to bring me up a thermos of soup and a plate of smoked salmon sandwiches at six o'clock . |
| 8 | I was a student when I met Miss B , but I have never forgotten her . |
| 9 | ‘ I met Miss Rose , the ex-matron of Thorn House . |
| 10 | I met Miss Fanshawe on my way in . ’ |
| 11 | I found Miss Havisham and Estella sitting in the same room , with candles burning as usual . |
| 12 | That holiday morning I found Miss Louise waiting for me just inside the door with a pair of old shoes and a pair of slippers in her hands . |
| 13 | Dear old Joe simply could not believe his eyes when he and I entered Miss Havisham 's room the next day . |
| 14 | When I entered Miss Havisham 's room , there was a well-dressed lady sitting with her . |
| 15 | They will obviously be an extremely happy couple , although I told Miss Ingram something about the Rochester property which made her look quite depressed . |
| 16 | I told Miss Vinall you 'd be coming . |
| 17 | But before Lucy could answer Doreen leaned forward and lied in a sweet voice , ‘ I told Miss Telford that you 'd said for her to get into the bus . |
| 18 | I interviewed Miss Cross and Sir Peter at the Red House in Aldeburgh , Sir Peter 's home with Benjamin Britten since 1957 . |
| 19 | Before I shut my own door I noticed Miss Kilspindie 's move ever so slightly . |
| 20 | I handed Miss Sowerby half a dozen of the strips . |
| 21 | I addressed Miss Hinkle . |
| 22 | I thought I heard Miss Havisham whisper , ‘ Well ! |
| 23 | I heard Miss Temple greet them as the wife and daughters of Mr Brocklehurst . |
| 24 | I heard Miss Kenton say softly behind me : ‘ His pulse is very weak . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I saw Miss Lofthouse in Thirkett and she told me . |
| 26 | I brought Miss Vanessa down . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I thought Miss Rose lived here , ’ Juliet began . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought Miss Dixon was effectively a danger to the company because she was taking the law into her own hands , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ I took Miss Postlethwaite to see the polo , ’ he explained . |
| 30 | " We began with history , and covered the early years of Queen Elizabeth , and we were to have some music practice , but I persuaded Miss Powers to leave that until later this afternoon , lest it disturb you . " |