Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 2 | I only started work for the exam in February . ’ |
| 3 | As I was watching the sparks bounce off the curved perspex , I suddenly remembered part of a nightmare I 'd never remembered before . |
| 4 | I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . |
| 5 | I finally left Luggnagg on a boat sailing to Japan . |
| 6 | For instance , returning to that problematic word cunt , I once took part in a discussion in which a woman explained that she did not use that word because for her , its connotations were unrelievedly pornographic . |
| 7 | Gail Smith writes ‘ The burden God has given me for Albania took root in 1982 the first time I ever heard mention of the country and people . |
| 8 | So I always had meat during the rainy months when I could not go out with a gun . |
| 9 | During that time though I still kept contact with the market and the market traders on a Saturday , and a Thursday , if possible , after I 'd finished , remembering the market stayed open till nine o'clock at night . |
| 10 | Of course , I still had water from the stream , and then … the earth 's plenty … ’ |
| 11 | I avoided ice cubes , salads and water — I even cleaned my teeth in mineral water — and I still fell prey to a stomach bug . |
| 12 | College induction programmes for staff new to FE were in their infancy at that time and I probably felt content in the knowledge of my own ‘ expertise ’ . |
| 13 | I also expressed concern about the possibility , albeit rare , of producing generalised anaphylaxis in certain sensitised patients who are tested by intradermal injections rather than the ‘ skin prick ’ method . |
| 14 | Around then I also got hold of a folk album by Pete Seeger and I remember being really struck by a track called ‘ Goofing Off Suite ’ . |
| 15 | I also made contact with the local cycle touring group and did several rides with them at weekends and on Tuesday evenings . |
| 16 | ‘ I also took note of the man who wrote to me saying ‘ why do you sigh so much ? ’ |
| 17 | I nearly married Camilla in the fifties , but it would n't have worked . |
| 18 | A few days later while driving him home , she asked him why he 'd hit her and , she alleged , ‘ He went crazy again , punching me so I nearly lost control of the car . ’ |
| 19 | I even got stick from a manager at work about that believe it or not , albeit friendly stick . |
| 20 | I even won praise from the nurse by lithely arching my back , more or less unassisted , when she did her thing with the pan … |
| 21 | I frequently heard reference to the " Mad Mullah " , whose forces still occupied half the country ; and I listened enthralled to descriptions by officers in the Somali Camel Corps of fights against his Dervishes . |
| 22 | ‘ All that breeds insecurity but I never received stick from the crowd . ’ |
| 23 | After a mockery of a trial in London , at which he proudly denied that he was a traitor , ‘ since I never swore fealty to the English king ’ , he was hanged , drawn and quartered . |
| 24 | I have already stated that I discovered death at the age of six , and also that I never considered suicide as a possible course of action . |
| 25 | I can not answer for other members of the United Nations , but in our meeting last week I certainly drew attention to the necessity for ensuring that the United Nations had the right financial and material aid to complete the tasks that we have set it . |
| 26 | I RECENTLY TOOK PART in an access discussion broadcast by the BBC when a landowner quoted a stalker as asking what walkers and mountaineers contributed to the running of an estate . |
| 27 | I recently had news of the Mandarin Oriental Hotels Group , who give perhaps the best service to customers of any hotel group in the world . |
| 28 | The rough edges on the opening Mean To Me quickly gave way to the most assured and accomplished performance I have heard from her . |
| 29 | She furiously grasped hold of a clump of soggy weed and after more slipping and sliding finally managed to heave herself out . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , dear — you poor old hag ! ’ her friend murmured sardonically , grinning as she deftly caught hold of the cushion Laura had sent flying across the room towards her . |