Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I failed recently to convince a group of people on Arran that the ‘ eagle ’ they were seeing was , in fact , a buzzard . |
| 2 | We also have a number of collectors , one of whom I visited recently to discover a house so piled with neatly catalogued shoe boxes full of cards that I could not see how he and I might successfully get from the front door to the kitchen without a Sherpa . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I used ter wear a cotton nightdress when that Joe Maitland lodged wiv me , ’ she said smiling . |
| 4 | ‘ I stopped occasionally to photograph a design branded upon a distant hillside made up of countless squat semi-circular walls protecting a meagre crop ; or limp onion plants resemblant of hieroglyphs upon a furrowed wall ; or a track which seemed to lead to only more emptiness ’ |
| 5 | I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat . |
| 6 | And I 'd just seen a colleague come and go in less than three months … |
| 7 | I 'd just approached a woman ( who , it emerged , could speak only Mandarin ) , to ask her about the joys of cycling . |
| 8 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 9 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 10 | Not only had I gained the technical degree I 'd been chasing , but I 'd finally achieved a position in a business when I could use that expertise to its full potential . |
| 11 | I 'd got a baby — forty-two hours in labour , but I 'd finally got a baby . |
| 12 | I 'd also seen a probation person . |
| 13 | I 'd best take a look , just to be on the safe side . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I 'd best find a master-mason . |
| 15 | In a way it did n't surprise me , because I 'd already had a taste of what he was up to with that land . |
| 16 | I 'd never seen a weapon like that before — only military rifles . |
| 17 | Many actors would not have accepted me — after all I 'd never made a film before . |
| 18 | I would be responsible for sound , second-unit camera , and most of the stills — although I 'd never operated a movie-camera or tape-recorder in my life . |
| 19 | Anderton said : ‘ I 'd never scored a hat-trick as a professional , so it was a great feeling . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd never ridden a bike , hardly , before . |
| 21 | I 'd never had a holiday till I was twenty-five ! |
| 22 | Now my twenty first birthday I 'd never had a copper for weeks , w e had n't got anything , anything at all , and all we got really was the old fashioned dog biscuits . |
| 23 | Anyone 'd think I 'd never had a baby before . ’ |
| 24 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 25 | I 'd never had a woman when I married Bella . |
| 26 | I 'd never had a lover before , I have no comparison , ’ she said shortly . |
| 27 | That 's right , that 's right , I , I tend to keep my watch to the minute if I possibly can , but that 's bad habit or really habit from the days when I was catching trains every day , and I 'd never caught a train with any time to spare , erm |
| 28 | I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd always wanted a farm , although I had no experience of it at all . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd always had a fantasy about living with an artist and waking up in the morning and him standing there with a canvas . |