Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ran a fragrant bath through muslin bags of mint and lavender and flung my clothes onto a chair eager to get in . |
| 2 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 3 | Only your good news banished my cares for a while . |
| 4 | After we had lived there for a few years , we wanted to buy it and do it up , so we asked my College for a mortgage . |
| 5 | She once asked my advice on a birthday gift , so I suggested a book . |
| 6 | Truth to tell , I made my decision within a week , as well . |
| 7 | I made my way to a cottage near the church , where I had been told I could expect a night 's lodging . |
| 8 | I made my way to an hotel lounge in the Diamond , where I sat and read a leaflet I had picked up in the church . |
| 9 | At a very early stage in my career I learned that a sympathetic response on my part to the child 's needs within the family setting made my work as a classroom teacher considerably easier . |
| 10 | ‘ Dearest Belinda ’ er … , no , I know , Belinda 's into poetry ; it 'd really impress her if I made my note into a poem ! |
| 11 | I wiped my face with a handkerchief and thought about Barbara Porter . |
| 12 | I have wept copiously and shared my feelings with a woman , that is , my intended . |
| 13 | I wrote to Belgium , and found them places in a school in Brussels , which was owned by a Monsieur Héger . |
| 14 | Nat turned and shouted this garbled message to me and I hooked my dogs to a tree and went forward to talk to him . |
| 15 | First , cavorting lunatic- savant features editor , James Brown , snogged my mate at a party . |
| 16 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |
| 17 | I built my life on a lie . |
| 18 | Three and a half years ago I described my experience of a meeting I attended for briefing on the brave new world of budget holding , the wild card of the recently published NHS Review . |
| 19 | We have had the house painted , and I caught my dress on a door . |
| 20 | On a wet day , eyeing the lanes of traffic before crossing to the hospital , I caught my toe in a paving-stone and fell fiat . |
| 21 | I found my way to a temperance hotel advertised in the guide-book and found it a homely house . |
| 22 | Dorian , you changed my life as an artist from the moment when I met you . |
| 23 | Suddenly I was jumping , yelling out as the flagstone beat my feet like a cudgel or stone cricket bat . |
| 24 | Her sudden vehemence stopped my tears like a slap in the face . |
| 25 | Suddenly S. entered my room with a telegram in his hand saying : ‘ It has come . |
| 26 | I crossed the garden and entered my house like a stranger . |
| 27 | He used my shoulder for a support while he was firing . |
| 28 | His team dismissed their opponents for a record low score . |
| 29 | When the Green party was formed 20 years ago , many treated it as a political joke and dismissed its members as a bunch of idealistic hippies . |
| 30 | He dismissed her thanks with a wave of the hand . |