Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [pron] [be] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 15 , he started to dabble with heroin and within 12 months he was using it daily . |
| 2 | ‘ The captain fed us bits of information about decompression and what to do , and after 10 minutes we were told we were returning to Birmingham because of a shattered windscreen on the aircraft . |
| 3 | He could n't tell whether there was a steady stream of them , or whether it was the same five or six Hunters who were torturing him . |
| 4 | so like perhaps , say six weeks you 're doing it on the voluntary basis |
| 5 | Although Symphonic Variations was not intended as a ritual , Ashton can be said to have used it as such for six dancers who were practising their art in the spacious simplicity of Sophie Fedorovitch 's décor . |
| 6 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ Prior to his tour of the States , David started doing dates in England and within three months he was becoming what seemed like the biggest thing in England . |
| 7 | In three seconds he was tilting it down his throat , ignoring the cups . |
| 8 | Three men who were visiting her in the flat were also attacked and beaten . |
| 9 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 10 | One afternoon she was maintaining her usual bedside vigil when , with the strains of Madam Butterfly playing in the background , he opened his eyes ‘ and was back ’ . |
| 11 | At one juncture it was thought she had died , but gradually she recovered . |
| 12 | One moment she 's kissing me , and the next she 's telling me she ca n't see me till next week . |
| 13 | One moment she was sobbing her heart out , then , lulled by the bearlike warmth of his chest and the comforting shelter of his great arms and shoulders , she had fallen asleep like a child . |
| 14 | Even after five years they were finding it a bit difficult in Oxford , you see , a bit sticky . |
| 15 | One minute we were riding our horses , the next we were surrounded by five villains intent on murder . |
| 16 | I said she had been trained properly , I was telling them just basically about Claire in general and just about the good of erm , things like things you like to talk about , and erm , so I just , I said , they cried poverty , I said , but you know , one minute she 's driving her old banger , and the next minute she 's got a K reg and outside the , |
| 17 | One minute she was enjoying it — oh , with a few protests thrown in , like she did n't know me well enough , she should n't be doing it , and so on — nothing serious . |
| 18 | One minute he was embracing her , kissing her passionately , and now he was leaping around the bedroom like a young gallant , getting ready to get out . |
| 19 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 20 | ‘ You know , ’ she said resentfully , ‘ when Billy was inside he was sharing a landing with some very funny men , and one day he was telling them about that pub he bought with the cellars full of Château d'Yquem not showing off or nothing , just by way of general conversation , and they said , ‘ Nice , is it , with that stuff you lot eat ? |
| 21 | One day she was playing her favourite game , pretending to make a garden , when one of the children , Basil , offered to help . |
| 22 | One day it was decided we would take our dinner to eat in the nearby Botanical Gardens , and we staggered down there laden with dishes , plates etc. , Mary-Anne hiding under her coat from embarrassment in case she passed anyone she knew ! |
| 23 | ‘ Finally I had to tell him , I do n't understand one word you 're telling me . ’ |
| 24 | of course it is , apparently say what they like about the Green Party but at least that 's one thing they 're doing something |
| 25 | Er there 's one thing I was involved which er unfortunately turned out er was quite national , it was a promotion |
| 26 | On the one hand you 're giving them extra responsibility so yes the bigger might be bigger for that reason . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't really ‘ bang it ’ but at one stage I was doing it three weekends out of four . |
| 28 | This chapel marks the ultimate halt in a via sacra of 14 chapels which was to wind its way down the hill to the Malá Strana . |
| 29 | Within two weeks we were encouraging our readers to lobby their MPs concerning the restrictive Night Assemblies Bill , Robert Tripp was regaling us with tales of groupies and interviews had taken on a new air of contention , seriousness and madness . |
| 30 | She 's here for another two weeks and if I do n't speak to her in those two weeks I 'm dropping her . |