Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they put a sling round them or made a canvass and two supports on the side of it and the sling to be too hard on the cattle 's sides . |
| 2 | He took her plump hand in his and repressed a shudder . |
| 3 | Roy , who was about four and had n't been used to drinking out of a glass , took a bite at his and broke a chunk out of it . |
| 4 | She saw three public houses and a shop selling papers , but nothing that looked a likely candidate . |
| 5 | Nothing moved at the crossroads , or nothing that threatened a soldier 's life . |
| 6 | Nothing that rang a bell . |
| 7 | Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it . |
| 8 | Cos I mean , I remember saying that , they , he knew somebody that had a catheter for two years ! |
| 9 | ‘ Looks like an Easter egg , ’ murmured Busacher to himself and heard a snort behind him . |
| 10 | He looked himself and saw a tall old woman coming towards them . |
| 11 | He is married to a Spaniard , owns property in Spain , has worked there himself and made a fortune , too . |
| 12 | And Austen Chamberlain was still telling Baldwin that the Conservative position would only be restored if he bestirred himself and put a less negative spirit in his speeches . |
| 13 | Upon entering , he had braced himself and executed a formal salute . |
| 14 | he came to me and got a . |
| 15 | Finally , he turned to me and asked a question , repeating it twice , in the same jumble of words and sounds which I could n't understand . |
| 16 | On the way out a visiting French person saw me and poked a finger at the shirt . |
| 17 | Suddenly a young man wearing a full-face motorcycle helmet rushed up behind me and stuck a revolver in the security guard 's face . |
| 18 | He flung it back , missed me and knocked a motto off the wall . |
| 19 | It all started when a man called Frank Somers wrote to me and enclosed a photograph of himself and his wife Pauline and their little girl called Hayley . |
| 20 | In any event he did a very professional job with me and took a great weight off Laura 's shoulders . |
| 21 | There 's work to be done in the world — so much to be found out — ’ He checked himself abruptly , lifted his glass at me and took a sip from it . |
| 22 | Then she looked back at me and smiled a brave , convalescent smile , not yet well , but on the mend , cured in spirit . |
| 23 | But a boy at Bodedern Secondary School had seen them and told a teacher , and Paul Jones said he showed the marks to three teachers at Gwalchmai school in 1985 and they telephoned the social services . |
| 24 | Whilst Jack sat with them and had a beer and a photo taken , I wandered into the gloom of the shop and rather studiously examined some Portuguese washing-up bowls . |
| 25 | So we listened to them and had a laugh , , teeny weeny what 's it , polka dot bikini they 're quite funny here . |
| 26 | Dexter knew they were hungry for information so he winked at them and made a thumbs-up sign . |
| 27 | Well er just wire and they just laid evergreens you know and one and just them and them and made a circle and a |
| 28 | They were built with me in mind and I liked them and got a couple from Fender . |
| 29 | Mr Steyn , who voted for Prime Suspect , said the jurors handed their votes to Miss Shubik , who checked them and announced a majority of four to three , though she did not say who had won . |
| 30 | Mr Steyn , who voted for Prime Suspect , said the jurors handed their votes to Miss Shubik , who checked them and announced a clear majority of four to three , though she did not say who had won . |