Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUPPOSE you have a print by Picasso , Dali , Miro or Chagall , or sold one in the past few years : you have a special interest in a Brooklyn courtroom this week . |
| 2 | Ward had not lied or misled anyone about the nature of the payment or tried to conceal the money he had received . |
| 3 | Erm I I I must say I have n't read or heard anything about the British Gas thing . |
| 4 | The best I can say is that Boy looked something like , or had something like the feel of , Paul Newman when he 's playing the character christened Chance Wayne in that Tennessee Williams film . |
| 5 | She disappeared , then reappeared behind the counter and whispered something to the girl who was on duty there . |
| 6 | They were opened with huge and ancient keys , and led one into a secret world of liquid green shadows . |
| 7 | Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 . |
| 8 | Ornamental grasses also featured here and became something of a talking point , especially Carex comans ‘ Bronze Form ’ . |
| 9 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 10 | They , they did have the option that they could have had complete absolute egalitarianism and made everybody into a poor peasant , but the commun but the commun the Communist Party were progressive and they s saw that how that you needed to have industrialization in order to increase the welfare of peasants which was their ultimate aim , and I mean it appears that how that they did n't actually care er what kinds of means they 'd have to achieve that , as in capitalism was justified in this longer term perspective . |
| 11 | He reappeared carrying two glasses that tinkled with ice and passed one over the fence to the woman . |
| 12 | She was alone in the world and owned nothing but the clothes in which she stood , a small attaché case filled with important things and a brown paper carrier bag containing shoes , stockings , and two crystal goblets carefully wrapped in a pair of white cotton knickers . |
| 13 | If Alison Watt , poor little sausage , had measured the Queen Mum from ear to ear , and got everything in the right place in the same picture , people would probably tell her she was a genius . |
| 14 | They have that particular one because the two little girls wanted to be bridesmaid 's , have just been bridesmaid 's and have these dresses and Anna thought the colour was so pretty , cos she went into Laura Ashley and got one in the sale of last years stock . |
| 15 | They wanted a new start and found one in the form of nearby Hangman 's Wood , owned by the Marley Paving company . |
| 16 | It looked round for an ally , and found one in the old hereditary enemy , Austria-Hungary . |
| 17 | Then he went to bed , having checked the room for electronic bugs and found one in the base of the lamp . |
| 18 | The lorry driver , a relief worker from ISC Chemicals in Bristol , came on the wrong day and found nobody at the plant . |
| 19 | Michael came to mountaineering through its literature and found someone of a like mind who was also keen to start . |
| 20 | He waved and shouted something at the mercer in the street below , then scrambled back onto the ladder again and started to descend . |
| 21 | He turned and shouted something to the mercer below . |
| 22 | Topknot spread his arms above him and muttered something at the sky . |
| 23 | At this point Sergeant Aitken came in and muttered something in the Inspector 's ear . |
| 24 | When they had finished he ran round with a hat and allowed none of the audience to escape , saying : ‘ Gentlemen , for our art . ’ |
| 25 | His penis was as thick as a chair leg and measured something in the region of seven inches in a flaccid state . |
| 26 | I behaved with great dignity and showed none of the resentment I may have felt . |
| 27 | It appeared to be feeding normally and showed none of the obvious signs of illness . |
| 28 | Jason saw and heard nothing during the night and raised the alarm when he went to tell his parents that he was unable to wake Matthew . |
| 29 | ‘ And yet to have been there and heard none of the holy words which we should naturally have listened for from those lips at such a time — how distressing ! ’ |
| 30 | City failed to produce one worthwhile shot and owed everything to the extraordinary reflexes of their goalkeeper . |