Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
| 2 | Mrs Boswell had packed sheets in her husband 's luggage , and Joseph Ritter laid them on both beds . |
| 3 | Malengin Fole led them through several apartments , all of them apparently abandoned . |
| 4 | Gaveston opened a door in the far wall and led them down some steps , dimly lit by torches fixed in iron brackets . |
| 5 | A small Palestinian boy led me up some steps to the side of the building and the woman ushered me inside . |
| 6 | This got me into some problems too with a chap in Braigh who was very fond of black Polled cattle . |
| 7 | Cos they had the , the expensive yarns and they produced them on these machines with very little waste . |
| 8 | Paraded in my immaculate " dhobied " drill I presented myself to my commanding officer who glared at me , and dismissed me with these words : " I am astonished that you have the gall , Mahaddie , to apply for a pilot 's course … if anyone is foolish enough to ever recommend you , you would only kill yourself , and probably others , Good day ! " |
| 9 | It achieved temperatures over a million degrees and sustained them for several milliseconds . |
| 10 | They helped me in many ways but there was something sick in my mind . |
| 11 | Mr. Whitaker also referred me to some passages in the speeches of Viscount Finlay and Lord Dunedin in Weld-Blundell v. Stephens [ 1920 ] A.C. 956 , 966–968 , 976 . |
| 12 | A further humiliation for Bush was the news that maverick Independent Ross Perot headed him in several states . |
| 13 | This provided her with some seeds and a loan to buy a goat . |
| 14 | Lucie , who had been calling to him all the while , unheard above the din , caught him in both arms and ran with him , up the steps and through the chapel door which Izzie was holding open . |
| 15 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 16 | Rain caught her in both arms , held her tight , and knew it was only her grasp which kept the woman upright . |
| 17 | Dressed soberly in a long-sleeved , ankle-length tunic which , though cut loosely , came high up to her neck , she approached him with both hands extended in greeting . |
| 18 | Though it was not the first hostile bid — Charles Clore and Isaac Wolfson beat it by several years — the aluminium battle was a prototype for future bids in which a buyer made an offer to the shareholders of a listed firm against the wishes of its managers . |
| 19 | John described it to many interviewers as if the free lessons were a concession in return for taking part in performances , but it would be more realistic to regard the performances by the University of Cape Town Ballet as a valuable part of his ballet education . |
| 20 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 21 | Those patients with a good postoperative result ‘ maintained it for many years , gained occupationally and vocationally , were pleased with the results of the operation , and were willing to recommend it to others ’ . |
| 22 | It was what , I used today , they used it in all hospitals . |
| 23 | He suddenly thought of the hat she had lost , searched for it , and found it among some leaves on the ground . |
| 24 | The voyage of the good ship ‘ Ceilidh ’ in September provided us with many lessons in seamanship and Christian living . |
| 25 | Alf 's grand-daughter , Ann Parker , still lives in Darlington and kindly helped us with these illustrations from her collection of footballing photographs , medals and newspaper cuttings . |
| 26 | I saw an excellent physiotherapist and a chiropractor who subjected me to some tests and found that the ratio between my hamstrings and my quadriceps was n't good enough . |
| 27 | One of the circumstances which drove me to these experiments will be familiar to most home cooks . |
| 28 | Two Bengali women in their twenties told me of many women they knew , and knew of , who were thus stranded . |
| 29 | Over the years , he told me on many occasions of his first day in business at Wilton when a young man . |
| 30 | Today , someone told me about some fires in the new forest here in Africa ; but Gog does n't want to hear about those fires . ’ |