Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb pp] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike a probation order , which was not regarded as a sentence of the Court , a suspended sentence ranked not merely as a sentence , but as a sentence of imprisonment , with a condition attached which activated the element of custodial confinement only if another offence was committed within a stated period of not less than one year nor more than two ( originally three ) years . |
| 2 | She feels that the experience of being a childminder helped her to get the job and certainly gave her the confidence to apply in the first place . |
| 3 | For every miracle in which a saint punished someone flouting his authority , there was someone to do the flouting . |
| 4 | She got this pink wool like angora twenty five pence a ball , so she started that , then she come on er , no Tuesday , with that she bought some needles cos if she 'd of had some more needles I could of done this one for er , now she 's got the back and er sleeve done I think , half a sleeve done I think |
| 5 | Catching them was a simple procedure of setting up a wire-mesh peat basket , held up at one side by a stick , with a string attached which led in through the window . |
| 6 | If restretching is too daunting , you could either use a frame with sufficient rebate to hide the discrepancy or have a frame made which fits the canvas . |
| 7 | So , to win your ( sniff ) wonderful stocking , send us a postcard telling us which '50s rock'n'roll star had a song called I Want Elvis For Christmas . |
| 8 | But when he was a man grown he returned again to the city of Skadar , and the place where his mother was imprisoned . |
| 9 | On the T tonight it says there was a man started who started only started to do the pools , Raymond er , six months ago |
| 10 | As time moved on , more cost-conscious beaux substituted a bunch of flowers with a message attached which brought ‘ posy ’ to its modern meaning . |
| 11 | Lorna Lewis might not have made a picture since a flopperoo called It Happened in Monte Carlo three years ago , but she was still Hollywood royalty . |
| 12 | On one occasion while having a plate refilled she beamed at Silas , then asked lightly , ‘ Am I making a satisfactory hostess for you , Silas darling ? ’ |
| 13 | Having recently had a pacemaker installed I have nothing but praise for the treatment I received both at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton and the Freeman in Newcastle ( a Trust hospital ) . |
| 14 | A few years ago we bought a company called who manufacture all the filters that we use . |
| 15 | I ca n't remember that but I know she , she 'd been to the families either side , Mrs she 'd got one son and two daughters and there and what have you , and then at the end house furthest from the lock was a family named they got two lads and oh she only used to charge half a crown . |
| 16 | He knew Carmella would have had a fit had she seen it . |