Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he asked for his toast , a sister told him he would have to eat rolls and jam or go without . |
| 2 | A submarine took them to the island and the party made a successful landing in rubber boats . |
| 3 | Success as a pleader eluded him and , like many counsel in that position , Gloag became a law reporter . |
| 4 | In 1842 six ships were at anchor in Funchal Bay when a hurricane blew them all onto the shore . |
| 5 | I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect , in Threadneedle Street . |
| 6 | He always looked pleased when a case interested him . |
| 7 | That helped a bit did it ? |
| 8 | Did it throw you a bit did it ? |
| 9 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 10 | Oh she had a caesarian did she ? |
| 11 | The nine-year-old tearaway was arrested when a driver caught him trying to get into his car by sliding through the sunroof . |
| 12 | How big a part did you daughter Bria , now three , play in this change ? |
| 13 | A rheumatologist told me that his aim was to enable his patients to go on living their particular chosen lifestyle with the least possible hindrance and pain . |
| 14 | A head and a chest faced him , half-hidden . |
| 15 | we usually if I want a cheque signed you see or |
| 16 | ‘ Then a stewardess said they had another passenger with stomach pains . |
| 17 | Yes I want to go in , oh when I come round I need a contract signed I also need an order with this wording on it . |
| 18 | What a ghost made it ? |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse . |
| 20 | Our opinion survey in Chapter 6 showed that most voters felt television news on both networks was unbiased ; but amongst the minority who felt it was biased a majority thought it was biased towards the Conservatives and against both Labour and the Alliance . |
| 21 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 22 | On returning to the surface , he carelessly looked away from where he had placed the briar and a snake ate it , whole . |
| 23 | The sun 's a red ball in the oak And all the grass is grey with dew , A while ago a blackbird spoke He did n't know the world 's askew … |
| 24 | A correspondent told me of her visit to a hospital mortuary to identify her 20-year-old daughter , who had been killed in a car crash . |
| 25 | A correspondent sent me the programme for the Annual Social of the Female Caseroom at the Ballantyne Press , held in Swan 's Tea Rooms in April 1906 . |
| 26 | A college lecturer in Redcar was reduced to a nervous wreck and had to call the police to get rid of salesmen while in Northallerton a salesman suggested he bedded down on a couple 's sofa while they slept on £5,000 offer . |
| 27 | Just take a look got me little list knocking round . |
| 28 | The International Federation of Chemical , Energy and General Workers Unions about a year ago revealed that a study conducted for the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) among workers in a New Jersey Plant working with the proteolytic bacterial enzyme Esperase in producing a bleach showed they had become immunologically sensitised to the enzyme , despite very low levels of exposure . |
| 29 | Ormonde duly did so , but this time a storm drove him back to France , and he got into St Malo just as an English squadron arrived to blockade it . |
| 30 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |