Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I sent him outside to make a start on the exterior painting , and went back to tidy up the mess . |
| 32 | Three , the thief knew he never wears a hat . |
| 33 | That is a point of view which I understand , but which I should not commend against a background in which Parliament , when removing the unfettered right of a land owner to develop his land as he wished , thought it right to enable a land owner to get a second opinion if the local decision on his application was adverse . |
| 34 | I did n't re I thought he actually made a person , I did n't realize he made himself into a person . |
| 35 | Jones had been cast for the minor but useful role of leading a small diversionary force of ships to the north of England and Scotland , but his attempts to make his ships ready for sea involved him in constant arguments with the French authorities , and his reputation as a tyrannical captain made it hard to find a crew . |
| 36 | Convinced that education was the prime path to political formation , he became a schoolmaster and , although his socialism made it hard to find a place , he was appointed to one by the Govan school board . |
| 37 | CHRIS MORRIS admitted he nearly caused a touchline riot at the end of a high-octane thriller . |
| 38 | I do n't care , did I just take a carton of that ? |
| 39 | Did I always have A Orgasm ? |
| 40 | Well no because what I did I actually gave a copy to er to Paul okay , this is er ja erm . |
| 41 | ‘ Did ye ever meet a man called Borgalini ? |
| 42 | A woman with all her baggage and a raucous infant in a wire buggy wheeled it over my foot , and a woman in a yellow overall rushed out of a shop yelling , ‘ Did you just buy a Scrabble game ? ’ |
| 43 | ‘ Did you really bring a boat across tonight in that ? ’ |
| 44 | There was laughter when Mr Carman said : ‘ Did you ever visit a flat provided for Mr Mellor in Kings Yard in Mayfair ? ’ |
| 45 | Calmly he continued , ‘ Did you ever meet a friend of Jekyll 's — a man called Hyde ? ’ |
| 46 | Did you ever meet a mother who 's complained that her child phoned her too often ? |
| 47 | Did you ever have a problem with family , friends , or women in your life who automatically assumed the boy was you ? |
| 48 | did you ever have a desire of er a wall bracket where you did n't have to chase in the flex that it actually ran up from er a socket in the wall ? |
| 49 | That leads to a conversation : ‘ Did you ever have a dog in your house ? ’ |
| 50 | ‘ Tell me , Myles , did you ever read a book called Handy Andy ? ’ |
| 51 | When did you ever see a student wearing that Manc gear ? |
| 52 | Take no notice did you ever see a programme about erm , I forget his name now but he used to dance with Sammy Davis er man in he 's nearly seventy now I suppose but him and his brother go to this place in New York and it showed him outside in the street |
| 53 | ‘ Did you ever write a letter to Mrs Connon ? ’ |
| 54 | Did you actually do a whole fifty ? |
| 55 | But did she really use a potty at night , keeping it in a cupboard by her bed ? |
| 56 | Did we ever get a mention in the programme ? |
| 57 | Did they also have a revolver each ? |
| 58 | But why did they ever think a roof on its own was enough ? |
| 59 | Did they ever have a foundry ? |
| 60 | Or did he just leave a message to let me know he 'd called ? ’ |