Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the decision made she felt a kind of temporary peace . |
| 2 | Catlin 's display was the base for County 's first League win of the season and Warnock admitted he took a risk when dropping experienced keeper Steve Cherry , Meadow Lane 's player of the year . |
| 3 | His only son had been killed in a car accident so Mum expected us to make a fuss of him . |
| 4 | Casabona admitted he forced a woman lodger in the house to go to a bedroom where he tied her up with adhesive tape . |
| 5 | When the tower walls swung back into focus Isabel found herself clutching a chainmail tunic , quite unaware of the metal links cutting into her palms as she gazed straight into the ice-blue eyes of her husband . |
| 6 | Following the notorious deal struck by Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt in 1940 , the Americans had built a naval base at the deep-water bay of Chaguaramas , and , whilst the huge influx of military and civilian personnel created something resembling a boom-time on the island , their recreational habits led to increased levels of prostitution and organised vice . |
| 7 | The sour taste in her mouth made her retch a couple of times , and after a moment , she got up and walked out of her office to the coffee machine . |
| 8 | Teaching practice made me feel a lot less dispirited . |
| 9 | But red-faced valuers admitted they made a mistake when Mary , 41 , invited them to view it . |
| 10 | The hon. Member for Newham , North-East asked us to consider a policy of full employment . |
| 11 | The Society of African Missionaries made him sign a document promising to be ‘ Faithful to church teaching in matters of faith and morals . ’ |
| 12 | Kathleen found herself heaving a sigh of relief . |
| 13 | The man who 'd taken a photograph of the bus asked if he might photograph the old people also , and the bus-driver told him to wait a minute . |
| 14 | As her eyes refocused she noticed a depression in the pillow Fen had used — and something else . |
| 15 | Renault showed they had a winner for the first time at the 1979 French Grand Prix when Jean-Pierre Jabouille ( Fra ) was first , with team-mate Rene Arnoux third . |
| 16 | It was not because he would be embarrassed if Mrs. Hennessy knew he had a girl staying there , he told himself . |
| 17 | Keynes thought it resembled a Gruyère cheese — holes without the surrounding cheese ! |
| 18 | Police were called to Hulbert close early this morning , after neighbours of 57 year old Derek Morley saw him shooting a rifle in his back garden . |
| 19 | Yeah , Stuart 's card did you get a card off ? |
| 20 | The script had him deliver a line that was in sharp contrast to most of the seemingly right-wing reactionary statements he was making whenever a camera was n't turning or when a curtain was not up : ‘ Extraordinary theory — you bend a child double in order to give him an upright character . ’ |
| 21 | A doctor who examined the soldier who claimed he had been hit by the car said he found a bruise measuring 10cms on his left thigh . |
| 22 | Richard said he saw a raven . |
| 23 | Richard said he saw a raven . |
| 24 | Richard said he saw a raven . |
| 25 | Shortly after her début into London society in 1863 she became engaged to Llewellyn Thomas of Llwynmadoc , the heir to a large coal fortune , but his early death from smallpox in 1864 on the eve of their wedding left her to face a lifetime of spinsterhood and good works , divided between Swansea and her London home in fashionable Knightsbridge . |
| 26 | Mr Maggs said he saw a friend of his being ill-treated in the back of the van , The police were using too much force . |
| 27 | Swales said he had a lot of flair , but admitted he was an unknown quantity . |
| 28 | The 5ft 9in model and actress with a 38-23-36 figure said it made a change for women to be seen as tough and strong . |
| 29 | Hermes ’ musical talent ensured he remained a favourite with the gods , and he was credited with inventing the lyre from a tortoise shell . |
| 30 | Mortimer advised him to find a linguistics expert who could advise them on the meaning of the word ‘ bollocks ’ . |