Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [pron] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I think , a lot of it , you know I was burning a bit so I think a lot of it was sort of it thinking about that blooming boiler . |
2 | In September 1934 the USSR had joined the League of Nations , and six months later they signed a pact with France . |
3 | Then a few months later we got a phone call from him asking myself and the singer to come out to Britain , and so we came out . |
4 | Some months later I got a cheque for six hundred dollars — apparently a programme in America had done a feature on what can happen when you ask a stupid question and that was my fee for being included . |
5 | Five months later I have a friend and companion who will never be sold or replaced ; a friend who knows more about Clare than anyone else . |
6 | Then little invisible tadpole things in the pee swam through the bathwater up the woman 's bottom and laid eggs , and six months later she had a baby . |
7 | Lagerfeld sent sketches off and six months later he got a telegram telling him that he had won the first prize in the group for coats . |
8 | Then a few months later he got a job with a trucking company , moved into a new house and eventually got married . |
9 | Three months later he sent a proof of Offensive from Q Quasar 13 . |
10 | David Speedy 's eighth goal of the season he 's top scorer here he got a couple in the last home game against Notts County and that was as Ron perfectly described it a real predator in action there . |
11 | done the work and they just , just a couple of months ago we got a letter taking him to court . |
12 | A few months ago they had a row , and Steve stormed off and went nightclubbing in London for the weekend . |
13 | I had a very gory accident with a shopping trolley , but the gash in my leg has healed beautifully , and about two months ago I had a cataract removed ( local anaesthetic : all the rage these days and an absolute doddle ) . |
14 | Six months ago I purchased a IIA . |
15 | Three months ago I purchased a Waterlife Nitrate Test kit from my local water garden centre and when I tried to use it consistently got a zero reading . |
16 | SOME months ago I saw a television documentary on hostels for young homeless people in London . |
17 | Six months ago I acquired a Rottie and can honestly say I am absolutely delighted with my dog . |
18 | Q Two months ago I obtained a pair of Oscars and apart from two weeks of sulks everything seemed to be fine . |
19 | and he treated his horse well I mean a lot of these horseman , good horseman treated the horse better than they did the wife ! |
20 | I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go . |
21 | If you want to obtain a higher level of compensation cover than the basic £20 then we have a range of services available . |
22 | Yes it was on the radio this morning about that erm it is in England somewhere I think a woman 's given birth to a fifteen pound some ounces kid . |
23 | My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ? |
24 | Mother had a lot of good words too , I must say , but er it was him we learnt a lot of wor And granny especially you learned a lot of words of hers . |
25 | my brother who I was very close to went to the doctor and , instantly he , pres , er prescribed Tamazapam tablets for me , knowing that I myself am a single parent so I have a responsibility . |
26 | With a sigh now she took a turning off the narrow road into one of the summer picnic spots overlooking Loch Lomond . |
27 | I remember after an exam in school , the geometry exam , the master picked up my paper and he said , ‘ We 've one boy here who scored a record for the school , no marks at all , nothing , no marks , not even one for neatness . ’ |
28 | Our assumption is that if evaluation is directed towards problem solving then it presupposes a need for change , and most of the obstacles associated with other forms of educational innovation are likely to be encountered in the implementation of proposed ‘ remedies ’ . |
29 | And we were standing on the end of the house and I thought I had nothing to tie that down with but there were concrete blocks there I had a pile of those in the corner and well it took the whole blooming thing . |
30 | If I want a different sound altogether I have a collection of Fender amps . |