Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow . |
| 2 | Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself . |
| 3 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 4 | And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so |
| 5 | so he goes , no he goes I , I mean it as a slovenly woman , like you 're |
| 6 | I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park . |
| 7 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
| 8 | I met her in a big line-up of people and it was very difficult for her . |
| 9 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 10 | A few weeks later I met him in a wild part of Laggan . |
| 11 | I shared it with a coloured girl who I got on with and we had a good laugh . |
| 12 | I earned quite a lot of money by showing my Lilliputian animals to people , and in the end I sold them for a high price . |
| 13 | I sold it for a reasonable price . |
| 14 | I got one with a big chunky battery , it should 've lasted about six month to a year |
| 15 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 18 | I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school . |
| 19 | At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below . |
| 20 | Strangely , and almost coinciding with this modification to weight reduction , I found myself in a lack-of-petrol situation . |
| 21 | and I found myself in a bare street . |
| 22 | I found myself in a rough cubicle with a torn curtain hanging to approximately knee-height . |
| 23 | I was terrified of him , but I found myself in a horrible Catch 22 situation . |
| 24 | I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river . |
| 25 | I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars , hotels and souvenir shops . |
| 26 | I found myself in a large room , where the curtains were closed to allow no daylight in , and the candles were lit . |
| 27 | All of a sudden , I found myself in a festive gathering , as I had absent-mindedly gatecrashed an exhibition launch at the Gallery of Photography . |
| 28 | I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs . |
| 29 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |