Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one year alone she was overseeing twelve undergraduates , of whom eleven emerged with first-class degrees . |
| 2 | Well there was n't when I first looked at that file . |
| 3 | When I first got into this thing I did n't ask too many questions . |
| 4 | This is why I had the right attitude when I first got to British Aerospace , anybody any , any anything anybody could tell me about how to fucking like that |
| 5 | ( When , as a schoolgirl , I first came across that line about the morning stars singing together , I was thrilled by it . ) |
| 6 | A Japanese aristocrat , which I first came across many years ago in a Berkshire woodland garden , is Kirengeshoma palmata , with large , lobed , vine-like leaves on dark 3ft stems . |
| 7 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 8 | It was at one of their conferences that I first came across organized lesbians and gays . |
| 9 | Indeed , I recall the experiences of the person who was Prime Minister when I first came into this House — Mr. Harold Macmillan . |
| 10 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
| 11 | When I first came to this room , I did n't like it , then I thought , ‘ Well at least it 's mine . |
| 12 | I first heard about this job from Mrs Gwendoline Hancock of Ipswich . |
| 13 | I mean when I when I first heard about Green flats , I thought , Well it ca n't be that bad you know . |
| 14 | They were to have eight children , of whom six died in extreme infancy and only two sons , Frederick Arthur and Leslie , survived . |
| 15 | ‘ Till that her garments , heavy with their drink , Pull 'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay To muddy doom . ’ ’ |
| 16 | John Breuilly provides interesting examples of the way in which this happened in certain parts of central Africa under British and Belgian rule . |
| 17 | Interestingly in the light of the Bulger case , however , about one in 20 respondents expressed concern about viewing something which ‘ set a bad example to children ’ — a trend which first emerged in last year 's edition of the annual survey . |
| 18 | ‘ You all spoke with equal voices for change . |
| 19 | Claudio Roditi who hails from Rio de Janeiro but is now based in New York , is a trumpet and flugelhorn player who first came to international attention with his appearance on Charlie Rouse 's ‘ Cinnamon Flower ’ . |
| 20 | Les Stocker , who first came to public attention by caring for hedgehogs , went to Buckingham Palace today to receive his MBE . |
| 21 | I did I was n't even here when you had it like when you first came to this school . |
| 22 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
| 23 | " A hoyden and an atheist when you first got to High Tor . " |
| 24 | The nine years that had elapsed since she last stood on this spot could have been a dream . |
| 25 | We all lived in this sty , just off Wimbledon Hill . |
| 26 | I remember when I thought lipstick had gone forever , a dream of painted excess , as I thought paper taffeta had gone forever , in Cambridge , when we all took to glazed cotton . |
| 27 | The top shelf was reserved for one of Mum 's wedding presents , a floral decorated bone china tea service , only used on very special occasions , which we all treated with great respect . |
| 28 | But if we all murdered for little things like that … |
| 29 | Run ! ’ the officer ordered , and we all rushed in that direction . |
| 30 | The Germans were very friendly — we all went with preconceived ideas of what the people and place were going to be like . |