Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | His only son had been killed in a car accident so Mum expected us to make a fuss of him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Teaching practice made me feel a lot less dispirited . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Newham , North-East asked us to consider a policy of full employment . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yeah , Stuart 's card did you get a card off ? |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Hermes ’ musical talent ensured he remained a favourite with the gods , and he was credited with inventing the lyre from a tortoise shell . |
| 13 | In 1982 the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee asked him to write a paper on the Falklands , which was considered a most notable contribution to the debate in this area . |
| 14 | It was a standard opening — the kind of play that made no real difference to the final outcome — yet somehow the boy made it seem a challenge . |
| 15 | Duly , when the Conservatives were returned in 1970 , Ted Heath asked me to lead a delegation to see whether we could work out an agreement . |
| 16 | The theatre management urged him to take a holiday , but he refused , not wanting to disappoint the audiences who were still rushing to get seats at each performance . |
| 17 | When the enemy formation scattered he took a second too long to pick out an opponent , and one of the Germans slid under his tail . |
| 18 | David Steel , Curator of European Art at the museum expressed the opinion that Mr Humber would probably have left them to the museum had he made a will , while he himself had tried to persuade the owner to donate them to the Rembrandthuis , Amsterdam . |
| 19 | As his grasp closed he felt a shock . |
| 20 | The next chapter explains how this conceptual framework allowed us to construct a forecast of the course of the Wirral heroin ‘ epidemic ’ . |
| 21 | When her husband rose she lay a while , dreaming . |
| 22 | What 's more , having themselves expanded to massive premises during that time , Harmony found themselves supporting a business whose sales were being rifled wholesale by cheap(er) imports . |
| 23 | She saw me looking at her and thrusting the bag under my nose invited me to take a pinch . |
| 24 | " When the war came he had a fleet of eleven ships , most of them modern carriers of eight hundred to one thousand tons . |
| 25 | With his hands deep inside the penultimate trap , his body stiffened He felt a surge of excitement as something moved between his hands . |
| 26 | His teacher thought he needed a mite of discipline . |
| 27 | Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home . |
| 28 | The importance of the position is reflected in the salary and benefits package offered which includes a company vehicle . |
| 29 | Born Edith Keefe in Londonderry , Northern Ireland , after her first husband died she married a lance corporal in the Military Foot Police , in Southampton during the last year of the First World War . |
| 30 | My lad took me blackberryin' a month or two back , up above the quarry , and I seen'em . ’ |