Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an attempt to solve this problem , I have used the experience gained from an analysis I once made of some Playschool programmes on BBC2 , and brought along some assistance , in the form of Big Ted and Little Ted , who will play the two speaker roles , and to whom I shall give an oral and a nasal voice respectively . |
| 2 | During the next three and a half years I often thought of this meal and of the amount I had to leave on my plate because I could not eat any more . |
| 3 | I never heard of these scripts again and they were never broadcast to my knowledge , but , for whatever interest they may have , I included one of them in my collection of short stories , scripts and plot summaries under the title ‘ Bits and Pieces ’ to be published one day . |
| 4 | I never thought of that angle . ’ |
| 5 | I half disapproved of these costumes , they made me feel uncomfortable , but at the same time I admired and envied her , she was so original and unconcerned . |
| 6 | I would n't do it now because I , ever since that , that woman was on the train was stabbed and thrown out , I would n't go alone on holidays now but in those days , well maybe I was a lot , course I was younger then but you never heard of such things |
| 7 | Well we 'll get carbon dioxide off , so you might be iridium carbonate or ytterbium , we 've got a powder which may be ytterbium car carbonate or ytterbium sulphate and you never heard of this stuff , ah carbonate carbonate and maybe , maybe ytterbium carbonate does n't give off carbon dioxide with acid , but there is a very good chance it does cos all the others you 've ever heard about do . |
| 8 | We never heard any grumbling , everyone ate everything and we never heard of any health problems ( if there were any ) ; it was totally refreshing for all to be themselves and be accepted as they were . |
| 9 | Mrs Bradshaw had met my mother a couple of times and they plainly approved of each other . |
| 10 | Both have been chronicled in this book , and perhaps we can say now of Eliot what he once said of another poet , " We also understand the poetry better when we know more about the man . " |
| 11 | He once said of this discovery : |
| 12 | He was glad that he had dismissed Palottino , although the Neapolitan had made it dear that he strongly disapproved of this mania for walking . |