Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I 've got a potential describing Inverness I met her on the train the other day , a friend of my , he says
2 I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways .
3 But erm when we , by the time we got into Hull I heard it on the radio what had happened and we went to the toy fair and then we came back and there was er you could see all the ambulances and everything still there .
4 Still on the subject of pets , I must n't forget Mrs. I found her under the millstone table outside the kitchen on a cold November evening .
5 Firstly it is clear that whatever contingencies entered into the writing of the Treatise , Keynes himself intended it as a major contribution to economic theory , free-standing and internally valid in all circumstances .
6 The metal was originally exploited by the Indians of Colombia and Ecuador who recovered it in the form of grains and occasional nuggets from gold-bearing alluvial deposits of rivers draining into the Pacific .
7 Of course , when we were in Bruges you told me about the hypochondriac darling you worked for , but what about before that ? ’
8 Reid 's star began to rise with a vengeance last year when he became associated with the stable of Peter Chapple-Hyam who provided him with the horse every jockey wants to have — a Derby winner .
9 Taskopruzade 's grandfather , for example , studied under Molla Yegan , probably at some time alter 839/1435–6 , and it was Molla Yegan who recommended him for the post at Taskopru .
10 Satellite dishes , we went t when we went to Falmouth they took us on a trip there , it was interesting .
11 Over coffee we heard another interesting anecdote about The Kings Head which brought it to the forefront of media attention last year .
12 Arnold himself conducted it on an EMI recording of 1980 , but sadly that has yet to appear on CD .
13 The first of two holidays they spent together was on a cruise ship , the SS Romantica which took them to the Greek Islands .
14 They were firmly rejected by the ANC which described them as a plan to perpetuate white rule and delay true democracy .
15 In the early 1900s possession passed from the Walsingham family to the Gunters who used it as a country home .
16 The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife .
17 It was Pete who turned it into a car . ’
18 He was , with Giulio Argan who predeceased him by a month , and Federico Zeri , perhaps the leading opinion-former in the Italian art world , known to the general public from his articles in L'Espresso and then , from 1977 , La Repubblica .
19 In 1915 the farm was taken over by Fauchons who ran it as a dairy farm .
20 The idea started with DEC who conceived it as an anti-OS/2 move fronted by DEC Windows .
21 Alexander , his third son , was educated at Harrow and Cambridge where he met , as well as Manners , Benjamin Webb who introduced him to the Cambridge Camden Society .
22 It is also striking how far he took issue with Western critics of Ceauşescu 's Romania who saw it as a police-state pure and simple .
23 The road was owned by Mr Dalison who gave it to the parish , in 1892 and it was made up at the cost of £40 and the improvements to the cemetery cost a further £21 140 .
24 In Germany the privilege of driving it was handed to Mario Andretti who crashed it on the first lap .
25 The performance of Lucy Alcorn ( Mrs Montgomery ) was also noted by Mr Poynor who described her as a ‘ natural , easy actress . ’
26 The report was put in the papers by a former professional named Martin who used it as an advertisement for his shop . ’
27 Lisa was apparently introduced to James Gilbey by her agent 's assistant , Catrina Skepper who invited her to a weekend party in North Yorkshire .
28 Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified .
29 Mrs I excluded you from the speech after you asked the question
30 As for the Crown of Sorcery , it was recovered and taken back to Altdorf by the Grand Theogonist of Sigmar who placed it in the deepest vault of the Temple to be guarded for eternity by powerful spells and iron locks .
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