Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was no feather-weight , but even the stairs only made him breathe a shade faster . |
| 2 | Alvarez was fully aware of the ‘ bad news ’ part of the equation-the muon 's brief life which only allowed it to catalyse a handful of fusions before it perished . |
| 3 | The accompanying photograph , a reproduction of a ‘ gay outing ’ protest posterdesigned to force homosexual celebrities into the open , apparently showed him wearing a tee-shirt bearing the slogan ‘ Queer as **** ’ . |
| 4 | The accompanying photograph , a reproduction of a ‘ gay outing ’ protest posterdesigned to force homosexual celebrities into the open , apparently showed him wearing a tee-shirt bearing the slogan ‘ Queer as **** ’ . |
| 5 | I suddenly felt we had a lot in common and maybe I 'd misjudged him . |
| 6 | It was a winter of doubt and uncertainty and the young Provencal only knew he had a ride just over a month before Suzuka . |
| 7 | Not only did they get a promise from the secretary of the men 's union that they would be paid full wages by the union if they came out on strike ( unusual , if not unprecedented for non-members ) but the agreement subsequently signed with Neill 's management included some improvements in their piece rates . |
| 8 | Not only did I draw a blank about the pictures , but political events were moving so fast that the book I had begun to write had ceased , after the completion of the amount of text Faber 's required , to be the one that needed to he written . |
| 9 | Not only did he require a grant of 57,000 acres of the drained land , but , according to Dugdale , he intended to transform the village of Manea into a town to be called Charlemont , which would command the new river system . |
| 10 | So did you do a passenger service direct to Kirkwall calling at Egilsay and Rousay ? |
| 11 | So did you spend a lot of time in the mirror doing that ? |
| 12 | He was n't queer , she felt sure , so did he have a woman every now and again she wondered ? |
| 13 | He got me so riled I lost a race this afternoon I should have won . |
| 14 | Not only had she booked a seat on an ordinary shuttle flight from Edinburgh to London , but a fellow passenger even had the audacity to ask her to sign his copy of Andrew Morton 's book Diana : Her True Story . |
| 15 | Not only had he won a match he was desperate to succeed in , he had also earned his Liverpool colours . |
| 16 | They gave me a pethidine injection which just made me feel a bit sleepy . |
| 17 | Peter Shore soon invited me to become a member of the Docklands Committee which was responsible for planning the redevelopment of the Wapping area . |
| 18 | The Ukrainian settlement in the north west has always been close-knit and Ivan Solowka soon found himself running a club for the 20 or so families in Middleton . |
| 19 | After Trafalgar , Admiralty instructions to the commanders of British men-of-war no longer ordered them to demand a salute from foreign naval vessels in the waters where Britain had for so long claimed such a right . |
| 20 | Although , like us , he 'd had no news , either from the guards or television or magazines , he somehow felt he had a lot of information that came to him through the ether . |
| 21 | No I just thought they looked a bit short that was all if you were |
| 22 | While thus engaged he met a group of Gold Coast traders to whom the British government , eager to disentangle itself from the political strife of the region , was in the process of handing over its installations . |
| 23 | Du n no , he did n't say he just said they need a fork lift driver |
| 24 | It just said he carries a portfolio and he , you know , when he goes out to work . |
| 25 | At the very beginning I took it really personally when he yelled at me , ‘ Get me that , ’ but I quickly realised he has a lot on his mind during the show . |
| 26 | I doubt whether they caught him because no one ever asked me to make a statement or come to court ; but then you never know , he may have pleaded guilty . |
| 27 | SOMERSET County Cricket Club yesterday announced it made a profit of £82,612 during the last year , although chief executive Peter Anderson warned that the county is still in debt . |
| 28 | As we have seen , horses can learn some things very quickly , and once learnt it becomes a habit so they do n't have to reconsider the matter each time it arises . |
| 29 | Luton 's loss FOOTBALL : Luton 's annual reports and accounts for last season yesterday showed they made a trading loss of £254,000 , which would have been nearly £1.6 million if they had not sold players . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know about saving souls , ’ said Richmond Town chairman Eddie Roberts , ‘ but I once heard him save a sportsman 's dinner at which Emlyn Hughes spoke first . ’ |