Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one who was so instrumental in mapping out the future promise of early Smiths , his quote ‘ If you asked me to write something about The Smiths now it would probably be critical ’ , remained interesting . |
| 2 | When Richard Denyer first began knocking on doors in the book publishing world , with the synopsis of a photographic essay on the Norfolk Broads in his hand , he found himself facing something of an image problem . |
| 3 | If you invited him to make one at a dinner-party , you expected him to talk intelligibly ; if he published a volume of poems you expected him to write the sort of thing that the average well-educated man could understand because it came within the orbit of his own experience . |
| 4 | Inevitably , when he arrived home he found he had nothing but a blank sheet of photographic paper . |
| 5 | Bessie knew nothing about football , and her constant harping on one subject caused her to become somewhat of an object of ridicule . |
| 6 | Laming claimed he knew nothing about the drugs ring and said Black put up £10,000 towards development of the stun gun . |
| 7 | Well I have n't said , her , heard anybody say anything about the grand old tradition of switching on the television set , and I 've a horrible feeling that er that th that the one day in the year when people want to get together with their families probably means switching off the television set . |
| 8 | When the BUF developed it created something of a stir as the various political parties adjusted to its presence . |
| 9 | I gave him £1 … then watched him ask everyone in the station . |
| 10 | I watched him put something in the captain 's hand . |
| 11 | In Three Men in a Boat he tells how , having gone through a medical dictionary at the British Museum — to check if he had hayfever — he decided he had everything in the book except housemaids knee . |
| 12 | Er I thought I had one in the house yesterday I went , as Sheila was going erm Jackie was in her garden |
| 13 | Thought you said something about a chicken . |
| 14 | In a remarkable public statement , Anne insisted she said nothing of the sort . |
| 15 | As she went upstairs she saw him toss something in a little glass down his throat in one gulp and she saw the swollen nicotine-stained fingers and the watery bad-tempered eyes . |
| 16 | Thought he said something about the suspension . |
| 17 | Did I see anything of the riots ? |
| 18 | Did you do anything with the wool at that time ? |
| 19 | Did you do anything with the erm names we gave you for nil absence ? |
| 20 | Did you see anything under the saddle ? |
| 21 | DID you see anyone on the roof of The Venue , formerly The Spaniard Inn , at Bramshott Chase during Thursday/Friday night ? |
| 22 | Did you see anyone in the bed ? |
| 23 | Did you have anything in the way of holidays erm , was there a sort of works ' holiday or any works ' outings while you were there ? |
| 24 | ‘ Did you say something about a drink ? ’ |
| 25 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |
| 26 | on completing that did you notice anyone there , did you hear anyone in the bedroom ? |
| 27 | Did you hear anything about the nature of the connection ? ’ |
| 28 | Did you notice anything in the bed at that stage ? |
| 29 | ‘ Did you get everything on the list I gave you ? ’ |
| 30 | Did you get anything on the |