Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 2 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 3 | No sooner had she begun manufacturing a few defences than he demolished them with a flick of his finger . |
| 4 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 5 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
| 6 | He was alone for just a few minutes and I made my offer . |
| 7 | It was some hours before he had his wish . |
| 8 | Stuart was only 17 years old and it is a tribute to his strength and personality that he was still conscious when the rescue team arrived , one and a half hours after I left him to go for help . |
| 9 | Merseyside police have revealed that they probably killed James a few hours after they took him from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle . |
| 10 | Keats was written rapidly at Selsfield House in 1913 some months before he began his work there on the Childhood and the Fiction . |
| 11 | We got erm , got erm she bought me some Maltesers and she bought me a chocolate orange as well . |
| 12 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 13 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 14 | His voice had changed during the last few words and she pushed him hard against the end of the settle as she said , ‘ No , they wo n't come running , but have you ever thought of you doin' the askin' ? |
| 15 | A few months after I left I met someone else and we had a wonderful relationship for a few months , but then guilt reared its ugly head and Marie persuaded me to go back because I 'd left her with two children . |
| 16 | One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something . |
| 17 | Her opinion of her benefactor leapt up another few notches as she followed his messenger through to the tiny kitchen , where the porter dumped his box on the only available surface and bent to open the fridge . |
| 18 | Many believe the government recently took the confusion between public service and commercial logic to its ultimate fatuity in another areas when it announced it would shut down one third of all the country 's post offices to provide the public with , in its words , a better postal service . |
| 19 | Despite some criticisms that it made him look like Michael Foot , it was a media success . |
| 20 | It was about two and a half years before he wrote anything like it again . |
| 21 | He quit after four and a half years because he feared he would get tagged as a soap star . |
| 22 | ‘ At first , I had a few reservations but we got it mixed in a day . |
| 23 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
| 24 | A few years before he died he posed for this effigy , placing the completed picture in his room , adjacent to his bed , as a memento mori . |
| 25 | Oh he had that Cavalier for a few years after I sold it . |
| 26 | A most unforeseen occurrence cut short the Revd Dr William Dodd 's participation in this crusade when , a few years after he wrote his Account , he was charged with the capital offence of forgery . |
| 27 | A few days after he mailed it , he telephoned his friend and colleague at Aphrodisias , in Anatolia , and called off his visit . |
| 28 | There was a pause , as if he was controlling his rage , before he answered , ‘ He died a few days after you left him . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ A few days before he joined his army , King James was at prayer in the royal chapel at Linlithgow . |
| 30 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |