Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next came a stomach-churning visit to the Snake Temple , where I actually held a snake very briefly , but drew the line at having it photographed around my neck ! |
| 2 | Liz has been appointed customer services manager with Skipton Building Society , where she previously held a management post in the commercial lending department . |
| 3 | Then on to the next house where they slyly accept a poster and bin it as soon as your back is turned ; and then to the next where support is promised if only your party in exchange guarantees to persecute , imprison and preferably execute certain categories of non-white-skinned people . |
| 4 | This is where they do such good , where they really make a visit worth while and where they learn what ordinary people think , need and feel . |
| 5 | Subsequently he built a house in the country for a wealthy barrister ( Hurtwood in Sussex ) and another in the Usk Valley ( Colomendy ) , where he also displayed a talent for garden design ( 1912–14 ) . |
| 6 | He scraped through the Eton of Dr Edmond Warre [ q.v. ] , under the particular care of Arthur Benson [ q.v. ] , his housemaster , without distinction , but in 1902 gained a first class in modern history at Balliol College , Oxford , where he also made a reputation for himself as a roof-climber , despite his blindness . |
| 7 | A good all rounder Chris is a member of the Cockermouth Round Table where he recently organised a trip for 90 old age pensioners to the lakes . |
| 8 | Singer went to the Jews ' College School , London , where he subsequently became a teacher . |
| 9 | When David led the little group out onto the street , where he quickly hailed a Hansom cab , Cissie had linked arms with Beth , and was walking tall and proud like a ‘ young lady ’ should . |
| 10 | It will maintain a sales and support network in the 150 countries where it now has a presence , but there may be cuts in both Wang employee numbers and the type of facilities it will operate . |
| 11 | With an oath the Weasel hurled the time-teller far out into the heather , where it possibly hit a stone . |
| 12 | And although I infinitely preferred a walk across the corner of the field to the privy by the duck pond , to the four flights of stairs I had to descend at Reine , with a com-munal Turkish crouch at the end of it , I wondered how Otto would adjust to outside facilities . |
| 13 | In may respects , my shop is just the opposite , although I certainly have a health foods section , as do many delicatessens . |
| 14 | ‘ On the sleeve of the first record it was meant to say just Therapy , but I started the logo too far over to the left — and we only had enough money for one sheet of Letraset — I could n't start again , so I just added a question mark to make it fit . |
| 15 | As Sabra , a woman in her forties , told me ‘ If I go out I usually do have my Dupatta round me , but at work I ca n't wear it in case it gets caught up in the machines , so I just wear a scarf on my head when I leave the house — something is needed to save one 's Izzat ’ . |
| 16 | I knew that would be your question so I immediately radioed a request for that information . ’ |
| 17 | There were sometimes dangerous people near Haworth , so I always had a gun in the house . |
| 18 | Having made the Hannover picture I thought it would be nice to have a smaller version , so I now have a two-metre square version on canvas , also painted with Scanachrome , and I am working on the area of the television screen in a more painterly manner than I was able to use on the large one . |
| 19 | As I am new to this post I am not sure whether we sent you copies of new Community Care leaflets when they were first produced so I now enclose a set for your information . |
| 20 | We went everywhere : from garden parties in the grounds of castles , wedding receptions in marquees , hunt balls in assembly rooms , university teas on graduation day , garden fetes in the bishop 's palace , to the annual parties of car salesmen , the golden weddings of simple folk — once I even remember a gypsy funeral — ladies ' night at the masonic lodge , and the British Legion get-together . |
| 21 | Although it took a while and I crashed a couple of times , once I even knocked a dam down with a kite . |
| 22 | I have seen many cartoons of American grandmothers in rocking chairs on their front porches and am always reminded of Mrs. Burden , although she never had a clay pipe in her mouth . |
| 23 | It sounds like it was bought new , so you probably got a guarantee with it from the manufacturer . |
| 24 | Well at that time you did n't leave out money so you just left a couple of tokens tokens |
| 25 | If er if you were going out and you knew the coal man might be round that day so you just left a couple of coal tokens out at the door or whatever . |
| 26 | ‘ So you already had a flight booked when you heard what had happened ? ’ |
| 27 | The problem is that at first the words are coming so fast it is difficult to write them down , so you really need a helper . |
| 28 | Once you actually receive a copy of this it 's in two parts . |
| 29 | The thing with Minneapolis was that everyone was bored to tears , so we just made a scene . ’ |
| 30 | I was already friendly with Tate , and Eddie knew him through the shop , so we soon made a threesome and we kept together for nearly fifty years . ’ |