Example sentences of "[noun sg] [n mass] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Roberts herself makes the point that , for example , Anderson 's reliance upon census data made it difficult for him to see the extent of exchanges across households . |
| 2 | The silver pince-nez gave him the air of a rather unpleasant schoolmaster . |
| 3 | However , the Pioneer Corps sent him straight back , insisting he was suffering from VD . |
| 4 | A thickly built oak and beechwood sixteenth-seventeenth century refectory table from the Pyrenees , admittedly characterful ( Tajan 's auction staff used it for stacking their telephones on ) but more than difficult to place in a modern apartment , sold for FFr650,000 ( £67,550 ; $117,500 ) , over twice its high estimate . |
| 5 | When we did the Ring people said it was ‘ chamber music ’ ; but I would deny that . |
| 6 | It was after my first London show and the club staff said he wanted to meet me . |
| 7 | Even the more Puritan gentry found it hard to bring themselves to prosecute their neighbours and relatives , for at this stage the sense of solidarity among the gentry was usually greater than their religious differences . |
| 8 | When crime series started it was quite clear who were the goodies and who were the baddies . |
| 9 | At the start of the campaign people thought it was the main issue being stressed by the Conservatives , but they soon changed their minds . |
| 10 | All the dairy people watched them leave , and Clare kissed the dairymaids goodbye . |
| 11 | After independence people said they had despised Italian shaikhs . |
| 12 | Those still with troublesome suspicions should have asked themselves how Pakistan 's fast men could have survived the Cornhill Test series had they been doing something illegal to the ball while on view not only to alert umpires and batting opponents but to thousands of onlookers at the various grounds and before the probing eye of television . |
| 13 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 14 | Kylie , based in the opulent comfort of London 's St James 's Club , favourite hunt of Hollywood superstars like Clint Eastwood , was everywhere it seemed that summer — and the record sales reflected it around the world . |
| 15 | Credit Data told us that their policy was that only information about people under the same name should be passed where there was any possibility of multiple occupancy at a given address , but we felt that at least at the time of our visit this policy might not be clearly understood by the operators themselves , who might give information about people with other names at the given address , too . |
| 16 | Again the immigration people questioned him about his occupation , even going so far as to check the word antiquarian in an English-Spanish dictionary . |
| 17 | But when the immigration people came I got a letter , and they said that I could stay while they finished their inquiries . |
| 18 | The office was established because court staff found it extremely time-consuming to assist litigants in person with processing a claim , and , in particular , with providing help with summonses . |
| 19 | , the PA at the fine art people took me to Perth Theatre one Friday a few weeks ago to see a stupendous , lively , robust performance of ‘ Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off ’ I could see it again , it was so good . |
| 20 | The tourism people felt they needed a ‘ family visitor attraction . ’ |
| 21 | The station staff plied me with penguin biscuits and saucers of sweet tea in an attempt to discover my embarkation point , but the only information I would part with was my Grandfather 's address and place of employment . |
| 22 | Last night staff said they had to bundle customers into a basement of the fast food store in Amiens . |
| 23 | Sir Charles Baskerville and some other kind people helped me when I was poor and hungry . ’ |
| 24 | I was also astounded at the amount of mail that arrived — too much really , because I just could not deal properly with it all and I was worried in case people thought me impolite . |
| 25 | It cost the poor milkman a fortune to get them to pay him up for the milk people said they did n't get , you know ! |
| 26 | At Altnagelvin Hospital , Londonderry , nursing staff said they could not ethically give information , but details eventually were given after correspondence with the Western Board ; |
| 27 | The nursing staff said she got off the delivery table herself , and could not understand why she was ordered back to bed . |
| 28 | Most local authority staff found it difficult to interpret , seeking more specific guidance . |
| 29 | When the Access people billed him , he bunged them a wedge for £1000 . |
| 30 | Apple staff saw it when visiting Xerox Parc and at a trade show in 1981 . |