Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er there were very very few that had a regular job , really . |
| 2 | But the court disregarded this and imposed a heavy sentence on the 27-year-old from north Staffordshire . |
| 3 | Hastings Borough Council had been pursuing compulsory purchase of the building but , in the light of surveyors ' reports apparently quoting costs of £2.5 million for repairs alone , made a last-minute decision against this and served a Dangerous Structures Notice instead . |
| 4 | They would has/e swum naked only Rufus 's father had discovered them doing this and made a fuss out of all proportion to the offence , if offence it was . |
| 5 | He was always extremely proud of this and made a point of being known as Dr Dresser . |
| 6 | Development through Drama seemed to provide just this and became a set text worldwide , but as with most formulae , the recommended practice often does not quite match the philosophy . |
| 7 | After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle . |
| 8 | Hilda , deep in her reading , nevertheless perked up at this and shot a sharp glance in Mr Kronweiser 's direction . |
| 9 | Mr Ibuka , a honorary chairman , popped into the room , saw this and remembered a project on developing lightweight portable headphones going on elsewhere in the building . |
| 10 | The defendant agreed to this and obtained a licence but later refused to pay the charge . |
| 11 | So they achieved it in one state and then they moved on to another and started a whole new campaign . |
| 12 | When Harry Collyer joined Crystal Palace FC ours was a club that had not yet so much as played a 1st Division match in the Southern League . |
| 13 | One of his clients was Mike McGear , Paul McCartney 's brother and together they got up to some hair-raising pranks like trying to give a client a beer shampoo but drinking more of the vital ingredients before it so much as touched a single hair ! |
| 14 | She used to ask my mother too , endlessly attempting to work upon her soft-heartedness , whenever she so much as had a headache . |
| 15 | There will be no jam on your bread today if you so much as lay a finger — ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't you dare so much as lay a finger on me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If you so much as lay a single finger on me again , Adam Burns , you 'll hit the deck so fast you wo n't know what 's happened to you ! ’ she swore softly , her tawny eyes gleaming as she gazed unseeing across the room . |
| 18 | It demanded very little and gave a good deal in return . |
| 19 | He was n't quiet on that and got a lot of questions right . |
| 20 | Many cancer patients have done just that and felt a lot better for it — and remember quality of life is as important as quantity . |
| 21 | ‘ Graham was not happy about that and had a dig at me in the press . |
| 22 | It came up on the wall like that and had a big wooden block fastened to the wall that block |
| 23 | He remembered her at moments such as these and felt a twinge of guilt — not a searing kick in the gut — which , he supposed , was something else to be thankful for . |
| 24 | We slipped by these and hired a wherry from Botolph 's Wharf . |
| 25 | I was making 24 of these and needed a repetitive method . |
| 26 | Simon did well after that but made a pretence of simple good luck to anyone who questioned his apparent good fortune . |
| 27 | It was therefore a disaster for towns in the north , particularly those that contained a high proportion of terraced property built around the turn of the century . |
| 28 | In chapter four below , there will be an examination of her poetry to demonstrate what sorts of books Leapor read , and especially those that made a strong impact on her work . |
| 29 | Those that received pre-exposure and conditioning in the same context acquired the CR slowly ( i.e. showed latent inhibition ) ; those that experienced a change of context from exposure to conditioning learned as readily as the control subjects . |
| 30 | But for those that had a strong belief in their own capabilities and therefore proceeded , shortage of funds was no problem and they were likely to succeed . |