Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend will recall that I asked on 18 July for an inquiry , and my constituents will welcome what my right hon. Friend has said today . |
| 2 | The ships themselves offer a more comfortable ride these days : of the 16 trips I made in blustery March , only one was anything like rough . |
| 3 | In addition , it will be eligible for up to £3.66 million under the urban crime fund initiative that I announced on 26 November . |
| 4 | I announced on 15 January the establishment , with the joint support of British Aerospace , of Hutton grammar school in Lancashire as the first voluntary-aided technology school . |
| 5 | I share my hon Friend 's appreciation of the value and importance of the large reforms proposed in the Bill of 1939 , and when I decided , as I announced on 23rd March , to appoint an Advisory Council to assist in the preparation of a programme of reforms , I certainly had it in mind that many of the proposals in that Bill — improved it may be by further consideration and fresh ideas — might find a place in such a programme . |
| 6 | The European arts festival , which I announced on 9 December will be a rewarding and imaginative way of celebrating our Presidency of the European Community in the second half of the year . |
| 7 | When I lived in southern France I used to sit out on the porch and watch the sun go down across the valley . |
| 8 | If this is so , can you please let me have one of the two data only copies I requested on 14 February ( Ref. 020 ) ? |
| 9 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
| 10 | And when I was when I got to New York , I was met by two first cousins from two different families er Bert who 's er er nephew of my my mother 's sister Laura Anne in in New York , and another one , William who 'd been very successful vice president of or something . |
| 11 | Next day I moved to 40 Beaumont Street and began a vastly expensive career of alcohol . |
| 12 | Thirdly I came to another EMI disc featuring the Britten Quartet in performances of Ravel 's String Quartet , the Vaughan Williams String Quartet in G minor and On Wenlock Edge , in which the quartet are joined by the tenor Philip Langridge and pianist Howard Shelley — more than 78 minutes of music in all . |
| 13 | ‘ After that , I transferred to another NZS ship , Sussex and we went to the Pacific to join the American 8th Fleet as a supply ship . ’ |
| 14 | However I played against that Leeds team , and believe me you had to wind the tape right up to your neck when you were facing them . |
| 15 | As the bombs dropped on Baghdad , I drove through small-town America , where a Hopperesque light lit a multitude of flags and a forest of yellow ribbons |
| 16 | I walked through 17th June Square , and the Domsky Cathedral was shiny with moonlight and snow . |
| 17 | So I put the microchi chip in place the time machine was ready the next day I put one of them down so I typed in ancient Egypt and then I put oh and by the way I wa I 'm called Professor Plop because when I landed in ancient Egypt there was a big plop ! |
| 18 | And onto ou round Australia and that and I mentioned I started in New Foundland , yes . |
| 19 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 20 | so , erm , last night when we came home I looked at this Argos ticket which I could n't find and I 've , in that I 've found what erm a Weight Watcher er menu , so I picked that out , so I 've had erm do n't know what you 'll call it today , boiled egg and toast , eh bread and butter |
| 21 | ‘ Then he wanted to know what I thought of young Hilary , ’ said Tom . |
| 22 | I thought of old Mrs Drury 's place , ’ said his secretary . |
| 23 | By the way did anyone see the BBC 2 progy on FFL on Friday evening with Baddiel and Skinner , t was quite good I thought with ole Frank being the star — some interesting teams have been selected by the celebs as well . |
| 24 | The other week I went to this North American address : 2041½ Yonge Street . |
| 25 | So before my call-up I went to old Mr Grover in Darrowby and he painstakingly did all that was necessary . |
| 26 | ‘ When I went to old Abuelo Freitas , Maria told me that you sometimes worried too much about him — that you did n't understand that he only wanted to be left alone . |
| 27 | It 's not surprising that an unemployed 17 year old pipe-fitter , like the one I spoke to called Chas , has an English Lion tattooed on his forearm and wears a White Power badge : — ‘ A Rasta can wear a Black is Beautiful badge and They all sit up and start clapping ’ , Chas told me . |
| 28 | I do n't think I did at all Dennis . |
| 29 | Well I would 've called what I did in bloody Austria eighteen months ago physical it knackered me more than many other bloody things I did , like crawling up bloody hills and Mind you it 's just as enjoyable . |
| 30 | There is only one small difference between what I said on 14 November and what I have said today . |