Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PS I enclose a photograph of the wedding , and also last week 's christening . |
| 2 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 3 | In this case I chose a mount measuring approximately 17. 5cm ( 7in ) square , with a 7. 5-cm ( 3-in ) diameter aperture . |
| 4 | So much so that she decided to call the police and give them my registration number , just in case I made a habit of kerb-crawling . |
| 5 | At Asda a spokesman said : ‘ One or two stores do still have Tracy Island but I dare not say where in case I start a stampede . ’ |
| 6 | And always in its straight bole I have a stop watch to tell me whether the slowest clouds are sliding and at what a pace a storm is travelling . |
| 7 | Temple I 've a figure like |
| 8 | Chairman I have a copy of the environmental impact assessment report in respect of East Bank options , West End Road and Ipswich Northern bypass , they 've been on my desk from |
| 9 | I walked this afternoon from my room to the School and in the lane I met a cat carrying a hedge sparrow . |
| 10 | At that instant I learnt a lesson I have never forgotten : never , ever use a camera that you have not tested , ’ |
| 11 | At that instant I felt a pang in my heart ! |
| 12 | This continuity has practical as well as expressive value , because it facilitates the organic style of change I mentioned a moment ago as a practical advantage . |
| 13 | In supplies , for example you often have to undertake almost military type operations I witnessed a group of 150 women who planned and carried out an ambush of the enemy to requisition bread and flour and the only arms they were carrying consisted of sticks and cords , To be a nurse also requires a lot of mental equanimity and physical strength . |
| 14 | In addition I organized a body of prominent citizens into what we called ‘ China-Canada Incorporated ’ , and I was able to get my friend Dr Norman ‘ Larry ’ MacKenzie , President of the University of British Columbia , to serve as its Chairman . |
| 15 | With great difficulty I obtained a copy of this document and while it stated that ‘ public servants should not reveal the opinions and attitudes of colleagues as to the government business with which they have been concerned ’ , another section said quite clearly that a reasonable timescale for a public servant 's silence would be ‘ fifteen years or for the service life of the adviser , whichever is the longer ’ . |
| 16 | Without difficulty I found a Bed and Breakfast house , equally smart and highly polished , and settled down for a pre-exploratory nap . |
| 17 | Whiston-born Howard , 24 , said : ‘ I 've told Widnes I want a move and wo n't play for them again . |
| 18 | At club level I did a lot of long and triple jumping , making 14.25 metres at the latter . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's about your Mum I wanted a word with you . |
| 20 | Over and over I told my mum I wanted a bike . |
| 21 | Mum I want a drink of milk |
| 22 | At Lincoln I built a structure of thought . ’ |
| 23 | When the engine is hot and if I stop the engine for up to half an hour I get a smell of petrol in the cab and upon setting off again I experience severe fuel starvation causing the engine to stop unless travelling fast on an open road . |
| 24 | After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a tree nearby . |
| 25 | From the ramparts I had a view across the bay to green marshes and , far above them , rising above a swathe of cloud , the snow-covered summit of Olympus , infinitely remote . |
| 26 | When I went into Panama I needed a visa , I went in without a visa . |
| 27 | Oh of course I remember a lot . |
| 28 | Well it sounds blissful , but of course I mean a lot of terrible things happen in the name of love including crimes , crimes of passion as there romantically called in France , I mean people have killed for love , yes . |
| 29 | ‘ Of course I had a mother . |
| 30 | And the thing that was said a lot was a Slippery Elm stick , well I still do n't really know what it was but er it was a kind of a s , bark of the Slippery Elms , a Slippery Elm bark or something and they sharpened it to a point and inserted that into the womb you see and it was done , and then of course I heard a lot about gin , sitting in a hot bath with gin . |