Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember the first time I used the frail I got a clout o' the skull that I 'd remember . |
| 2 | In 1986 I wrote an article for the London Arts Festival on C. S. Lewis and The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe . |
| 3 | At the end of 1986 I started an MSc course , specialising in expert systems . |
| 4 | At about half past eleven I had a telephone call — I was in bed but I have an extension in my room for emergencies . |
| 5 | At the age of eleven I became an errand boy for a working tailor , and every Saturday , and perhaps on an evening in the week , delivered the suits and costumes that he had made , though often the finished article was well behind the promised date , so the errand boy received critical comments rather than a small tip . |
| 6 | On 29 September 1980 I purchased a house for £9,000 cash from my father , who owned it exclusively in his own name from 1968 when I , along with him , my mother and sister , came to live there . |
| 7 | In Chapter vi I suggested a way in which this can be achieved . |
| 8 | Not long after that I had a letter addressed to Miss Eliza , The house next to the Smithy , Rustington . |
| 9 | After that I had a fear of water , especially the sea , but I learned to live with it and even became a good swimmer . |
| 10 | After that I made a habit of sending Timmy upstairs ahead of me when it 's time to go to bed . |
| 11 | After that I did a lot of arranging of the parts around the dynamics , and we recorded the whole thing at Eel Pie ( Pete Townshend 's studio ) . |
| 12 | When I done that I feel a bit sorry . |
| 13 | I never could sleep in the middle of the day , so as usual I took a sketch pad and sat sketching and making notes with my back against the wall of my house . |
| 14 | yeah , so why do they call him Harry all the time , Harry for a boy , that 's awful I mean a lot of the old names , we talked about the other day , a lot of the old names have come back for children , but I mean I do n't think Harry should be |
| 15 | To illustrate this I punched a row on a punchcard of six punched holes and six blanks , alternating it on the one row . |
| 16 | With this I use a fixed-spool , skirted reel , and there is really no other kind worth considering . |
| 17 | I mean , you think about all this I mean a load of crap when they have larders and all that ! |
| 18 | Despite this I had a lot of fun , until my mother replaced him with another pony that Brian could manage , and I gave up hunting . |
| 19 | Each time she does this I feel a shudder of love at the exactness of this sleeping courtesy . |
| 20 | In 1972 I wrote a paper with Brandon Carter and an American colleague , Jim Bardeen , in which we pointed out that although there were many similarities between entropy and the area of the event horizon , there was this apparently fatal difficulty . |
| 21 | With × 12 I find a hint of resolution in the outer parts , and this is marked with × 20 . |
| 22 | ‘ If you 're interested I have a job for you , ’ she said shortly . |
| 23 | As I was walking down Sackville Street one fine spring day in 1985 I noticed a sign in the window of a bookshop , now no more , advertising BBC books for sale . |
| 24 | ON OCTOBER 2 I gave a talk on the British monarchy at an astrological conference in Oslo . |
| 25 | In Chapter 2 I gave a breakdown of the five minimum requirements of the graph search mechanism . |
| 26 | Because I 'm getting a bit old I have a tendency to get out of breath . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm afraid I caused a bit of a scene … ’ |
| 28 | The baby sleeps for about an hour from 11 till 12 — I 'm afraid I read a book then — I do n't do very much housework ! |
| 29 | I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly . |
| 30 | It is this which makes a structure made out of timber such a safe one , generally one can very nearly get away with murder . |