Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 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
8 I walked this afternoon from my room to the School and in the lane I met a cat carrying a hedge sparrow .
9 At that instant I learnt a lesson I have never forgotten : never , ever use a camera that you have not tested , ’
10 At that instant I felt a pang in my heart !
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 ’ .
14 Without difficulty I found a Bed and Breakfast house , equally smart and highly polished , and settled down for a pre-exploratory nap .
15 At club level I did a lot of long and triple jumping , making 14.25 metres at the latter .
16 ‘ It 's about your Mum I wanted a word with you .
17 Over and over I told my mum I wanted a bike .
18 Mum I want a drink of milk
19 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 .
20 After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a tree nearby .
21 Oh of course I remember a lot .
22 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 .
23 ‘ Of course I had a mother .
24 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 .
25 Of course I heard a car .
26 ABIE : Of course I have a gun .
27 ‘ Of course I have a key .
28 Of course I fired a couple of the likely suspects immediately , but I 'm still not certain that we nailed the villain . ’
29 Our duels were not on the scale of the later Clarke versus Prescott battles , where in the 1987 general election I saw a television chairman leave his chair several times to restore order .
30 done a financial and er my er , this afternoon I had a guy come in with a Capri , bloody welding that thing needs doing , I do n't think he 'll get it done , so I was , I was
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