Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One cottage I stayed in without electricity or water saw 11 of us standing eagerly over a one-ring Calor gas burner in the morning waiting for a kettle to boil for coffee , when one of our party came into the kitchen , picked up the kettle and took it into the bathroom to wash his face . |
| 2 | ‘ Actually , I happen to have-a flask of Scotch on me , just in case I broke down on the road … |
| 3 | Cinzia I pass over in silence . |
| 4 | As I walked across the car park I looked back at the police station and almost expected to see the figure of Inspector Drew looming at one of the windows as in an early Orson Welles film . |
| 5 | Just for a change I teamed up with a few fellow warriors to take on the Witchlord in Gremlin 's RPG-for-the-masses , Heroquest . |
| 6 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 7 | And every time I came to that bit I jerked up in my chair and Miss Ross shouted at me . |
| 8 | To save my knees a bit I slid down onto my left hip , leaning my head and my left side against the tree . |
| 9 | Some British armoured cars came and began shooting from a distance , and in the chaos I shouted out to four or five brother officers and we drove off in a truck . |
| 10 | This is my milk I get out of the fridge |
| 11 | With the trunk 's support I slid down to kneeling , leaning head and left shoulder against the bark . |
| 12 | That was very interesting and I thought a good write up of and the things that he did , there to survive the World War Two and of course I go back to when the crews were formed and we flew together training at Pyo Texas and at er Dallasburgh , Tennessee and then from there went overseas , we went to er Scotville , Illinois and picked up new planes in Petermover and it was , we went to Stagen area . |
| 13 | And er and then er of course I went back to me mother after me grandmother died , I went to me mother and er mind you when I was th young there was a lot of poverty about you know there was er no security pay and no er and you could n't get any money from anywhere or anything like that you know and er so it used to er had to do the best you can . |
| 14 | Of course I came down to earth on my next round . |
| 15 | It seemed like every time I went out to walk the course I came back with wet feet . " |
| 16 | ‘ By coincidence I missed out on Amsterdam for the same reason . |
| 17 | One hot afternoon I came down from my bedroom , after a brief but taxing siesta , to see the Agent pull up in his outlandish Packard . |
| 18 | One afternoon I went out with another girl for a walk , with the idea of finding a quiet spot in the meadow we called the Big Field , to read and write letters . |
| 19 | As she was poking about for more loot I glanced back at Granny and saw that the sheet had moved again . |
| 20 | At the university I came out from my shell . |
| 21 | I muttered thanks and as she disappeared to the kitchen I stepped up to the sitting room door , knocked rather timidly and entered . |
| 22 | Full of misgiving I drove on into the darkness . |
| 23 | That was an experience I went through for many months , not saying anything . |
| 24 | She 'd seen the card I put up in a local shop , advertising the top flat . |
| 25 | After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London . |
| 26 | They had forgotten to tell the rest of my body about this and as a result I slumped out of Armstrong , hitting the road with my right shoulder , having just remembered in time not to break my fall with my hand . |
| 27 | For this search I teamed up with two young friends , both experienced detector users , who had been searching a nearby farm and thus knew the area well . |
| 28 | At the height of the gale I go down to the pier to see how our local boats are doing , but all the anchors appear to be holding firm . |
| 29 | … a little box ; in it a red rose , and round the stalk of the rose is a slip of paper with the words written : ‘ Rudolf — Flavia — always ’ and the like I send back by him . |
| 30 | Well erm I actually stopped smoking about er , two years ago and was quite surprised at the amount of weight I put on in about five months , which was two stone , which I did n't think I 'd deserved ! |