Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We talked about hair we talked about make-up . |
| 2 | And for Mum it had to be Tom or Englebert . |
| 3 | 1.3.5 There was a need for provision which articulated with awards of other bodies eg the National Coaching Foundation . |
| 4 | For contrast we went to the glass blowing factory for a demonstration of their skills . |
| 5 | In the same issue of the ‘ Guardian ’ I cited above was a news report headed : Jail for PC who stamped on man . |
| 6 | . He followed a difficult zigzag path from Porlock Weir to Culbone , climbing through woodland which abounded in ‘ wild deer , foxes , badgers , and martin cats ’ ; whortleberries grew in plenty beneath the canopy of trees , and as the ascent progressed , the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below and glimpses of the Channel and the Welsh mountains were sufficient to fill one eighteenth century traveller with mingled ‘ pleasure and astonishment ’ . |
| 7 | And these systems lose the advantages of open architecture for instance we talked about having over two hundred front end tools accessing database . |
| 8 | This had obvious implications for methodology which went beyond the simpler objectives of transferring information from teacher to student . |
| 9 | This was a peripatetic Diogenes of the masses though , and fined for obstruction he had to constantly seek new pitches : ‘ His barrel was sandwiched between a fasting girl and a flea circus . |
| 10 | Many of the colleges with which CNAA committees and visiting parties were dealing — including the new polytechnics — had traditions of autocratic management which the DES did a great deal to undermine with the notes for guidance it issued in connection with the proposed designation of polytechnics . |
| 11 | Paxton made him foreman of works at Prince 's Park , Liverpool , in 1844 , and after completion he remained as superintendent . |
| 12 | After tea he dozed through an old Peter Sellers film at the King 's Road Classic , dined off a biriani , dozed through an old Tati film at the Baker Street Classic , and crept upstairs to his flat just in time to meet Mounce coming downstairs from his den . |
| 13 | After dark he stopped at a Little Chef , had a quick meal of scrambled eggs and coffee , then continued his journey . |
| 14 | Kirkby Bentinck station and goods yard just after closure which came in March 1963 along with all the other intermediate stations between Sheffield and Nottingham . |
| 15 | After lunch they walked in Sir Alexander 's garden ‘ and saw his little grotto , which is hung with pieces of poetry written in a fair hand ’ . |
| 16 | After lunch we walked around the town and marvelled at the prices which were being asked for some of the antique furniture . |
| 17 | After lunch we retired to the drawing-room where the camera crew had already set up , and I sat on one sofa and he on another . |
| 18 | After lunch he returned to his office where he would continue with his ordinary duties until the ritual of tea at four , when he would receive visitors . |
| 19 | Clovis Sangrail listened silently to this conversation , and after lunch he spoke to Lord Pabham in the smoking-room . |
| 20 | After lunch I went into town , taking Gravel my bike and some money . |
| 21 | After lunch I went for a walk in the little market town , now being hardened to being a subject of great curiosity , with people gaping at the sides of the road , and children following us up and down the street . |
| 22 | After lunch I sat in the car and listened to a Bush press conference . |
| 23 | After retirement they returned to that country to assist in the clinic in the embattled township of Alexandra , outside Johannesburg . |
| 24 | In the evening after milking she walked in the garden alone , thinking about it . |
| 25 | Day after day we waited for his arrival . |
| 26 | So United States courts have declared invalid service which met the requirements of state law or of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure but which did not meet the terms of the convention and a Netherlands court has refused to grant exequatur to a Belgian judgment granted after service which complied with Belgian law but not the convention 's requirements . |
| 27 | Night after night they sat in the kitchen , adding frills of lace and clusters of tiny artificial pearls . |
| 28 | Night after night I sat on the sofa looking out to sea , the way Francis had . |
| 29 | He stayed awake and after midnight he went to the room which Kate 's mother had set aside for his father to write about birds in . |
| 30 | After supper they sat by the light of the stove . |