Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? "
2 He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub
3 I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 .
4 The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer .
5 Well I think there in , well they ca n't go together , told you the last time you was here , they ca n't go on holiday together .
6 She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour .
7 ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’
8 if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today !
9 So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough .
10 You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints .
11 Fearful of waking him a second time I waited .
12 ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
13 Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind !
14 He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it .
15 Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope .
16 Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there .
17 when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all
18 If you then get it a second time you will then possibly have an allergic reaction to the horse serum .
19 Why not join them the next time your barometer begins to fall rapidly ?
20 ‘ I shall call you the next time we are free , and we will do the rest , Yes ? ’
21 Giving her a second chance he having failed
22 When Walter Ash rang her the next day she would not speak to him .
23 ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’
24 ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’
25 And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad !
26 What do I tell him the next time he asks
27 Well ask him the next time you see him .
28 He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again .
29 Marchmont was driven to complain that Anson had been ready enough to promise that he would ‘ do it the first moment it was possible ’ , and had already been strongly urged to promote Lieutenant Home by the Duke of Newcastle , but yet had done nothing .
30 ‘ Something was bothering you the first time we met , and you kept quiet about that , too .
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