Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half an hour later Meredith announced he 'd had enough . |
| 2 | Corbett noted she had lost some of her arrogance and was more watchful . |
| 3 | Molly felt she had lost all control of the situation and was only anxious to withdraw from it . |
| 4 | this lad was , now he was , coming in the bar , he sat just as you come in the door and then he moved to that long thing where we sit , well I go at the bar and Jackie was sat there Jackie , I said time to be social , no I cos I laugh , I were laughing me head off me and he 's jabbering away move like that , his arms moving you know , then he sets off to sing , well , la , la and Johnny said shut up I know Johnny put his glass of beer on the next table to ours and sets off to see Mickey , then he stands up this lad sit down you , must have thought for his beer , I think he was like , I says to Jack I says er you want to put his trousers is all undone , you know sat and his trousers what and his jumper , so our Johnny went he said get that covered up and , but he pulled it down like that , and now he took 'em out he walked through the door and his trousers were falling down but |
| 5 | One person in three would like blasphemy scrapped as an offence — but an equal proportion want it extended to cover all religions , not just Christianity , according to a survey published yesterday . |
| 6 | Instead , he came back with such surprising ferocity of his own that by the bell at least one judge thought he 'd done enough to win the round . |
| 7 | Rincewind wished he had paid more attention to anthropology lectures at University . |
| 8 | By 1988 , the regime was forced to issue public statements denying it intended to destroy any more religious sites . |
| 9 | Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head . |
| 10 | 3 years ago , Karin Anyon decided she 'd had enough of being a diving widow ; her husband Nick was always away diving with the Milton Keynes Diving Club . |
| 11 | It made the team feel they had regained some control over this area of work , and by focusing in such detail , highlighted its importance and the skills involved in investigations . |
| 12 | At this point , my body decided it had had enough . |
| 13 | She had been married for the last two years , to a man who really was a sewage plant manager ( Slater was quite hurt that Graham thought he 'd invented this detail for the sake of a joke ) . |
| 14 | They should have passed quickly — heaven knew she 'd had more than enough to keep her occupied . |
| 15 | Lafaille knew he had to complete this section before there was any chance of a bivouac site . |
| 16 | Someone handed him a can of beer and Rain knew he intended to stay some time . |
| 17 | Tom said he had had enough so she and Peter drank it . |
| 18 | Fletcher said he had spoken several times to Ramprakash this winter in an effort to help point the highly talented player in the right direction . |
| 19 | Many workers said they 'd expected another round of closures despite the earlier announcement of a reprieve for some of the collieries . |
| 20 | The singing seemed equally sad , and as the evening progressed she began to feel more and more melancholy . |
| 21 | Yasmin said she 'd had enough and was now looking for full-time modelling work . |
| 22 | I want to see , I 'm I mean I saw Mr and erm Mr nodding when Martin said he wanted to give these figures to the Chief Exec and ask him to er get it sorted out . |
| 23 | Although self educated he had written many books and papers on science , philosophy and religion . |
| 24 | Swindon Crown Court heard they 'd consumed some 17 pints of beer . |
| 25 | ‘ After that I told Sir Alfred of my plans for a monocoque car for the next season , and got a sour letter back saying we had to win another grand prix before we talked about anything . |
| 26 | Jessamy decided she had had more than enough of this . |
| 27 | And to my surprise Sam said he had forgotten all about it . |
| 28 | Dr Kumar said he had realised many Labour supporters shared his sense of deep shock after the election . |
| 29 | Taken aback by this vitriolic attack , Luce decided she 'd had enough . |
| 30 | Two countries , until the will of the people decided we 'd had enough and they went out in their hundreds of thousands and pulled the Wall down . |