Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each book ran to 64 pages and from these gems I learnt a great deal about Soccer , Cricket , Rugby Union , Rugby League and other sports . |
| 2 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 3 | As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness . |
| 4 | In each case I pressed the national authorities concerned to allow me to send a UK ‘ observer ’ to their investigation and I am happy to say that our request was agreed to on each occasion . |
| 5 | A year later when I had Katie and I was married , I did n't want " to go to hospital in case I got the same treatment , but they were totally different . |
| 6 | In this case I feel a deep conviction that I 'm not making a mistake . |
| 7 | In this instance I have a better chance of getting the ball close by using the slope to let the ball run down to the flag . |
| 8 | While I was in Germany I took a special interest in the treatment of creative men and women who had lost direction and in some way broken down . |
| 9 | Indeed when the time came to leave Germany I made a mental decision never to return . |
| 10 | For an instant I saw a different woman : not the sour , bored old creature I had grown to expect , but someone strong and humorous . |
| 11 | I went down the steps at the sign of the big neon M. I put a five-copeck piece into the automatic entrance which wo n't prevent non-payers travelling but buses in order to embarrass them . |
| 12 | Before I left for San Francisco I spent a few days wandering the considerable length and the decidedly inconsiderable breadth of the Canal , newest of the major approaches to Balboa 's ocean . |
| 13 | In the older cases I find no such distinction . |
| 14 | Now I 've got that off my chest I have a few questions for you : |
| 15 | Within a few hours I noticed a large number of fry appearing at the water surface . |
| 16 | For the next three hours I witness a surreal nightmare of racing fire engines , caravans of police cars with blue and red lights flashing , a few looting bands , but mostly residents in bathrobes and curlers , gathered in silence to watch corner markets go up in smoke . |
| 17 | On Wednesday 5 March 1980 , I explored the practicalities of this course at a meeting in the department and on 10 March I minuted the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | On deck I feel a perfect target for any sniping moron . |
| 19 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 20 | Using the walls for support I made a slow tour of every inch of the building , stopping frequently to squeeze the dizziness from my skull . |
| 21 | Yet when I step off the bus at the Coronet cinema I get the same lurch as when I first left home . |
| 22 | And of course I get a big boost when something like this happens , because words make plain sense , even though Tod always reads them backwards . |
| 23 | Of course I know the vast majority — especially the New People — do n't care a damn about any of the arts . |
| 24 | Er and of course I seen the present managers are , are th the one you know only just lives down the road here he 's recently retired . |
| 25 | Of course I share the hon. Gentleman 's sympathy in the case of Mr. Newell . |
| 26 | I 'm not erm , I 'm not going to be in a situation to record all my chat anyway , I do n't think , because of the erm , the amount of it , when I 'm running a course I do an awful lot of chatting during the day . |
| 27 | and you get gale force winds blowing down there and of course I opened the back door and there were panes of glass flying past |
| 28 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman that assurance . |
| 29 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman the pledge that we shall take up any of those cases , should he send the details to me . |
| 30 | Anybody wants some copies I have a few copies here . |