Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next morning , 19th July , all is quiet , and after breakfast I decided to pay a visit to the other Commando units ; 4 Commando and 3 Commando , lots of new faces , not many of those who landed on the 6th June are left . |
| 2 | After dinner he planned to make a proper start on sorting out the contents of the house . |
| 3 | This particular occasion was on a Sunday , and after dinner he had reduced a full bottle of the golden liquid by almost half . |
| 4 | And we went up there and we had just we 'd , we took the labour rooms and er of course we had got a cup of tea with them you know ? |
| 5 | It was quite unlike Ace to have left her to carry her own baggage , but of course he 'd had a hard race . |
| 6 | Of course he 'd had a lot on his mind . |
| 7 | Of course it did herald a new era … in the second division . |
| 8 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 9 | Is it because we will point out that the consultants , general practitioners , radiographers , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , the Ayrshire local health council , all four district councils and the four Members of Parliament who bothered to make a submission were against the proposal to opt out — that all those 200 submissions were against it ? |
| 10 | This was emphasised by those heads of department who had taken a lot of time over their self-appraisal and who claimed that as a consequence other things had had to suffer . |
| 11 | Labour law and order spokesman Alun Michael MP said : ‘ If every item of shopping we bought had a ticket telling us how much of its price was due to crime losses and higher insurance premiums , we would all be appalled . |
| 12 | It was pleasant to live in the open , and easy to provision both men and ponies ; and the courtier and man of law who had lived a high life in the London Inns and colleges , and been in the king 's own service , was nonetheless a hardy Welshman , well able to campaign in the hills winter or summer , and never complain of a hard bed or a scanty meal . |
| 13 | ( Friend of woman who had had a number of strokes . ) |
| 14 | Except for the drumming and chanting coming from the temple , and the photo display of the horrors of VD which had attracted a huge audience of twelve-year-olds . |
| 15 | In France the rule of the dukes who sought to govern in the place of Charles VI who , since 1393 , had suffered from the intermittent attacks of a mental illness which was to remain with him until his death in 1422 , appealed to a rising sense of nationalism which tended to favour a vigorous defence of French interests . |
| 16 | Over the eight square feet of hole he had nailed a blanket . |
| 17 | Within her first three weeks of modelling she had done a cover of Harper 's Bazaar . ’ |
| 18 | With his last ounce of strength he tried to stretch a hand to his fiddle , but it was already burning fiercely . |
| 19 | She lowered her gaze to the plate of food she had ordered a while ago . |
| 20 | On the eve of poll he had placed a £5 bet at 16–1 with a Bristol bookmaker that the Tories would win an overall majority of between 20 and 25 seats . |
| 21 | Now the British built a steam cathedral on a piece of land which had become a sort of palimpsest of indigenous and alien power . |
| 22 | With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England . |
| 23 | Rats with hypercholecystokininaemia which had had a pancreaticobiliary diversion ( PBD ) operation and sham operated rats served as controls . |
| 24 | Henry Edward Coe had in fact been a pupil in Scott 's office , where in conjunction with Street he had produced a fine set of elevational drawings of the Hamburg Cathedral . |
| 25 | Her own preference was for retracing Maurice 's route at first light in case he had suffered a breakdown or been involved in an accident . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , it was good , ’ she replied , rather vexed in case she had betrayed a lack of appreciation by standing up too quickly . |
| 27 | I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian . |
| 28 | Twenty four hours before admission she had had a transitional mole removed from her back under local anaesthesia in the outpatient department . |
| 29 | With this criterion in mind she 'd picked a neat black cotton dress , short-sleeved and V-necked . |
| 30 | The floor was of ancient stone slabs , hard on the feet , from which in winter there seemed to rise a damp , foot-numbing miasma . |