Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 2 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 3 | ‘ Just for old times ' sake I went , not that there is much to see ! |
| 4 | When I spoke to the Conservative association in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency I heard only a litany of problems caused by the Labour-controlled council , which has done absolutely nothing to promote the area . |
| 5 | German young people recently have shown a more revolutionary and radical sort of behaviour than one would have dreamt possible in the old Germany , but in this morning 's paper I read of the results of erm a public opinion poll recently conducted by the German government about neo-nazism in Germany , showing what seems to be a rather alarming quantity of surviving interest in sympathy for old nazism . |
| 6 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
| 7 | After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders . |
| 8 | The first freshers ' dinner I went to in Oxford — this is where the the people who 've just come up erm are introduced to college life and so on — erm the amount that 's allocated to each student is two sherries before dinner , three or four glasses of wine , different wines , with dinner and then something or other — port — after dinner . |
| 9 | I tried just about every diesel and the Peugeots performed better than other manufacturers ' diesels I tried . ’ |
| 10 | In a hundred years ' time , I said to him , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg , putting the pad aside , began to type again ) , in a hundred years ' time I said to him , ( he typed ) no one will remember either you or me . |
| 11 | That was best night 's sleep I had last night for ages . |
| 12 | In last week 's programme I talked to Steven Medcalfe about novels , and asked him what makes a good read . |
| 13 | In last year 's statement I commented upon the challenging economic conditions which resulted from a base interest rate of 14.0% and inflation at 10.9% . |
| 14 | At last year 's AGM I extended an invitation to Ms de Jonghe to visit Wales on behalf of Wales Wildlife and Countryside Link . |