Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun prp] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very privileged to meet her when I visited Georgia a few years ago : a remarkable and very courageous woman . |
| 2 | The hydrogen fuel leak is similar to one which grounded Columbia a few months ago . |
| 3 | Merleau-Ponty , who met Nizan a few weeks later at Laurent Casanova 's villa in Porto , recalls that Nizan seemed resigned to the inevitability of war , but still confident in the belief that a tripartite alliance between France , Great Britain and the USSR was a necessary and inevitable prerequisite to the defeat of fascism . |
| 4 | A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots . |
| 5 | She followed Edgar a few paces across the room . |
| 6 | ‘ Hawaii ! ’ she announced when she rejoined Florian a few minutes later . |
| 7 | Nahh … what I 'd really like to do is come back as the guy who shot Reagan a few years back , only I would n't miss ! |
| 8 | Lionel Luyt told me that it was only when he reached Europe a few years later that he realized how far ahead of his South African contemporaries John had been , doing things which he must have invented for himself because he had not had the chance to see them put into practice by others . |
| 9 | It took D'Arcy a few seconds to connect the familiar face in the unfamiliar surroundings . |
| 10 | It took Marie a few seconds to realize who Gary was : nobody , not even the teachers at school , called Gazzer by his real name . |
| 11 | He rejoined Schering a few months ago , after a break of more than 29 years . |