Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 Yeah good old laugh , I remember my scout motto , I promise that I 'll do my best and do my duties its going back a long , long way brother .
2 A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance .
3 Before getting down to their books they searched out a hollow straw and leaned flat across the spring to drink the water which was famed for its coldness .
4 By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other .
5 She looked like a little black chattering chimney pot , for as the smoke rose up through her veils she kept up a constant conversation .
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