Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [pron] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to tell them at first , but now I just smile and say nuffin' , like Brer Rabbit . ’ |
| 2 | I hated seeing myself at first — we all did . |
| 3 | Nick , I wanted to thank you for last night . |
| 4 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 5 | But that was only because she had eaten nothing since last night and had been so furious this morning about her father 's gall in writing that damnably cheerful letter . |
| 6 | She had wanted it since last Christmas when they went to the pantomime in Dublin and she had seen the girls on the stage dancing in pink velvet dresses like this . |
| 7 | We had a visitor for our last day on the ranges : the Army Commander , Lieutenant-General Sir David Ramsbotham , who had commanded us in 3rd Armoured Division during our last tour in Germany , in 1985 . |
| 8 | We forgot to put it in last night anyway . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 10 | While Brown 's victory did not immediate transform his candidacy from the status of quixotic eccentric to serious contender , it did establish him in third place behind Clinton and Tsongas , and ensured the continuance of federal matching funds . |
| 11 | It had meant nothing at first , but then he had thought to try it as an entry code to some of the secret Ping Tiao computer networks he had discovered weeks before but had failed to penetrate . |
| 12 | But he had locked them in last night and he had done so on orders from the Gruagach so they did not dare rely on him . |
| 13 | In short , he had identified himself at last with the spirit of the times . |