Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
| 2 | I know that er the seminar which I attended sparked off quite a lot of lively er debate . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , she went to lie down about an hour ago … ’ |
| 4 | Now , there was this Greek fellow called Archimedes , who had built up quite a reputation for himself . |
| 5 | ‘ If you wanted to find out how an astronaut 's body was likely to stand up to the strain of living on a very , very heavy planet , is there some way of testing it before actually visiting the planet ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We did go out together a few times , yes , Chief Inspector . |
| 7 | Barrie Clarke … says it was a tough race so much mud and he got thrown off quite a few times |
| 8 | ‘ She found he 'd drawn out quite a lot of money on Friday , from two building society accounts they 've got . |
| 9 | It had picked up quite a bit of loose weed which kept jamming in the top ring , but this was periodically removed by Mr Gardner who , by now , knew I had a good fish on and had been warned that any foul-ups at the net would seriously hinder his future fathering capabilities . |
| 10 | He had rolled over just a little , and opened his eyes . |
| 11 | For labouring people and out-servants the average income per head is given as £4 10s ( £4.50 ) against an expenditure of £4. 12s ( £4.60 ) , while for cottagers and paupers , whom he considered to make up almost a quarter of the population , the respective figures are £2 and £2 5s ( £2.25 ) . |