Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 3 | I crept off down a little path through curling bracken . |
| 4 | I argued passionately for a top higher band . |
| 5 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 6 | Of course , I fought back like a veritable lion but my sword and dagger were in the garret and who in the tavern would listen to my screams ? |
| 7 | Here houses looked to me like Monopoly chips : seeing a man cycling over the pathless tundra I scanned hopelessly for a possible point of reference he might have . |
| 8 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 9 | He looked at me as though he had seen me somewhere before , but I passed by with a curt nod . |
| 10 | ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’ |
| 11 | he was going round going oh my God I got off with a real dog . |
| 12 | ‘ Even when I got by on a fast straight , where the extra power of my machine was beneficial , I thought it might be part of his plan to let me go in front and force me into making a mistake . ’ |
| 13 | I can remember waiting some minutes before walking through the house , knowing that there must be proof of burglary at the back door , and when I got there in an uncomprehending state , lo and behold the kitchen door was broken right down ! |
| 14 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 15 | Devlin said , ‘ In forty-one , I got back on a neutral boat , a Brazilian cargo ship from Ireland that put in at Lisbon , but that 's a tricky one . |
| 16 | Finally they helped me upstairs to a bedroom , and I sank gratefully into a warm , dry bed . |
| 17 | I groped for Toby in the dark and found his hands , and they held on to me , and I shouted again to an unknown listener as I had wanted to in the street : " I do n't want this ! |
| 18 | Otley was looking the other way as if he did n't know me when I tried again with a pleasant , motherly woman with a shopping basket full of goodies . |
| 19 | Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands . |
| 20 | After primary school I moved away to a different High School but I have the photographs and certificates of achievement that I have worked for . |
| 21 | One memorable day I wandered along to a municipal course and sat waiting while they fixed me up with a fourball . |
| 22 | Then I branched out into a new area . |
| 23 | I jerked upright with a hoarse cry . |
| 24 | I staggered back to a cold bed but Margot and Phoebe had fled . |
| 25 | He opened a door and I staggered gratefully into a sweet bovine warmth where a few shaggy little bullocks stood hock deep in straw . |
| 26 | Collecting my thoughts I baited up with a fresh squid and cast back out to the same spot , bobbin on the needle and it was back to the bedchair . |
| 27 | On Easter Monday 1972 , I woke up to a new view of the world . |
| 28 | I came here as a Chilean refugee . |
| 29 | Instead , I came away with an old copy of Prescott 's Conquest of Peru . |
| 30 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |