Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh Mum I told you about that . |
| 2 | And I says , it 's an old lake dwelling , and er of course I mentioned it to this chap , just switch it off the now . |
| 3 | ‘ We set out to pay the last mournful duties through a road almost impassable with snow which continued to fall with a boisterous wind which blew it into immense drifts . |
| 4 | One of the ways she visualized life was as a swirling , unpredictable tide of confusion which swept you along helpless , bumping against rocks , trying to snatch at branches , bits of wreckage , anything that might help to keep you afloat for , if you did n't watch out , the waters would suck you down and close over your head . |
| 5 | The winner on the day was Francois Lombard — a result which took him to third place overall in the championships . |
| 6 | Ward was due to take over the driving and at the end of it I slumped into the seat beside him in a happy daze which insulated me from all sense of reality . |
| 7 | It had a depth and penetration which separated it from most other consultants ' reports of the time . |
| 8 | As she did one of the English players danced across the screen and up the sideline , outwitting several of the Moroccan side who tackled him from all directions . |
| 9 | And he smiles as he talks of the best friend and rival who accompanied him on those weekend trips . |
| 10 | Starting from an implicit acceptance of Roman rule they interpreted it as responsible contemporaries , having regard to the needs and interests of the Greek upper class . |
| 11 | Those who were not hard pressed and in no immediate danger of running at a considerable loss might have no strong incentive to vote in favour of a course which threatened them with heavy losses in the immediate future . |
| 12 | To his professional duties he had added the role of Departmental Safety Officer , and it was this experience which took him in 1977 to Imperial College in the new post of College Safety Director . |
| 13 | Now then , that new vending machine I told you about last time . |
| 14 | Further , and in acknowledgment of his work as joint secretary of the Tutorial Classes Committee and for his duties in connection with the annual Cambridge Summer School Pateman also received a substantial honorarium which provided him with some security as his salary as District Secretary was not infrequently in arrears . |
| 15 | Several respondents commented that both foster parents and children had enjoyed participating in an exercise which provided them with concrete proof of achievements and which sought to monitor progress systematically . |
| 16 | I had a real ambition to ride round Badminton , but had a terrible fall which left me with two broken legs before I could do that . |
| 17 | I sobbed with fright , even as I addressed the one and only question which confronted me in such a dangerous situation . |
| 18 | That frigid little scene you treated me to over breakfast ? ’ |
| 19 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 20 | Such behaviour would not normally be a recommendation to the High Court bench , but it was less of a problem for the Labour Lord Chancellor who appointed him in 1975 . |
| 21 | BOXER Mike Tyson 's bid to get a new trial was thrown out of court yesterday — by the judge who sentenced him to six years for rape . |
| 22 | He was a form of Guru to the airmen who frequently took their problems to him , rather like the simple Arab in the desert who treated him as some form of God . |
| 23 | For a long time Roe has harboured a desire to do some commentating so when he had the chance at the European he took it with both hands . |
| 24 | I just thought I 'd tell you that in case you needed it in any of your essays . |
| 25 | Now that those people have run up those enormous debts , where are the Labour Members of Parliament who led them into that position ? |
| 26 | And erm then of course she told me about this so my mother went to see him . |
| 27 | ABOVE Pierre de Fermat , the mathematical genius who left us with one of science 's greatest conundra . |
| 28 | A message from Mr Dubcek to the crowd in Prague , read by the economist who advised him in 1968 , called for the resignation of all those in the present leadership who were resposible for the invasion and its aftermath . |
| 29 | A message from Mr Dubcek to the crowd in Prague , read by the economist who advised him in 1968 , called for the resignation of all those in the present leadership who were resposible for the invasion and its aftermath . |
| 30 | Perhaps his father had the kind of job which took him to many parts of the country , and possibly he took the boy with him , I do not know . |