Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [vb past] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Before raising Biggles we had a few failures with baby owls the shocking Barnys had abused .
2 Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers .
3 By the time the train reached Ealing Broadway they had been in and out of every car and as the train returned they followed the same routine .
4 With its varnished mahogany and gleaming brasswork fuselage it managed a few erratic hops but never got off the ground !
5 ‘ I thought it was food poisoning because I had prepared fish which I had not cooked properly and when the doctor arrived he thought the same way .
6 Whereupon Debenham 's counsel said he had no more questions to ask the actress .
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