Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an instant I saw a different woman : not the sour , bored old creature I had grown to expect , but someone strong and humorous . |
| 2 | Using the walls for support I made a slow tour of every inch of the building , stopping frequently to squeeze the dizziness from my skull . |
| 3 | Later that afternoon I saw a horse-drawn van pull up outside the cottage and soon a burly fellow was fetching furniture out and loading it into the van . |
| 4 | For her younger sister I felt a similar affection and admiration . |
| 5 | As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones . |
| 6 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 7 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 8 | ‘ One , when I was having dinner with you and Ed in Helsinki at his apartment I sensed a certain intimacy between the two of you . |
| 9 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |
| 10 | In the spare bedroom I had a demountable work-bench with a vice and an array of small tools . |
| 11 | With this in mind I phoned a good friend who runs a detector shop and asked whether he had any decent second-hand machines for sale of the same type as my old one . |
| 12 | It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur . |
| 13 | ‘ And when I 'd parked the car I had an overwhelming urge to kiss you . ’ |
| 14 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 15 | When we were going out of the theatre at the end of the pantomime I saw a little lad crawl under the seat and put it in his pocket . |
| 16 | The tree was 360mm in diameter and to enable me to get the correct clearance around the tree and the seat width I drew a rough development on the patio with chalk . |
| 17 | Highton Highton I came a nice part . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll remember my sayin' I had a few aces up m'sleeve , when we discussed our lack of numbers an ’ the possibility of these people operatin' outside patrols ? ’ |
| 19 | When I started discussions with the social services department I had an open mind about the service to be delivered . |
| 20 | The ships had some 10 miles to go ; the MLs had used their extra fuel and filled the spare tanks with seawater as they stole into the estuary in two columns , headed by MGB 314 : These motorboats are difficult to handle at slow speed and Campbeltown was sluggish , but at speed she drew an extra foot aft and every inch counted as she came towards the mud . |
| 21 | Stay at Goulding 's Lodge , a ranch built for the set of the movie She Wore A Yellow Ribbon ( this , remember , was John Ford country ) and surrounded by high open desert . |
| 22 | Outside in her car she kept a tight grip on herself , refusing to let her humiliation reduce her to tears . |
| 23 | In this light she had a washed-out look : colourless hair and face , even lips and eyes . |
| 24 | In the harbour you got a secondary ebb and flow between the main tides . |
| 25 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 26 | Her mouth she kept a pale peach , knowing that a stronger colour lipstick would n't be right for the effect she wanted to create . |
| 27 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 28 | Farther down the coast we saw a huge kittiwake colony on an inland cliff and went to investigate . |
| 29 | Okay you 're absolutely right er we did play that at the beginning of the programme we had a little trouble with our C D what happened there Stuart it went off the air did n't it ? |
| 30 | After the programme we exchanged a few words , but he had to dash off to another engagement . |