Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In no other household had she ever seen a slop basin , and she hated to see an eccentricity erected into a symbol of the traditionally correct . |
| 2 | Three , the thief knew he never wears a hat . |
| 3 | Jones had been cast for the minor but useful role of leading a small diversionary force of ships to the north of England and Scotland , but his attempts to make his ships ready for sea involved him in constant arguments with the French authorities , and his reputation as a tyrannical captain made it hard to find a crew . |
| 4 | Take no notice did you ever see a programme about erm , I forget his name now but he used to dance with Sammy Davis er man in he 's nearly seventy now I suppose but him and his brother go to this place in New York and it showed him outside in the street |
| 5 | And despite the AIDS menace 20 per cent of the students questioned by Cosmopolitan magazine said they never used a condom . |
| 6 | But only once in her life had she willingly allowed a man to break through her protective barriers , and the pain still smarted . |
| 7 | How it happened we do n't know but the flight-recorder said it only took a couple of minutes and the navigator confirmed this . |
| 8 | As the show opened they even enjoyed a beer with the first day crowds . |
| 9 | The doctor said I probably had a viral infection and the bed was too soft . |
| 10 | Convinced that education was the prime path to political formation , he became a schoolmaster and , although his socialism made it hard to find a place , he was appointed to one by the Govan school board . |