Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days . |
2 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
3 | ‘ They do n't live together — I mean not in the same place , ’ he added conscientiously . |
4 | And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again . |
5 | The only other fictional world I lived in with the same intensity was that of Louisa M. Alcott . |
6 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
7 | As I suppose was inevitable , the story gradually became that Eric would set fire to them , not just their pet dogs ; and , as was probably also inevitable , a lot of kids started to think that I was Eric , or that I got up to the same tricks . |
8 | The tent is extremely stable especially in very high winds as I found out on a few wet and wild nights . |
9 | These issues I touch on in the latter part of the chapter . |
10 | I can if you want , it 's just that I came up with a few things that did n't make sense , they were fairly contradictory things . |
11 | With my burdens lying against the brickwork of the bridge , I walk on along the same narrow path that now begins to climb the side of a rather bald looking hill . |
12 | Just for a change I teamed up with a few fellow warriors to take on the Witchlord in Gremlin 's RPG-for-the-masses , Heroquest . |
13 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
14 | I recall that my right hon. Friend and I campaigned together on the same side in favour of a ’ yes ’ vote in the 1975 referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Community . |
15 | I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different . |
16 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
17 | I remember when after a few months in uniform duty , walking the beat , I was on West End Road , next to the Olympic Theatre , where there had been a building site and there was Collins World Fair there . |
18 | I meant not in the same way . |
19 | I struggled manfully for a few minutes , neatly nicking Ann 's fishing hat off , which we had to row after to recover ; catching Alan 's flies , on a back cast , and finally managing to get floss and line mixed up in an unbelievably intricate tangle . |
20 | During my spell on the late desk I went out on no fewer than eleven murders . |
21 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
22 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |
23 | ‘ He and I grew up in the same town . |
24 | ‘ I grew up in the same street as Alex Maskey , ’ said Mr Blair who also knew SF 's Paddy McManus many years ago . |
25 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
26 | I slept well after a few pints of Sussex Devil at the local , and woke up to find my caddie famous . ’ |
27 | I return constantly to the same two luxuries : having someone to wash my hair every morning , and peeing over crushed ice . ) |
28 | I carried on at the same point in the book and you did not seem to notice . |
29 | ‘ I ended up with the same look as with the hot-air brushes , but it can only be used on dry hair . |
30 | As usual , the interesting people told me to piss off , and I ended up with the same old circle of publicity seekers . ’ |