Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a further period of three months or so , Don Bennett appointed me Group training inspector — and I became virtually a horse thief ! |
| 2 | ‘ I got out a ball gown to lend to a neighbour and found it had been cheaply dry-cleaned , ’ she said . |
| 3 | I say virtually a spectator role , for the teacher is likely still to endow the pupils with a role label — ‘ I have a patient outside . |
| 4 | Crazy ! in search of machines to enable the group to form , I put together a solicitation brochure and sent it to people in the US . |
| 5 | I handed over a Ford transit van and its human contents to the Sussex constabulary . |
| 6 | As I dug up a bronze Roman belt-stud , I realised that the site was a mixture of historical periods . |
| 7 | Back in Armstrong , I dug out a road atlas from under the driver 's seat and turned to the page covering south-east London and north Kent . |
| 8 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ she replied tersely , ‘ I 'll make sure that I draw up a balance sheet next time . |
| 10 | ‘ How have I brought down a Cabinet Minister ? |
| 11 | It so happened that the Gulf War in Kuwait was filling our attention , and so I switched on a video tape whenever something attracted me and I found that I would be most likely to record the daily sessions on the BBC 's Newsnight with Peter Snow discussing the disposition of troops over the battle zone using a visual aid which is now known as the sandpit . |
| 12 | I felt even readier when I saw not a Gharrgoyle insight at Gharr 's table . |
| 13 | And I thought perhaps a pull-out supplement in your Sunday Times with photos of your staff , products , showrooms , yachts you 've recently supplied and fitted with equipment . |
| 14 | I dreamt I went I think I went to France , I think I was , I went on a day trip to France |
| 15 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 16 | Editor , — In 1980 I took out a BMA-BUPA policy for myself , my wife , and my daughter . |
| 17 | So I took out an insurance policy against a possible breakdown in the production . |
| 18 | ‘ I gave away a Moses basket to my sister-in-law without realising he had planked £1,000 under the mattress . |
| 19 | I think perhaps a scatter cushion in that corner , maybe some chintz curtains ? ’ |
| 20 | For many years I huddled over a calor gas stove in the winter and ate beans on toast . |
| 21 | Every week I carry out a 10-gallon water change and two gravel cleans . |
| 22 | The fish are fed sparingly once a day and I carry out a 20% water change every ten days when I use a vacuum to clean the top layer of gravel . |
| 23 | I carry out a 25% water change every two weeks . |
| 24 | I would have tried to contact you , but I had n't a phone number . |
| 25 | ‘ I ran over a whisky bottle , ’ she admitted . |
| 26 | The configuration of lights speed up , broaden , and throw different shadows into the car as I pull up a freeway ramp . |
| 27 | I feel a wooden handle ; I pull out a ten-inch hunting knife with a serrated blade . |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't a crystal ball . ’ |
| 29 | Yeah I I held up a traffic jam of about sixty cars doing that . |
| 30 | I picked up a folded-back magazine and began to read a passage pointed up in lime highlighter . |