Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a newcomer to such work , I became involved through a meeting with Johanna Carrie . |
| 2 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 3 | But if I insist on forcing the spontaneous towards an end which I already deem rational , I remain imprisoned within a circle of old concepts , reason goes on doing the same kind of sums , there can be no novelty except the discovery of unnoticed implications of the familiar . |
| 4 | Jamie and I got pushed about a bit and nearly fell down a couple of times , but we survived through to the end of the night without any scrapes . |
| 5 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 6 | P. A. I got called as a witness in a motoring case , and it came up when I was on nights and I had to get up and call in the solicitor . |
| 7 | But even this has not stopped my love for canoeing as I have been out many times since and this summer , when I was at camp , I was going down a weir , when I got caught in a stopper at the bottom and nearly drowned myself again . |
| 8 | I got bitten by a rat . |
| 9 | ‘ Last time I got booed by a lot of people was in '82 , but this year I was booed a couple of times . |
| 10 | The ring I 'd grasped as a baby |
| 11 | I 'd gone for a walk . |
| 12 | I 'd played at a club in Soho , even backed a few rock bands Lloyd had claimed to manage , and he 'd run a string of female mud wrestlers , mainly in the clip joint next door . |
| 13 | I 'd heard from a sceptic that there were only six basic shots in surfing photography and everything else was just window dressing . |
| 14 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 15 | Well that 's what he said oh no when he went to sleep I did I 'd done about a page this is what I read out , I went Professor Plop and the Time Machine . |
| 16 | AS a student , all I 'd done in a hospital was two weeks as a medical student , wandering around . |
| 17 | I 'd struggled through a freelance career using a wonderful old black upright Imperial typewriter , the kind hammered manically by Jack ( ‘ Cigarette me ! ’ ) |
| 18 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 19 | I 'd thought of a course of Lenten addresses . ’ |
| 20 | A Canadian reviewer said they looked like people I 'd found at a bus-stop , which I was very flattered by . ’ |
| 21 | Then , after I 'd walked about a bit and done my errands I suddenly felt much better . |
| 22 | My back , my great white back was scored with thirty or forty sharp red welts , regularly patterned , as if I 'd slept on a bed of nails . |
| 23 | No , who was that I 'd got ta a statement about then ? |
| 24 | She told you I 'd left with a bag . |
| 25 | Julie Rose would be there and would return the yellow shoes I 'd left in a dressing room two weeks ago . |
| 26 | In the past I 'd behaved in a way that made it impossible for women to stay with me — for instance , I 'd cut off emotionally , or refuse to have sex , or start seeing other women . |
| 27 | I lost a sodden pair of boots and socks , and William 's day bag , which I 'd borrowed for a rucksack . |
| 28 | The only touch I was remotely pleased with was an elegant , cane-handled parasol I 'd borrowed from a colleague . |
| 29 | I fingered Jo 's credit cards , which I 'd slipped into a trouser pocket . |
| 30 | a number of the savings erm and the increased income that is available to , to avoid savings are the result of your own policies developed over a number of years and I hope implemented with a degree of further manage managerial action which has actually given you some money to spend , erm which will avoid you having to make er painful cuts in order to fund a new growth and in particular I would highlight the significant movement that has has now taken place , children from special educational needs provision outside the county , back into the county . |