Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 2 | More touching was the sad list of names in Sasbach churchyard , each of them representing a large loss in a small community . |
| 3 | I needed to earn a bit of extra money when I went on the tour and so I became a professional wrestler in my spare time . |
| 4 | When I became a permanent presenter in Bristol , the main newsreader was Ken Rees , more recently to establish himself as a top foreign correspondent for ITN . |
| 5 | Could I make a constructive suggestion in this context of board salaries or remunerations or compensation packages or bonuses I 'm saying that in a slightly tongue in cheek way because I believe that the majority of shareholders do n't understand the differences between these concepts , as you gentlemen evidently do . |
| 6 | When I asked a Pakistani woman in her forties about this interpretation , she said : |
| 7 | I made a similar argument in chapter 1 about practical support in contemporary society . |
| 8 | In fact , I made a major decision in '84 , and followed it through in '86 . |
| 9 | The following year he beat both Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in a 4–1 victory over Spain at Telford and said : ‘ I made a good start in the Cup so the first few matches will always stick in my mind . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We do n't want her thinking that you and I made a secret assignation in Piccadilly Circus . |
| 12 | I , I , I notice from the schedule that , I mean a tremendous difference in cost per person if you just add , divided the people into , which suggest the way you 're being work out on a basis of individual needs , and what the carer provides . |
| 13 | I passed a military truck in the hedge . |
| 14 | That is when I got a real bee in my bonnet about British restaurants . |
| 15 | When I left in here at the when the receivers come in I got a wee job in Centre , up the town , and I had , I could have got a job in a hosiery in but I did n't fancy travelling down there , so I took that wee job up there . |
| 16 | After a TOPS course I got a full-time job in computing and I moved to a different part of London . |
| 17 | The father moved in and I got a full-time job in another engineering company . |
| 18 | ‘ I got a sharp pain in my right arm . |
| 19 | Then one day at school I got a sharp pain in my stomach . |
| 20 | I was doing some mental arithmetic , counting up what was in my wire basket , when I got a great dig in the backside . |
| 21 | I got a nasty taste in my mouth — sort of stale like . |
| 22 | I got a little work-bench in there , and me stores of sprays and weed-killers and potting compost . |
| 23 | ‘ I got a detached retina in my right eye three weeks before I fought Ray Mercer , ’ veteran Holmes admitted . |
| 24 | Then I lifted the foot and as I explored further I found a tender area in the superficial flexor . |
| 25 | I found a felt-tip pen in the desk drawer and addressed the envelope to ‘ Mr F. MacLean ’ care of a pub I knew in Southwark where they knew me by that name . |
| 26 | When we moved out of Windrush , with reluctance , in the autumn of 1940 , I found a large flat in an old house near Stanley Park . |
| 27 | After a time , I found a little cave in the side of a hill . |
| 28 | I provide a notable example in my next chapter on grammar and linguistic terminology . |
| 29 | The two local policemen came around one day and suggested I place a red light in a window which could be seen by as many neighbours or passers-by as possible . |
| 30 | Time is at a premium because I want a full launch in time for next spring , and I prefer to use an agency which knows its market intimately . ’ |