Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was furious when I got to the hotel that morning to find you 'd already left . |
| 2 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |
| 3 | I came to the school some time ago to investigate the giant eel and got lost . |
| 4 | Now , I served on the island many years later and became friendly with a host of people , and I personally researched a great deal on our raid when not a single bomb fell on the seaplane base . |
| 5 | Denis and I worked on the show each morning and on our final evening we performed it in ninety degree heat for a deeply moved and even more deeply biased audience of mutual families . |
| 6 | ‘ Did n't even know myself until I talked with the PM this afternoon . |
| 7 | I tell you what I saw on the telly this morning . |
| 8 | I 've never been to Germany since , never seen anymore of it than I saw from the air that day in 1945 , and I ca n't say I 've ever wanted to . |
| 9 | We walked here through the gardens and the woods , past the hill where Andy and I lay in the sunlight all those summers ago , into the little glen , then up through the bushes and the dead auburn wreckage of the ferns , to the trees at the summit of the small hill . |
| 10 | I thought at the end both sides were happy to hear the final whistle . |
| 11 | CATHERINE It was because of her I went to the head that time at the school . |
| 12 | I went to the village several times that week , to see if there were any strange faces about . |
| 13 | So he said erm I said to the woman I went to the court this morning so he said when you explain to me he said I 've got money in my pockets cos I borrowed it from dad tha he said I owed sixty two pound so he said I said to the woman in the court how can I pay this the sixty two pounds when you 've frozen my account ? |
| 14 | However , when I went to the house that night I found the Ralembergs upset . |
| 15 | When I went for the paper this morning there was this dog , two dogs actually , but one |
| 16 | I went on the game this time and earned a bit of money there , and I did chequebooks and cards . |
| 17 | I went into the shop this morning and everyone stopped talking and stared at me . |
| 18 | I went over the shop this afternoon . |
| 19 | ‘ Dr Vaughan , would it disturb you if I listened to the transistor this afternoon ? ’ |
| 20 | When she arrived at the theatre that night she saw a note pinned up at the stage door stating that it had come to the management 's notice that a Girl had been flying , which was forbidden ! |
| 21 | With each day she spent in the sun these crucial questions mattered less . |
| 22 | ‘ As soon as she walked through the door all the memories came flooding back and she burst into tears , ’ Rosemary said . |
| 23 | Did you look good when you looked in the mirror this morning ? |
| 24 | I do n't know what 's happened , cos she went past the shop this morning so |
| 25 | Because she went in the jungle all alone ? |
| 26 | As we passed under the viaduct that day , one of these steam trains passed overhead , in a cloud of champagne and Chanel fumes . |
| 27 | They were still red hot this morning when we got on the market these were . |
| 28 | ‘ We arrived at the hotel half an hour before our appointment . |
| 29 | As we explored the roofless shells of the other buildings we remarked on the way each dwelling was sunk into the ground . |
| 30 | Because we started in the afternoon that day , should have finished about half past four five , went on till seven , and then wen went ne next morning to get the next lot . |