Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 2 | I doubled to the other side of the deck and joined the Sergeant Major and Brigadier Mills Roberts . |
| 3 | I doubled across the cobbled yard and stood in the middle of the road to watch the jeeps disappear in the distance in a cloud of dust . |
| 4 | Limply I gazed at the mortal oiliness of the water , in which no creature could prosper , and the dockside crowds of welcome floating and swimming above like tropical fish . |
| 5 | There is a perception amongst informed people in the community that there may well be a shortage of long stay beds in Leicestershire and you do need to bear in mind that the National Health Service is increasingly going down the road of not keeping people in hospitals longer than they have to because hospitals are perceived as being very , a very expensive way of providing beds and you have to take that into account because that 's a fairly clear national policy and you are likely to see an acceleration in that process from what I read in the national press . |
| 6 | I reiterate the point that I made to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) . |
| 7 | The comparison that I made in The Independent newspaper was based on what the Secretary of State 's own review had recommended as the number required to run the system . |
| 8 | And was that sublime trip I made around the celestial skyline embracing the deep recesses of Cwm Llan just a dream ? |
| 9 | Four years ago , I argued with the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Security about the Fowler review , which led to cuts in income support . |
| 10 | As I argued in the previous chapter , boxing was the first sport in which institutional arrangements permitted a black presence : almost every weight division produced black boxers of such brilliance that they were virtually without equals ( see Henderson , 1949 , 1970 ; Maher , 1968 ) . |
| 11 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 12 | I sprinted across the open square outside the station , jacket over head , dodging tramcars with split-second , if largely inadvertent , precision , skirted a large puddle , feinted between two parked cars , head-faked a lamppost and two startled elderly shoppers ( once I start running , I ca n't stop myself from pretending I 'm returning a kick-off for the Chicago Bears ; it 's a compulsion — a sort of Tourette 's syndrome of the feet ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I fought in the Holy Land for the Cross , and in England for Edward against the rebels ; I have founded monasteries , supported Holy Mother Church so God would exalt my family . |
| 14 | This was the last time I met with the Harlequin Bronzewing . ’ |
| 15 | I pawed at the hairy form . |
| 16 | After a very pleasant lunch therefore , I taxied to the very end of the runway , turned into wind and took off . |
| 17 | I agreed with the thoughtful contribution by the hon. Member for Pontypridd ( Dr. Howells ) about the problem of a shortage of gas . |
| 18 | It was certainly taller than the other buildings in Anani 's main street and , despite its shabby exterior , I could sense the air of warmth and welcome the moment I passed through the front door . |
| 19 | I passed over the paper-towel bundle . |
| 20 | I only realized what it was when I got to the front door . |
| 21 | As soon as I got to the other side of the bank I threw myself down and started to roll . ’ |
| 22 | And what we used to do to begin with the canal used to dip in the middle , you know there was bike wheels and dead cats and everything in it , and it used to dip and , and there was a sludge and , and the barges used to go up and down with a horse pulling them , and in the middle there was a , so you could n't bottom it in the middle , so when I learnt to swim I used to dive off this ledge and go under the water so far and I , I could reach the bottom when I got to the other side . |
| 23 | I can not say that my school days were particularly happy ones and I was not sorry to leave when I got to the official leaving age , which was fourteen in those days . |
| 24 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 25 | I got into the rear seat and the colonel closed the door . |
| 26 | He seemed disappointed and I soon saw why when I got into the main hall . |
| 27 | Well , I must admit I got about the bottom mark . |
| 28 | I never expected it to be easy , but I do sometimes wish for those moments that I experienced in the distant past , when the umpire used to say , ‘ game , set and match ’ , and you shook hands before entering the comparative safety of the changing room . |
| 29 | It certainly made an unusual change from cranberry sauce and was one of the most memorable tastes I experienced in the New World . |
| 30 | In my small way , because I felt that the whole business had been handled most unsatisfactorily by Baldwin and exploited by others , including the Archbishop of Canterbury , I plunged into the resulting controversy . |