Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While other boys lived in cramped homes built back-to-back in cobbled streets , Frankie had his very own room in a mill-owner 's mansion too grand for common folk . |
| 2 | Harvey told me how each part of the computer was named after a section of the human brain : the Medulla , Pons and Midbrain . |
| 3 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 4 | And still on the heron front , Ray Talbot of the Real McKoi , Garboldisham in Norfolk showed me yet another weapon in the pondkeeper 's armoury against heron visits . |
| 5 | Stephen told them how that morning he had seen a girl out on the moor alone . |
| 6 | ‘ Rose woke me up several times during the night , ’ Laura explained . |
| 7 | That 's what Johnny says to me and then Alison rang me up this afternoon . |
| 8 | Still , as Sidcombe stuffed us twice this season they can go to hell . |
| 9 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |
| 10 | Since returning from the weekend meeting in Palm Springs , California , to which President Bush summoned him early this month , Mr Kaifu has seized the high ground at home in Japan 's efforts to avert a trade war with the United States . |
| 11 | Gabriel held it longer this time . |
| 12 | Manchester United had offered him increased terms to stay on the club 's playing staff ; several years later Chelsea offered him even more money to leave Swindon and he became the elite London club 's assistant-manager , but on both occasions Macari put the unspectacular west country side first . |
| 13 | Perhaps Lucas gave one too many hostages to fortune when he jocularly confessed in an interview , ‘ In economics , you can get a book out written in English like Harberler 's Prosperity and Depression without being able to read it . |
| 14 | ‘ Master Peachey reprimanded you only this morning for speaking thus — it is unladylike , he said ! ’ |
| 15 | Artemis London launched itself earlier this summer with City of Objects : designs on Berlin by the controversial British architect William Alsop working with London-based abstract artist Bruce McLean . |
| 16 | Solbourne patron Matsushita announced its very own colour lCD Sparc portable in Japan ; The unit , no battery and rather hefty , is bound to show up on Solbourne 's plate later this year . |
| 17 | In a world where so much was staged artificially it was like a breath of fresh air and Harriet experienced her very own glow of excitement and triumph . |
| 18 | When Charlotte had finished , emphasizing how vital it was to find the document the kidnappers wanted , Natasha poured them both more tea before she made any remark . |
| 19 | James brought them all more drinks . |
| 20 | Of course Rufus 's ready compliance with Anselm 's wishes , for which Anselm gave him so much credit , can now be seen to have been wholly political . |