Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report on the projected sales for the next quarter , he asked for it at the last meeting , it 's okay . |
| 2 | You could tell her it 's her fault , not mine and next time she 's feeling like a bit of fun — if that was what she had been feeling like — maybe she 'd give a chap a chance to explain that there 's already a woman in his flat , a woman he will kick out with the utmost speed if she 'd just hang on , a woman he never even invited into it in the first place . |
| 3 | It 'll be a way to acknowledge the end of an era as well as to acknowledge the people who contributed to it over the last 20 years . |
| 4 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 5 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 6 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 7 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 8 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 9 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 10 | Nothing came for her by the first post . |
| 11 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 12 | Johnny Miller played with us for the last two days . |
| 13 | Since it was the golden-fleeced ram the king really wanted , he was not at all pleased when Marko came before him on the seventh day with a jug of sweet wine and a cluster of grapes in his handkerchief . |
| 14 | ‘ It came from me in the first place , did n't it ? |
| 15 | and then he came to me as a last hope |
| 16 | One such attempt came to nothing during the Second World War , when a military coup mounted under the pro-Nazi Rashid Ali al-Gailani was defeated . |
| 17 | I have no memory of anything that happened to me in the last ten years . ’ |
| 18 | The magazine Der Spiegel recently published the results of an opinion poll revealing that 14 per cent of Germans still think Jews were partly to blame for what happened to them in the second world war , 36 per cent believe Jews ‘ have too much influence ’ , and more than 50 per cent believe it is time for Germany to forget the past and move on . |
| 19 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 20 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 21 | This has been quite a long , drawn-out argument , and it is time to remind ourselves of how we got into it in the first place . |
| 22 | My film adaptation of Anthony Delano 's richly comic book slip-Up ’ How Fleet Street caught Ronnie Biggs and Scotland Yard lost him ’ cost the not unastronomical sum of £600,000 to make , so should it turn out to be money down the drain the BBC will have to face some embarrassing questions about why it embarked on it in the first place if it thought the story might be defamatory . |
| 23 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 24 | It is not clear whether it is the limited powers of the Tribunal or the wide powers of the Government which led to none of the first sixty-eight complaints to the Tribunal being upheld . |
| 25 | But slimming , whether intentional or — as now — the result of unhappiness , never seemed to affect her breasts , and the much washed , faded T-shirt clung to her like a second skin . |
| 26 | Caroline concentrated on a spot on the wall while Fabbiano , kneeling on the floor before her , whisked a needle and thread through the hem of the scarlet silk dress that clung to her like a second skin . |
| 27 | All Scotland 's impressive technique and tactical shrewdness went for nought in the 26th minute , though , when they lost a depressingly poor goal . |
| 28 | Seb 's apparent resignation to the fact that Anna was to marry Nahum did nothing to ease the pain he felt whenever he thought about it during the next few days . |
| 29 | ‘ Kerry was in front of me at the start and I went past her on the second mile , ’ she said . |
| 30 | Julia tried to obey , as she tried to do everything he demanded of her over the next few days and as she tried to keep her misery and pain and fear from all of them . |