Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 2 | Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement . |
| 3 | Exactly the same thing happened to me at the same stage when I was pregnant . ’ |
| 4 | No one mentioned it was essential training as a motoring correspondent to have a car crash , but it happened to me in the same gruesome circumstances that confront hundreds of motorists every week . |
| 5 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 6 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 7 | Manville toyed with it for a few moments , imagining the corridors of the Pentagon and White House alive with zooming figures , grey-flannel covered asses farting tongues of flame . |
| 8 | Hitler reminded his audience of his grim ‘ prophecy ’ for the first time in his Reichstag speech on 30 January 1941 , and in 1942 returned to it in no fewer than four major addresses , on 30 January , 24 February , 30 September , and 8 November , as well as hinting at the destruction of the Jews in the war in his ‘ New Year Appeal ’ . |
| 9 | Beside myself with rage , I crouched , shook my fist under his nose and yelled at him from a few inches ' range . |
| 10 | A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’ |
| 11 | Will talked with him for a few minutes , then gave him a penny . |
| 12 | He chatted with her for a few minutes , then placed the bag of clothes into the boot of his car , and headed for home . |
| 13 | Gav — who probably epitomised thick-skulledness , though admittedly would not be amongst one 's first fifteen when it came to offering proof of heavy traffic within the central nervous system — opened one bleary eye and focused on me with the same accuracy one has grown to expect from security forces aiming baton rounds at protesters ' legs . |
| 14 | Silence fell between them for a few steps , then he said , his tone slightly different , ‘ I 've heard on the grapevine that you came to Glasgow from Heymouth , and that you were involved in the disaster there last August . ’ |
| 15 | Fred thought about it for a few seconds . |
| 16 | He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen . |
| 17 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 18 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 19 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 20 | ‘ Comm 's working , ’ she said , and listened to it for a few more moments . |
| 21 | Alec stared at him for a few seconds , then walked out into the heat and glare of the mid-day sun . |
| 22 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 23 | It stared at me for a few seconds , then the lens flashed again , a key was put into the lock , bolts were drawn and the door was opened . |
| 24 | The children also presented with her with a This Is Your Life book about her career . |
| 25 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 26 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 27 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 28 | Have we always seen such change and uncertainty and responded to it in the same way ? |
| 29 | She wrote to me about the many pressures on girls to worry constantly about their looks , and in particular their bodies . |
| 30 | Izzie glared at him with the same dark , foreign eyes as her father 's . |