Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] in the [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room . |
| 2 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 3 | Sent memos all round , you know and he called me in the office that day , to say I 'm really disappointed in you , I said , what do you mean ? |
| 4 | On that night he watched himself in the mirror all night , and for the very first time he was the one who asked for things and who made things happen in the order that he wanted them to . |
| 5 | I saw him in the staffroom this afternoon but he hardly spoke to me . ’ |
| 6 | I know a dug a hole and I totally misread it in the sense that |
| 7 | If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’ |
| 8 | Did you see that ? he nearly shot himself in the butt that time did n't he ? |
| 9 | She had never got over that chap who left her in the lurch all those years ago . |