Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend and I in in our church we 've started erm a mother and toddler service and that seemed to really help a lot of the young mums they really look forward and they said could we have it more often . |
| 2 | Well , at that time my best pal went to the pit , his mother would n't let him enter in th for scholarship , but he did happen to come here for , Well , he seemed to always get a day 's day release from the year dot , I think , and er eventually he got some A levels . |
| 3 | I found out later it was the weekend that he decided to definitely make a run for the presidency . |
| 4 | IRAS has proved in particular that a liquid-helium cooling system can work in space ; and its catalogue of newly-discovered sources — expected to eventually total a quarter of a million — is inviting a longer-term detailed investigation by a specialised infrared observatory . |
| 5 | The lack of atmosphere , extending even to the non-appearance of MacFinall 's cymbal-and-drum ensemble , which has driven the pulse of many a West Indies advance in the past , was again painfully evident as 12,000 deigned to stay away , but King Dyall did at least make a cameo appearance in an outfit that for once defied description . |
| 6 | I do n't imagine that he felt any easier immediately I applied the hot blankets , but suggestion is a powerful weapon in the armoury of the doctor , and he did at least manage a smile . |
| 7 | Ultimately the Marino family surrendered the site to the governor who sold it on to another Milanese businessman , Carlo Omodeo , who did at least allow a member of the Marino family to live in part of it — at an agreed rent . |
| 8 | Erm I wanted to actually arrange a coach if there 's enough people sort of please arrange a coach , could do , but I reckon it 's probably easier to go up |
| 9 | Paul Walsh , senior nursing officer in the psychiatric unit of Wexham Hospital in Slough , was sacked recently when he refused to forcibly inject a patient who was regarded as lucid by the nurses . |