Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt then that at last the ambitions I 'd had for so long were possible , and that I could stop worrying about the gypsy who 'd looked at me closely a couple of years earlier , and said : ‘ You 'll never come to anything , you wo n't . ’ |
| 2 | Mary Estlin 's Bristol and Clifton Ladies ' Anti-Slavery Society also warmed to the changed tone of Broad Street although they had broken from them barely a year earlier . |
| 3 | Her mother had checked on her only a few minutes earlier , and found her sleeping soundly . |
| 4 | She was remembering the revelation that had come to her just a few short moments ago , in what seemed like another age now , before Alexander had kissed her . |
| 5 | I remembered how I had walked with him only a few days before . |
| 6 | The fund of goodwill , of love even , which she had brought with her just a year ago , must be almost exhausted . |