Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They realised I told a better story when I was composed .
2 However an X-ray at 38 weeks revealed I had an enormous pelvis so a relatively normal birth was on the cards .
3 Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal .
4 Dr Nick Walters , exercise physiologist at the University of Westminster , tested Margaret on his Futrex 5000 computer , which analyses body muscle , fat and water , and found she had a fat proportion of 28 per cent — well above her recommended level of 22 per cent .
5 Says Payne : ‘ We found we had a tremendous amount in common , a real northern European outlook with people from the Pacific rim , Siberia or the Russian heartlands .
6 ‘ Allowing for the generation gap , we found we had a surprising amount in common .
7 A brief moment of the winter which pursued her sent a scampering chill through the warm place .
8 And I 'll tell you something more : it would have been hidden up , as many another 's been , an' she would have been dumped somewhere , or found in the canal , but one of the lasses that found her had a screaming fit and ran out into the street , went barmy , they said , yelling , ‘ She 's hung herself !
9 The judge found they made an illicit profit of 48.4 million francs ( £6.2 million ) .
10 However , as professionals they were not content to act as mere checkers , but felt that they had an obligation to express an opinion of the work they saw before them , and found they had an extraordinary agreement with the views of Burn , much to the resentment of other judges .
11 they mentioned he had an excellent game — and from the goals showed the scot goalkeeper could have done much better on two of the italian goals … specially the first one — a flat shot from far out and at an angle too .
12 We found he had a whole store of out of door knowledge which he was quite ready to impart .
13 Carl Howard says he took it up at school and won … went on to county level and won and just found he had a natural talent … he 's always enjoyed sprinting and athletics
14 So he was operated on , and the vets found he had a misplaced colon , put it right and stitched him up .
15 He sneaked a look at her , and found he had an excellent view of the back of her head ; she was staring out of the passenger window at the darkening vista of St James 's Park .
16 My hair had more shine than before and I found it left a stronger smell than other conditioners which I really liked .
17 ‘ Certainly found it cured a few problems , ’ André finished for her .
18 Led by this hint they opened the ground not far from the wall ; and not much more than a foot away from the surface they found a leaden envelope which they opened in two places , on the face and breast , and found it contained a human body wrapped in cerecloth : Upon removing what covered the face , they discovered the features , and particularly the eyes , in perfect preservation .
19 I was so close to these birds , they were like friends , and it seemed I had a personal responsibility towards them .
20 A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months .
21 Provided that people in this country believed they had an honest system of government which dispensed even-handed justice , then there was no need to tamper with the law unless public order was threatened .
22 It seemed they had a mutual acquaintance in ‘ freelance , W. Dennis Suit , president of Overseas Press Services , whom Coleman had met as a ‘ consultant ’ to Pat Robertson 's Christian Broadcasting Network and with whom he had kept in touch , on DIA instructions , because of Suit 's involvement with Oliver North 's ragtag army of conmen , yahoos and armchair mercenaries from
23 At the last two tournaments that Nomad played they fielded an illegal team and have subsequently been disqualified from these two tournaments .
24 The scenario has left Lewis , who believed he had a cast iron agreement to fight Bowe or Holyfield after his stunning knockout of Razor Ruddock a fortnight ago , thinking he 's a victim of another Bruno panto script .
25 Trepper was interrogated by the Gestapo and we believed he became a double agent , a lot of misinformation was received in Moscow . ’
26 By their third single , he believed he held an important position in the group because Solowka and Gregory were often absent from concerts .
27 It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’
28 Theodora noticed he had a slight Norfolk accent and no trace of nervousness or pomposity .
29 I noticed he had a slight limp ; I recalled the attack on me the previous day and the wounds I had unwittingly inflicted , but decided to keep the matter to myself .
30 Levi did n't look at the leaderboard from the 7th hole until he was on the fairway at the 13th , when he noticed he held a two-shot lead .
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