Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt very weak , however , and every so often he retched convulsively , though without vomiting for he had consumed nothing except a little water in the past twenty-four hours . |
| 2 | The devil had booked them into the same room . |
| 3 | Johannsen also claimed one in the latter area at 1150 . |
| 4 | ‘ Have you booked us into the same hotel , Drew ? |
| 5 | My God , for 15 years I 'd written nothing but a few songs . ’ |
| 6 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 7 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 8 | Made one at the same time together . |
| 9 | She projected a kind of agelessness , which had made her at the same time an object of attention from both the Young Women 's Fitness Class and the Over-50s Club . |
| 10 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 11 | And I 've done it with the same manager — Harry Bassett . ’ |
| 12 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 13 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 14 | The C E C have had twelve months , the sections have been up and running , they should have learnt from the experiences over the last twelve months because all that they 've done is presented us with the same document with the exclusion of the one issue of the two year conference . |
| 15 | One example in Torquay , Devon , has proven itself over a few years . |
| 16 | ‘ Twice you have surprised me within a few minutes , Mr. Preston . |
| 17 | ‘ He has got himself into the most God almighty muddle , ’ he said , adding almost hopelessly , ‘ he is not a worldly person . |
| 18 | I do nt think they ve had one for a few years . |
| 19 | The self-confidence inspired by his Eton and Trinity background may have helped him in the several differences of opinion he has encountered in his life . |
| 20 | The Provisional IRA have also used it on a few occasions . |
| 21 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 22 | You 've had it for a few years too . |
| 23 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 24 | Their enemies equipped themselves in the same fashion . |
| 25 | Miss Scrimgeour had received one at the same time . |
| 26 | Sarah told Maureen that she had received one by the same post . |
| 27 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 28 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |
| 29 | It had reduced him to the same level , just another anonymous treatment that her body had required . |
| 30 | Instead he had relentlessly bombarded her with the same questions . |