Example sentences of "[num] [noun] i [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those eight months I wanted a disciplined one-track existence and a focused mind . |
| 2 | Even at measly forty quid I made a fucking profit . ’ |
| 3 | On Wednesday 5 March 1980 , I explored the practicalities of this course at a meeting in the department and on 10 March I minuted the Prime Minister . |
| 4 | After 5 weeks I had a small nitrite reading and there was no trace of ammonia . |
| 5 | I thing I wrote the original 850-odd pages of King Rat in about six to eight weeks . |
| 6 | After hours , we went to a bar in Knightsbridge , where one afternoon I met a fifty-five-year-old Italian woman who was wearing white leather flared trousers . |
| 7 | At one point I made a straightforward attempt to discover what principles were followed in the amalgamation of libraries which clearly would have involved duplication and manifold reasons for legitimate dispersals . |
| 8 | Jim Davidson sent six bottles of champagne with a card saying , ‘ What a way to get into the papers , ’ and one evening I received the largest basket of poinsettias I 've ever seen , totally stunning , with a card saying , ‘ Thinking of you — lots of love , Elton . ’ |
| 9 | One minute I had a nice clean case bust wide open , stiff sentences all round and bonus promotion points for yours truly . |
| 10 | But one night I had a vivid dream of her , that she had died . |
| 11 | One night I had a vivid dream that to correct this error would bring us the wind . |
| 12 | One day I spent a whole morning preparing snails . |
| 13 | One day I had a mind-blowing experience ; I was sent on relief to Sainsbury 's Finchley Road shop . |
| 14 | One day I found a dead blackbird , already in an advanced state of decay , in the road outside my house . |
| 15 | One day I found a little bag . |
| 16 | Every week we got the New Musical Express and looked to see who was playing , and one week I saw a tiny ad for David Bowie at a place called The Country Club on Haverstock Hill which , as it turned out , was like a garage behind a row of shops . |
| 17 | I 'd therefore grown used to getting a certain amount of respect from other drivers , so when I found one of the clapped-out Toyotas favoured by Asian families in my path one morning I expected a free passage . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , she kept returning to the nest , and one morning I had a sudden feeling that she was about to hatch something , after all . |
| 19 | We could see fish , far below , nibbling our bait ; and one morning I caught a tiny , incredibly beautiful , angle-shaped fish . |
| 20 | Once in one of these classes one year I had a Jewish student got up and got very upset during such a class as this and stomped out and then slammed the door er which I was rather sorry about because erm I think he was being a little bit erm too sensitive because the person who was giving the paper said anything anyway erm , but warrant that , but he was just offended of the idea that anybody could suggest that Moses was n't Jewish , and of course |
| 21 | At one stage I had the same reservations , but in the light of the experience of the last six years and the credibility that the festival has given to drama with elected members , headteachers , and officers of the Authority , I am convinced that , at any rate for Leeds , this annual festival is helping to develop the quality of drama in the Authority ( pp. 44–45 ) . |
| 22 | After two years I won an Intermediate County Scholarship which brought fifteen pounds a year in addition to free education . |
| 23 | A week or two back I caught the 17.18 ex Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth , which has a change at Machynlleth for Aberystwyth passengers with the train proceeding up the coast . |
| 24 | In the fifth sitting of the Committee on 19 December I had the following to say : ’ It would not be helpful to establish such a council on 1 April 1993 when the colleges become self-governing and will require a period of stability . |