Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Argentine agreement was thwarted largely by the March 1962 coup which brought to power a right-wing military government which promptly suspended the 1953 trade agreement with the USSR . |
| 2 | One afternoon we had made a forced march around the local countryside with our rucksacks on . |
| 3 | One afternoon he had shared a pot of coffee with Dorothy , at her invitation . |
| 4 | The greatest deprivation was German sausage , made more intense for one boy who had brought a whole salami all the way from Vienna only to have it thrown away by a Dovercourt helper ‘ because it did n't smell right ’ . |
| 5 | In one scene he had to take a handkerchief out of his pocket , and in the process shower Maggie Smith with nuts . |
| 6 | At one point they stopped to smoke a chillim in a glade where the conifers were thinner and dense clumps of feathery-leafed bamboo had spread across the open spaces . |
| 7 | At one point she 'd given a talk on Sky TV about all the signs to look for in a youngster abusing solvents . |
| 8 | At one point she had joined a group of these elderly relatives , women either widowed , de-childed or , their men at the bar talking men 's talk , temporarily joined in huddle with sisters . |
| 9 | For example , if one evening you had planned a three-egg omelette filled with cheese and accompanied by peas or baked beans , why not use only two eggs , half the quantity of cheese , but more peas or beans ; you could add a slice of wholemeal bread too . |
| 10 | On one occassion he had made a huge crossbow , hoping to throw himself to the mainland , but the elastic snapped , sending him backwards into the school and he had spent two weeks finding his way out . |
| 11 | On one occasion he had found a sheep 's head jammed between some of the stones . |
| 12 | On one occasion she had drunk a lot of alcohol , which had made her feel worse . |
| 13 | One old lady recalls her days as a midwife many years ago when on one occasion she had to deliver a baby in an old farm cottage near the works . |
| 14 | One night she had boarded a small fishing vessel moored at a small port near Yalta . |
| 15 | One day he had taken a walk in the country , and had surprised two lovers in a wood . |
| 16 | Feeling depressed one day he decided to explore a few of the corridors in Nightside and plant his packet of seeds to remind him of home . |
| 17 | One day he arrived to give a new-born filly post-foaling antibiotic and tetanus cover . |
| 18 | Would n't miss a meetin' , an' one day she started goin' a bit funny . |
| 19 | One day I had left a five pound note on the mantelpiece . |
| 20 | One woman who wanted to wear a sari had been told by her husband ‘ who do you think you are — Mrs Gandhi ? |
| 21 | On the one hand he had developed a taste for study , which he nourished with a diet of steady and wide reading . |
| 22 | At one time I had bought a chalet just outside Interlaken . |
| 23 | At one time he had intended a whole chapter of The Complete History of Wimbledon to be devoted to the issue of Maltby , but somehow the chapter had never materialized . |
| 24 | At one time he had taken a mild interest in literature , especially erotic works , but of late it had flagged . |
| 25 | At one time he intended to become a Catholic and even at one stage a priest . |
| 26 | For seven days Seb was isolated at the farm , yet despite the handicap of a crutch tucked beneath one arm he managed to dig a narrow path linking the house , dairy , hen-house , stables and cow-shed . |
| 27 | I was repeatedly threatened with rape and at one stage they tried to make a fellow detainee rape me . |