Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we went up there and we had just we 'd , we took the labour rooms and er of course we had got a cup of tea with them you know ? |
| 2 | It was quite unlike Ace to have left her to carry her own baggage , but of course he 'd had a hard race . |
| 3 | Of course he 'd had a lot on his mind . |
| 4 | Of course it did herald a new era … in the second division . |
| 5 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 6 | Is it because we will point out that the consultants , general practitioners , radiographers , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , the Ayrshire local health council , all four district councils and the four Members of Parliament who bothered to make a submission were against the proposal to opt out — that all those 200 submissions were against it ? |
| 7 | This was emphasised by those heads of department who had taken a lot of time over their self-appraisal and who claimed that as a consequence other things had had to suffer . |
| 8 | Labour law and order spokesman Alun Michael MP said : ‘ If every item of shopping we bought had a ticket telling us how much of its price was due to crime losses and higher insurance premiums , we would all be appalled . |
| 9 | It was pleasant to live in the open , and easy to provision both men and ponies ; and the courtier and man of law who had lived a high life in the London Inns and colleges , and been in the king 's own service , was nonetheless a hardy Welshman , well able to campaign in the hills winter or summer , and never complain of a hard bed or a scanty meal . |
| 10 | ( Friend of woman who had had a number of strokes . ) |
| 11 | Except for the drumming and chanting coming from the temple , and the photo display of the horrors of VD which had attracted a huge audience of twelve-year-olds . |
| 12 | In France the rule of the dukes who sought to govern in the place of Charles VI who , since 1393 , had suffered from the intermittent attacks of a mental illness which was to remain with him until his death in 1422 , appealed to a rising sense of nationalism which tended to favour a vigorous defence of French interests . |
| 13 | Over the eight square feet of hole he had nailed a blanket . |
| 14 | Within her first three weeks of modelling she had done a cover of Harper 's Bazaar . ’ |
| 15 | With his last ounce of strength he tried to stretch a hand to his fiddle , but it was already burning fiercely . |
| 16 | She lowered her gaze to the plate of food she had ordered a while ago . |
| 17 | On the eve of poll he had placed a £5 bet at 16–1 with a Bristol bookmaker that the Tories would win an overall majority of between 20 and 25 seats . |
| 18 | Now the British built a steam cathedral on a piece of land which had become a sort of palimpsest of indigenous and alien power . |