Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 2 | Next week , Mr Irons and Sheriff Nicholson are to petition the Court of Session to reverse a decision it took last year , effectively removing them as Torrie trustees , and making the university the sole trustee of the collection . |
| 3 | Is this a gang you gave some shit ? |
| 4 | In my early struggling days as a writer I spent occasional days as a film extra . |
| 5 | About , for example , the internal problems in what was the Soviet Union , a story we began some years ago , but are now in danger of leaving hanging in the air . |
| 6 | In fact , I arrived at a look I liked fifteen years ago and I have hardly changed it since then . |
| 7 | By a coincidence I met this man on the summit of Sergeant Man in the Lake District two months later . |
| 8 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |
| 9 | As a result we saw human nature at its best , with so many people rallying around those in need of help . ’ |
| 10 | As a result they suffered many casualties . |
| 11 | It was at a height of nearly 3,000 metres & the air outside was well below freezing , but the lava tunnel was in an area of recent activity , and as a result it boasted beautiful underfloor heating . |
| 12 | An intensely dutiful , rather dour man , he was plagued by eye troubles and as a result he shunned fashionable society . |
| 13 | A lady I knew many years ago designed knitted suits and so on at the drop of a hat . |
| 14 | As a youngster he spent many hours playing cricket with his good friend John Turner and several other boys on a piece of waste ground at the top of Young Street . |
| 15 | As a child I overheard two women talking . |
| 16 | But as a child she had many times been wrested ( as it felt to her ) from her known environment into some strange place , leaving her totally confused . |
| 17 | It was a dream I had last week |
| 18 | Value for far more than the length and a half he beat Grand Applause there , he will relish the step up in trip for the Chichester Festival Theatre Stakes . |
| 19 | He was so strong and confident , so sure of himself , that it was a pity he held all women in contempt . |
| 20 | A company has set up fair value provisions for the reorganisation costs of a subsidiary it acquired last year . |
| 21 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
| 22 | But er then there was erm a desk we had big stools and poor old was trying desperately to get me to add correctly you see , and he 'd he 'd let me add and then he 'd always find there was a mistake in it and he 'd try to tell me why . |
| 23 | But in addition to his qualities as a teacher he had undeniable glamour . |
| 24 | Tizard 's findings led her to conclude that the adopted children were the most fortunate — as a group they had fewer problems than the restored children . |
| 25 | As a consequence he placed considerable emphasis in meeting the deadline for the submission of the self-assessment document . |
| 26 | I took a retirement I took early retirement coming in the |
| 27 | For a moment they faced each other , frozen in hostility . |
| 28 | For a moment they caught each other 's eye . |
| 29 | After a moment he dropped some coins from his pocket into the hat and stepped back . |
| 30 | For a moment he had second thoughts . |