Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine my amazement when , on my first day in the new set-up , I found that everyone fought for attention by dramatizing every event . |
| 2 | ‘ I can tell you this much : someone tried to garotte you and almost succeeded . ’ |
| 3 | The defence of disclaimer is available to someone charged under section 1(1) ( b ) . |
| 4 | This dealer commits an offence under section 1(1) ( a ) and the defence of disclaimer is no defence whatsoever to someone charged under section 1(1) ( a ) , R. v. Southwood ( 1987 C.A. ) . |
| 5 | ‘ At the end , yes , someone came into church , too . |
| 6 | It would be enough to send your temperature up each time that someone came on duty . ’ |
| 7 | Someone came from County Hall to ask for a list of folk for decoration . |
| 8 | It was often very hazardous and Mr Crangle , the librarian , wanted to buy a safety net for when someone climbed beyond shelf thirty but the Headmaster was having none of it . |
| 9 | The situation is the same if someone walked in front of the car and the driver had no chance of stopping . |
| 10 | When someone remarked in surprise at the speed with which she had obtained her demobilisation , Teddy replied mildly in her soft voice , ‘ But I 'm married , dear ! ’ |
| 11 | Someone yelled in panic , ‘ It 's the rozzers ! ’ |
| 12 | Just as someone deprived of sound , sight and tactile stimuli will invent wonderful and sometimes horrific experiences , so I could not prevent my imagination from running away with itself . |
| 13 | There was n't a sound , yet she was convinced that close by in the darkness someone lay in wait . |
| 14 | He had the look of someone felled by sleep , and just wakened . |
| 15 | When someone spoke at length he imposed unstated opinions or principles on his audience by assuming that they shared them . |
| 16 | I have never had anyone query this before , but someone did in class last year . |
| 17 | Someone said for President , no , Jimmy Stewart for President , but Ronnie Regan as best friend . |
| 18 | SOMEONE , SOMEWHERE , must need a helping hand ! someone engaged in rebuilding of an aircraft must need skilled help . |
| 19 | He was a giant of a man and did the work of three , and when someone flagged with exhaustion he would appear like a genie by his side and with a quiet word help him over the temporary crisis . |
| 20 | I expect that everyone came to church here , this evening because they knew that it was a communion Sunday , and the sacrament of Holy Communion would be celebrated here this evening . |
| 21 | One long blast on the whistle from Mr. Windust and everyone came to attention on the spot with not a sound to be heard . |
| 22 | It was an important vehicle of terror in the Stalinist period and , by the time of Stalin 's death , had come to occupy a place in the state machinery which in some ways undermined the position of the Communist Party itself ; everyone came under suspicion . |
| 23 | Everyone believed in liberalism but no one was actually for it — such was the view of one ‘ lively socialist ’ after the election of 1929 . |
| 24 | If the new Clause is accepted , it will be a signal to every fascist and everyone opposed to homosexuality that the Government are on their side . ' |
| 25 | On the other hand , Maryon Lane , one of two further South African girls ( the other being Patricia Miller ) who joined in August 1947 , thinks the chief cause of ill-will had been the obnoxious behaviour of one person , and says she herself never suffered from resentment but was accepted by the company where everyone seemed like family . |
| 26 | Nothing came of AID 's protest , however : the film still contains the word ‘ wop ’ , although you have to listen very hard for it . |
| 27 | ‘ I know nothing came to court , ’ said Theodora . |
| 28 | But nothing came to mind . |
| 29 | That is true , but if somebody applied for planning permission tomorrow or a or a renewal of planning permission , it would be difficult if not impossible to refuse permission for those to be committed . |
| 30 | Oh somebody got to business oh . |