Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lowered me into a chair at the foot of the stairs and stood above me critically . |
| 2 | Other voluntary hospitals with such funds lost them to the Exchequer , which pooled them in a central fund . |
| 3 | Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified . |
| 4 | She folded his discarded jeans and shirt and stowed them in a locker , then turned his sleeping-bag inside out and shook it . |
| 5 | ‘ I made them with a ruler , ’ he says . |
| 6 | I made them for a friend a couple of years ago and she 's still talking about them ! |
| 7 | Last season , Dungannon won the Ulster League which qualified them for a ‘ round-robin ’ series with the other provincial winners in a bid to gain entry to the AIL . |
| 8 | In the late 1980s the Cubans manipulated them into a needless confrontation in Angola , which lasted much longer than it should have done because , this time , the Washington team was clumsier . |
| 9 | If you did , if you failed them on a regular basis , you would n't be here , right ? |
| 10 | She picked up my underclothes from the floor and laid them on a chair . |
| 11 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 12 | you met me with an exalted smile |
| 13 | I first met them at a trial . |
| 14 | Sandy was doing a trash all-nighter at the Scala , and Dionne met them with a cocktail shaker . |
| 15 | He met them with a drawn sword , but it was Gwion and Colban and a score of others armed with staves , kitchen knives and clubs . |
| 16 | I met them through an advert . |
| 17 | The nuns led them through a series of exercises which encouraged them to think about the good in themselves , and to know that God , in His love for them , has forgiven their sins . |
| 18 | The youth led them through a brick archway into a second room overflowing with cardboard boxes , many of them open to reveal their contents . |
| 19 | The girl swung round as a silent invitation to follow , and led them past a tangled bunch of bicycles and a wall of political posters to hopeless causes . |
| 20 | He led them down a small corridor , paused by a door , took out a huge bunch of keys , slowly , and deliberately , unlocked the door , and then , with a dramatic , indeed melodramatic , flourish , flung it open . |
| 21 | She led them down a narrow corridor and into a comfortable lounge . |
| 22 | He led them at a smart pace along the path where the railway had been and though they grumbled about the branches scratching their legs his sister and his brothers followed him . |
| 23 | The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting . |
| 24 | The next tunnel forked , turned left , turned right again , and other tunnels led off from it ; and Fand led them at an even pace along a course that seemed to have no sense . |
| 25 | He led them into a room overlooking an attractive courtyard , with a paved area surrounded by shrubs . |
| 26 | A young man in an immaculate dark blue suit took over from the young woman who had met them at the elevator and led them into a vast room , furnished with antiques . |
| 27 | ‘ We are a scientific community , ’ he said as he led them into a dismal cavernous hall , ‘ and also a spiritual one . ’ |
| 28 | He led them into a small , more comfortable room behind the great hall where a fire burnt in the canopied hearth ; it was cosier and not so forbidding , with its wood-panelled walls and high-backed chairs arranged in a semi-circle around the hearth . |
| 29 | Flunkeys led them into a private part of La Noblesse where they were warmly greeted by an expansive Grunte , who presented the ladies with a flower and with grave courtesy showed each to her seat . |
| 30 | Philpott led them to a pale-blue door at the end of the passage . |