Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Stimulation affected speech in 3 left handers , of whom 2 had post-operative aphasia , while another 7 left handers showed no effect of stimulation and no aphasia after surgery .
2 ‘ Do you do any baking , ’ she wonders , all innocent , ‘ for those friends of yours I met last week ? ’
3 I remember when I first saw simulated sex on TV , putting myself in the place of the woman , the man on top of me .
4 When I first saw this photograph I wept .
5 Yes , that was exactly my reaction when I first saw this set announced .
6 What is more , Celtic and German dialects received very early the Greek verb in the sense of " to graft " : it has given " enter " in French , " impfen " in German , and I like to remember that I first met this word in my childhood as a current term of Piedmontese agriculture .
7 When I first met these ideas , I was reluctant to accept them , because they seemed to suggest that our knowledge of the world is more unreliable than I would like to think .
8 But the day when I first beheld this city I was well pleased therewith , and coveted it that I might be its Lord ; and I besought the Lord our God that he would give it me .
9 When I first had oral sex I was like totally out and I started retching .
10 When I first heard Arabic music I was fascinated , then tormented .
11 My only quibble is that when I first heard this song , at an afternoon gig in Dublin 's City Centre early this year , it was twice as long and consequently twice as precious .
12 When Ann and I first visited this area , we followed the same route as luckless Montrose , travelling south from Caithness , over the Ord to the Kyle of Sutherland , past Lairg , then up Strath Oykle .
13 Climb up sunshine mountain I first learned this song about three years ago when I was doing a show for some of London 's police at Faringdon 's restaurant in London .
14 So , it worked ideal , and that 's when I first found this place or heard about it well I heard .
15 I was told when I first entered this business that a pretty girl is on her way out at 23 and all washed up at 27 .
16 John Wilson , whom I last met some years ago with his wife on a trip to the Seychelles , thanked His Grace , and paid tribute to the support and enthusiasm of his wife , Alan Smith his hardworking keeper , Peter Pask the farm manager , and his farm staff .
17 ‘ I do n't know when I last had smoked salmon , ’ said Gurder , happily .
18 I could not remember when I last had any authority over anyone .
19 ‘ No , sir , but the food and clothes were gone when I next went that way , ’ Barrymore told me .
20 " I next had personal dealings with him some four years ago , in very different circumstances .
21 Nothing eventful occurred that night , and as Hugh had not returned , and as a careful search discovered no trace of Marian and Allen , it was decided to move on with every precaution into territory which with every yard became potentially more hostile .
22 The public 's response was so overwhelming that the procession of cars , which each carried two team members , was halted several times as fans surged around the cars asking for autographs , shaking hands and giving the occasional kiss .
23 He had pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges which each carried maximum sentences of one year in prison and $100,000 in fines , but he had been treated leniently because he had co-operated with independent prosecutor Lawrence E. Walsh , whose Iran-contra investigation was in its final stages .
24 Indeed , successful labour organisation could have been more firmly based on unions which each combined many skills within a single industry , rather than of related functions in a wide range of businesses .
25 If you think about it , this is a naive question , since it would be possible ( in theory ) to construct a TV schedule to get 100 TVRs by using 100 spots which each achieved one TVR or by using four spots each of which achieved 25 TVRs .
26 And the different dynamics of RENFE and BR as organizations , reflecting , for example , the very different ways in which each internalized political pressure , affected the way in which government objectives were construed and implemented within them .
27 Of the Information and Technology Department by British Aerospace , and that thanks is not used from Apex , it 's also from M S S at or acknowledged it was your efforts and not their that brought that conference about .
28 I even asked her if it was her that smashed that kiosk up !
29 This created an entirely new situation in which few saw any purpose in pursuing the attempt to build the structures envisaged at Leeds .
30 East Lothian District Council has decided to replace its six adopted local plans with a single District-wide local plan , the East Lothian District Local Plan .
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