Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've changed your body , and I tried to rewire a few of your neurons , but I 've left you alone where it counts . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I stopped working a few weeks ago . |
| 3 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 4 | And I waited till I 'd got a few bit more money to put in and sort of hid it amongst all these others , mm . |
| 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 | I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist , but I think that if I 'd had Latin I might have stayed on and tried for an academic career . |
| 7 | Jesus , it 's pathetic , but I 'd had a few bourbons … ’ |
| 8 | It 's actually quite a good book and I 'd had a few qualms about turning it over to Lenny the Lathe , who specializes in converting books more than an inch thick into fireproof combination lock safes . |
| 9 | By the time the highlights were on t.v I 'd had a few beers and was n't paying much attention ! |
| 10 | I think I 'd had a few , few home-made wines . |
| 11 | I 'd had a few ! |
| 12 | I happened to meet a former girlfriend while out for a constitutional among these perfumed hills and blow me if ; much to her chagrin , I could n't remember ever having slid between the sheets with her . |
| 13 | Stopping again for things to calm down I began to do a few unwelcome sums . |
| 14 | When my oldest son Blair said farewell sadly to the Outer Hebrides and came to work in Aberdeenshire , my wife Ann and I arranged to spend a few days there , fishing and exploring a country that neither of us knew . |
| 15 | It was in the summer , some six months after I had arrived in Paris , that I determined to earn a little money . |
| 16 | ‘ High time someone started asking a few awkward questions , ’ says his neighbour , who turns out to be an expert in Moral Law . |
| 17 | Which , I was beginning to think , might be just what I needed to ease a few tensions . |
| 18 | After a slow first hour I started to get a few better fish , roach and skimmers . |
| 19 | ‘ I managed to save a few bob and Billy Tolboys , my mate on the docks , was telling me there is a motorbike and sidecar in Bert Midgeley 's garage in Sharpness and he reckons Bert could be persuaded to sell it . |
| 20 | By a supreme effort I managed to feed a few inches back into the vaginal opening but as soon as I relaxed it popped quietly out again . |
| 21 | So I did , and I managed to rise a little way , but my wing hurt and the sea wind tugged at it and below me there suddenly flew some hooded crows and I was afraid and panicked , and nearly fell from the sky . |
| 22 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 23 | But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season ! |
| 24 | ( OK , so I 'm guilty of psychic breaking and entering on a massive scale , and the occasional bit of arson , but I did deliver a few villains their come-uppances when nobody else could , and I once taught a woman how to fly … ) |
| 25 | It was difficult to see him alone , but I did manage a few times . |
| 26 | I must admit I did recognize a few outfits that me and Nicola used to wear . |
| 27 | oh , well I erm , I did do a few but I 've used most of mine up I think , I can look in the freezer to see if there 's any there , but I do n't think there is |
| 28 | I did need a few stitches , but frequent use of the bidet helped fast healing . |
| 29 | I did have a little thought last night that maybe he is not expecting much this year but looking to get us on an even keel for an attempt next year on the title ( with maybe another central defender ) . |
| 30 | I did have a few lessons , with a lady down the dale called Annie Bayles . |