Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 2 | It would n't come across as very credible if I trusted you a third time . |
| 3 | Naturally , nobody gave us a second look and I had the traffic lights co-ordinated by computer so that we stopped near you just as Sergeant Plod , with perfect timing , gave you an excuse to mace him . |
| 4 | Actually , nobody gave us a second look as they must have presumed I was trying to get inside her knickers . |
| 5 | She bore him a third son , but a difficult carriage and birth presaged troubles which eventually cost her her life in her forties . |
| 6 | She closed the lid ; when the catch failed to operate , she slammed it a second time with a violence that made several of the slumberers lift their heads . |
| 7 | She poured me a second cup of coffee . |
| 8 | So , ‘ Goodnight , ’ she bade him a second time , her goodnight this time , however , sounding husky and hasty as she started to hurry back to her room . |
| 9 | She passed several men , but none gave her a second glance . |
| 10 | She gave him a last long look and went out , shutting it with unnecessary firmness behind her . |
| 11 | If they gave me a first , I would go to Cambridge . |
| 12 | They gave me a first . |
| 13 | As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure . |
| 14 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 15 | Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately . |
| 16 | When he did it a second time , I put the light out . |
| 17 | I doubt he gave her a second thought , once he 'd pulled his trousers back on and ushered her into the first available taxi . |
| 18 | On the morning of the funeral , he gave her a last farewell kiss as she lay in her coffin . |
| 19 | I may have made an unconscious movement towards him because he gave me a last malevolent grin and disappeared into the crowd . |
| 20 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 21 | ‘ It gave us a second pop at Morley Street , and he was stopping , ’ said Elsworth . |