Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they grew up and went off into the wild I suffered dreadful pangs . |
| 2 | In my days as a Justice 's Clerk I saw enough corpses to know that death can grossly disfigure even the comeliest of faces . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If that was the case I found great difficulty in seeing how he could get permission from my local authority to license me , ’ he said . |
| 4 | In this particular case I used wild roses , plus their buds and leaves . |
| 5 | It was my responsibility I brought that child into the world , and there was no way I was going to thrust her off onto other people . |
| 6 | In addition I recovered three William III sixpences that came up from a depth of between 9 to 10 inches . |
| 7 | ‘ Despite my close relationship with Sonauto I had solid contacts with Honda and I remember the problems I brought on myself . ’ |
| 8 | Sainsbury 's own-label champagne I bought two years ago tastes even better now , developing greater fullness and depth of flavour without losing its keen edge or sparkling personality . |
| 9 | And I 've got to say this , in some cases I had additional time as a shop steward and a convenor , to spend on major problems er affecting the incentive scheme . |
| 10 | In some cases I opened that menu and selected exit . |
| 11 | ‘ I mean I 'm hoping to sell her a gorgeous blanket chest I discovered two weeks ago in Shropshire . ’ |
| 12 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 13 | For several hours I accepted this absurdity . |
| 14 | A petite , pleasant-faced doxy , however , caught my eye and for a few hours I became old Shallot again , whiling away the time , telling the most outrageous stories and making her laugh both in the taproom and on her feather-filled mattress in the chamber above . |
| 15 | We then found that we did n't have enough cash to pay the landing fees , and in response I offered Portuguese escudos , converting at the rate in the newspaper . |
| 16 | To see if topical streptokinase , as in ‘ Varidase ’ ( streptokinase and streptodornase ) could be absorbed from a wound site and produce a similar response I measured anti-streptokinase titres in patients with wounds . |
| 17 | MV I spent four years at university , from 1949 until 1953 . |
| 18 | Thwaite is also on the Pennine Way and it was the Pennine Way route I took one August cloudy day lip and out from the village towards Keld . |
| 19 | In my early struggling days as a writer I spent occasional days as a film extra . |
| 20 | In fact , I arrived at a look I liked fifteen years ago and I have hardly changed it since then . |
| 21 | Like the woman 's no good Of course I told some things about Wendy . |
| 22 | Of course I had this spell er er do n't forget I was five years as a prisoner of war , and a lot of interest because I was a union member pra b previous to that you see ? |
| 23 | Proposals I announced last month to create 12 new environmentally sensitive areas will more than treble the area covered . |
| 24 | By a coincidence I met this man on the summit of Sergeant Man in the Lake District two months later . |
| 25 | During the late afternoon I received another call summoning a further Cabinet meeting at 7.30 p.m . |
| 26 | On my return late in the afternoon I saw two SS soldiers outside our front door . |
| 27 | For the most part I enjoyed these interpretations . |
| 28 | Every few minutes I found some reason to stop : to take off my sweater , to put on my robe , to change from boots to training-shoes and back again , to eat some oats , to take my temperature , to redistribute the load inside the lockers and , when I had no other excuse , simply to rest . |
| 29 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |
| 30 | ‘ When I got back to my apartment I ate some ham and beans , and opened a bottle of rather rust-coloured claret . |