Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pickup truck passed us with three men in the back sheltering under a tarpaulin . |
| 2 | Pepys met him in 1665 . |
| 3 | As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another . |
| 4 | A writer called Thomas Carlyle described it in 1824 as ‘ A frightful scene … a dense cloud of pestilential smoke hangs over it forever … and at night the whole region becomes like a volcano spitting fire from a thousand tubes of brick . ’ |
| 5 | Elizabeth Woodville drew her to one side . |
| 6 | Susan Einzig regarded him as one of the brightest jewels in a smart set . |
| 7 | Clarkson 's narrative revealed his own perseverance and commitment until exhaustion and financial difficulty overtook him in 1794 and Hoare fastened upon Clarkson 's continuing ‘ zeal ’ . |
| 8 | A journalist attacked him in 1791 for the ‘ permanent predominant prejudice , that the music is everything , and the words , nothing ’ at the Opéra : ‘ one is made aware of just one author , the author of the music . ’ |
| 9 | In particular , the powerful Beni-Gomez family schemed continually against Rodrigo until Alfonso banished him in 1081 . |
| 10 | Alcock found it within one minute of starting his regular binocular search of the sky , after nine nights of cloud . |
| 11 | On 13 October , the Leader of the Opposition described it in three different ways — which is typical of him . |
| 12 | Eventually Johnny drew him to one side with a shock-haired young reporter who sported horn-rimmed glasses and a velvet bow-tie . |
| 13 | In their first game the Transvaal beat them by fifty runs . |
| 14 | The indictment charged him with two offences . |
| 15 | Jack Kinley told me about one case . |
| 16 | According to Dr O'Toole , Dr Baltimore told her in 1986 that she could write a letter to Cell about it , but that he would publish a rejoinder . |
| 17 | The US President received him in 1978 and so did the Queen — but the purges went on . |
| 18 | The wind woke her at six , hustling the leaves on the trees , still green in November . |
| 19 | It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots . |
| 20 | After completing the orchestral score , Reger reworked it for two pianos , but this version for piano duet has more of the original material . |
| 21 | France and Switzerland were the only two which mattered in 1880 ; Portugal joined them in 1910 . |
| 22 | On that one day he notched up five kills although Fighter Command downrated them to four ‘ probables ’ . |
| 23 | As for the computer password , on the other hand , this reviewer guessed it in one and had to wait twenty-odd pages for Casaubon to catch up . |
| 24 | Northamptonshire signed him for four years he shared digs with Colin Milburn and though he progressed less spectacularly than his former Durham colleague , Scott proved an able bowler . |
| 25 | Villa Banfi is an American firm which bought an abandoned estate in an area famous for its wine production , and through massive investment developed it into one of the largest single enterprises of its kind in Europe . |
| 26 | A.A. rang me at 4 o/c she returned on 2nd and had had grand time with Gwenda and families . |
| 27 | Valadier restored them in 1821 in travertine which is distinguishable from the original marble workmanship ( 157 ) . |
| 28 | Worcester were wobbling at 33 for three but Hick guided them to 158 for five . |
| 29 | Now er Richard rang me at five o'clock yesterday . |
| 30 | Bob Willis 's Test career came to a sad end at Headingley in 1984 , as Michael Holding hit him for five sixes . |