Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to go along with him a lot of the time . ’ |
| 2 | The pottery was as late as any in Roman Britain and even included one sherd thought to be ‘ Romano-Saxon ’ since it had impressed on to it a Saxon type of stamp ; however , the vessel was wheel-turned and clearly of Romano-British manufacture . |
| 3 | The Adjutant spied Charles and Clarissa and bore down upon them a little diffidently . |
| 4 | She drew away from him a little . |
| 5 | He used to come over to us a lot at weekends , along with another character called Bob Brown , who lived at Blackton and who was a bachelor brother of my great-aunt 's husband . |
| 6 | It has close to it a park that provides pasture for a large herd of deer and wild goats . |
| 7 | The knights met the Council at Lincoln in July 1316 , and the king 's officers drew up for them a list of ‘ divers errors ’ contained in the perambulations of 1300 . |
| 8 | And so she behind all the way but caught up with her a few metres |
| 9 | They caught up with him a mile or so away at the Plough Inn . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , while you 're here supporting your partner you can tell me to my face why you intend walking out on me a second time in my life . ’ |
| 11 | It 's nice a wee taste of haggis now and again , not that you 'd want to eat it too often , it does tend to come back on you a wee bit , does n't it ? |
| 12 | He has strong , agile and indeed superb hands ; in the palm of his raised , right hand he holds out to you a miniature city , complete with dome , bridges and towers , the freedom of which he is offering you and which he has promised to protect . |
| 13 | She fell towards them , wishing she had the energy to turn her gaze away from this blankness , but as he moved closer to her a little light caught his cheek and she saw , or thought she saw , tears there , spilling from those dark eyes . |
| 14 | He rode away from me a day ago . |
| 15 | BELVILLE : I will likewise make over to you a farm I lately purchased in Kent , which brings in two hundred and fifty pounds per annum clear of all deductions . |
| 16 | She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see . |
| 17 | He had turned away from her a little and she could not see his face . |
| 18 | However , on mother 's birthday which fell on 24th May , father would always bring home for her a bunch of lilies of the valley . |
| 19 | He came up to me a few moments ago and said ‘ Do you remember me ? ’ |
| 20 | Buck , the adrenalin flowing , hit one of his longest drives , but he came up on it a little early . |
| 21 | And from this time I knew I had to give up so many things — my sailing and so on — but the music came back to me a hundred times better . |
| 22 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 23 | And you can the new v village can bring forward with it a park and ride initiative that will complement other such initiatives taking place around York . |
| 24 | I 'm looking forward to it a lot . |
| 25 | She goes , Well I 'll get the teachers to calm down on you a bit . |
| 26 | He told the Prime Minister : ‘ We have handed over to you a united country . |
| 27 | Then his mouth was on hers and she groaned , turning unconsciously into him a little . |
| 28 | Usually the priors became proctors for the king , paying over to him a farm ( or rent ) , but as these farms were based on a high assessment many houses or cells sold or leased their property in order to buy denization . |
| 29 | The university opened up for me a freedom I never knew existed . |
| 30 | You 've got erm you 've got a perfect example of what you threw up to us a moment ago . |