Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John , cos John wa William gave him that , |
| 2 | Yeah , cos er Lorraine told me last , what Lorraine works every two weeks , what she 's on this weekend , so erm , so it 's two weeks ago she told |
| 3 | But this er leg annoyed me last week because you seen the size of the lump . |
| 4 | and er Susan told me this morning , you wo n't say nothing to nobody |
| 5 | and er Susan told me this morning , you wo n't say nothing to nobody |
| 6 | many children 's solicitors found it difficult to determine the child 's competence to give instructions . |
| 7 | Some of us worried and went looking for him , then one of Alf Wood 's sons found him dead in the old pw hut , we think he died of a heart attack or so the doctor said . |
| 8 | Paul 's opponents found it easier to agree in synod on his unworthiness for office than to eject him from the episcopal residence . |
| 9 | Nick 's mum got her all the Barbie stuff . |
| 10 | While Nicholson 's experience made it easy for him to contemplate such preparations , the work of the Perkins at King David For indicated that it was unlikely that more than quart quantities of aniline could be prepared safely on the Kennington Road premises . |
| 11 | By 1935 the success of the children 's books made it possible for Ransome to buy a sea-going boat once again . |
| 12 | But Sharpe 's penetration made it possible . |
| 13 | DeVore 's eyes took it all in with great interest . |
| 14 | Another time , Wilma 's parents took us both to the Teatro Regio to see La Traviata , my first opera , and I had a new dress for the occasion . |
| 15 | Nicky 's parents found him impossible to look after : he was always picking fights , especially with smaller children ; he had a fight with his teacher at school and ran away from home five times in two years . |
| 16 | ‘ The Opera London production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream gave me great pleasure , Noye 's Fludde too . ’ |
| 17 | Coy 's superior asked him later . |
| 18 | BEAUTIFUL , flexible sounds , delicately turned phrases , and the sort of energy which skips rather than strides — the King 's Consort at the Queen 's Hall reminded us that civilisation is not entirely destroyed . |
| 19 | Powerful actors , especially , are able to make a difference to things ; for example King Louis XV 's lasciviousness made him indulgent toward Madame de Pompa-dour , who was therefore able to protect the position of the incompetent General Soubise in spite of the fact that his army was unreliable in defending France 's military interests . |
| 20 | My choice of topic for this evening 's lecture gave me some cause for hesitation . |
| 21 | Time 's tangles took us different ways apart , |
| 22 | As rapists never go around with dogs , Lydia 's imagination spared her one of its flights . |
| 23 | Although Harry 's conscience kept him awake that night until the early hours , the temptation of a day alone with Madeleine dulled his feeling of guilt about borrowing Dunbar 's car to further his own pursuit of the girl they both loved . |
| 24 | Of course now they 're recalling the fact that Tweed 's wife left him several years ago for a Greek shipping magnate , that he has n't had a lot to do with women since … ’ |
| 25 | Laughing and joking , they left their bags there and made their way down to the tap room where the landlord 's wife served them huge fish pies , the crust , golden and crisp , hiding a savoury sauce which dulled the flavour of the rancid fish . |
| 26 | The latter 's captaincy gave him some pleasant social summers at camps near Brighton but rather less desirable autumn duties elsewhere . |
| 27 | When his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides appeared , Boswell 's reflections caused him some trouble , including threats of actual bodily harm from people he mentioned . |
| 28 | Even so , the Controller 's anger made him incautious . |
| 29 | Then she took him into a shoe shop — and Pip 's father sold her some new shoes for Anthony . |
| 30 | Barclay 's father gave him 9,000 Scottish merks ( £500 ) to start on a mercantile career . |