Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] four [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only got four sultanas |
| 2 | ‘ I only said four words — ‘ I am Ken Hunter . ’ |
| 3 | I only had four laps practice so I suppose I did all right finishing sixth . |
| 4 | Anyway , I never thought , I just run out the kitchen and got we switched the electric off , and I just got four buckets of water and chucked it on the bed and then said to Rudy , you know what , we have n't got nowhere to sleep now ! |
| 5 | so what I did I just got four packets of their dozens , cos he wo n't have anything else except Bovril |
| 6 | ‘ I also had four days to be nervous and by the time the big day arrived I was all nervoused out . |
| 7 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 8 | I then isolated four variables that would be crucial in deciding whether or not a choice was being made : ( a ) the individuals in question ( the potential recruits ) with their existing predispositions ( interests , values , hopes , fears , etc. ) ; ( b ) and ( c ) the alternatives ( life in the Unification Church or continuing in the wider society ) ; and ( d ) the social context within which the decision was reached ( the Unification workshop ) . |
| 9 | NEW MARSKE Harrier Mike Harper added the British 55 age group 50-mile record to his recently acquired four world indoor bests in yesterday 's Darlington 12-hour race . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought the horses I was riding had each way chances but I never expected four winners . |
| 11 | Well the total is always three sixty all the way round but was this when you had a million pound pocket money or when you only got four pence a week . |
| 12 | But , you said you only wanted four lines ! |
| 13 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 14 | She only had four jackpots in her pocket . |
| 15 | She expected to live her life as though she still had four maids with me doing their work . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We only electrofished four miles of the open ended canal and it 's possible the fish could have survived and moved in the 20 mile stretch before the locks . |
| 17 | We just wanted four individuals who could be collectively known as something normal . |
| 18 | Whether they only had four flats or whether there 's a flat on another block and another block of fours down the road . |
| 19 | WHEN Morgan Guaranty Trust moved into new offices in whitefriars earlier this year , it was natural that CCG should move with them to their new staff restaurant , as they already had four years experience of our catering . |
| 20 | They also had four daughters . |
| 21 | They subsequently had four sons and four daughters . |
| 22 | Short was such a brilliant child player that he was paying tax on his winnings at 12 — although schoolwork came less easily and he only managed four O-levels . |
| 23 | He only collected four points in the 1961 championship and decided to leave Cooper at the end of the season to develop hi ow Grand Prix car . |
| 24 | It usually took four policemen to control her . |
| 25 | Now , their main hopes rest on the striker Dariusz Dziekanowski , a deep disappointment to his countrymen when Poland lost to Gary Lineker 's hat-trick in Monterey in 1986 but lately revived by a transfer to Celtic , for whom he vainly scored four goals in that extraordinary roller-coaster of a European tie against Partizan Belgrade at Parkhead 13 days ago . |
| 26 | Significantly , according to unofficial reports , he also met four members of the leadership of the nationalist Lithuanian Restructuring Movement ( Sajudis ) . |
| 27 | He also faced four police charges — two for possession of the drugs and two for possession with intent to supply . |
| 28 | He then spent four years in London and the South-East , including a spell at the prestigious Gravetithe Manor in East Grinstead . |
| 29 | He then published four charts covering the south-west coast from Saltcoats to Whitehaven in Cumberland , before turning to the east coast of Scotland , producing a general chart in 1785 and in May 1786 three separate charts of the same coast . |