Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] a new " in BNC.
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1 | I remember before that the wind changed pretty suddenly from southwest to nearer west I think and I 'd made a new hen house I thought indestructible . |
2 | I thought that I 'd created a new directory but I did n't . |
3 | But by now I 'd found a new market — the Sunday papers . |
4 | So that was how I came to have a new dress and boots and a real ribbon for my hair instead of the usual string . |
5 | Black Oil ? ’ ) , the socket set and a large hammer , and to my astonishment I had fitted a new wheel and mudguard . |
6 | Ken said , ‘ I had to have a new banjo . |
7 | She says she hoped things would improve but they did n't so she tried to start a new life . |
8 | Once you 'd done a new paragraph like they did like this blah blah blah in here . |
9 | Oh well I , I did n't realize you 'd had a new one . |
10 | Despite early suggestions she 'd started a new life in South Wales , she has never been found . |
11 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
12 | After a four month stay with her brother in Zambia , she returned to make a new career in nursing . |
13 | No , I assure you of that but , well , for one thing the Elsie I knew made it clear to me that she wished to make a new life for herself , start more or less from scratch . |
14 | She told the audience how she had seen a new state-of-the-art ambulance which was only for use by private patients but staffed and paid for by the NHS . |
15 | Tonight she had discovered a new side to herself . |
16 | Not long after her arrival in Scotland she had to attend a New Year meeting in Aberdeen , far to the north over mountainous country . |
17 | Davidson , who had previously been married for a total of less than five years to three different wives , said after falling for Tracie that she had made a new man of him . |
18 | She had made a new life for herself now in London , a better , much more successful life than Dublin . |
19 | However , within six months of our treating her , she had regrown a new hip joint . |
20 | It had been just after Christmas ; she had worn a new pair of fur mittens her sister had given her . |
21 | He had suspected for a while that Nancy had become tired of Bill Sikes ' brutality and violence , and that she had found a new friend to take his place . |
22 | Six months later the Great War had broken out and she had found a new cause . |
23 | Dexter guessed that she had found a new man . |
24 | The previous day she had set a new world record in the preliminaries . |
25 | Feeling years older than when she woke up this morning — and not just because she had acquired a new , sophisticated façade of hair and clothing during the day — Belinda plunged into the middle of the party crowd again . |
26 | She had bought a new handbag this morning , a neat , compact little thing that matched perfectly with the new dress and shoes she was wearing . |
27 | She hoped to announce a new initiative to tackle unemployment within a few weeks . |
28 | She hoped to get a new home and take her baby back . |
29 | She was previously with IBM and before she left launched a new networking consulting business for IBM North America . |
30 | I. If you wanted to start a new firm for any product you might be attracted by the empty factories and the source of unemployed workers . |