Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had them hidden in a box , in the store room . |
| 2 | Two of , two of them departed for a period of six months . |
| 3 | On reaching the lockers he found the area around them occupied by a crowd of students , their rucksacks and kitbags strewn across the unswept floor . |
| 4 | er this bloke had his done in a shop |
| 5 | How had I done as a test-pilot ? |
| 6 | Because when he told me their name was I thought of a girl I used to know called Louise , but it is n't her |
| 7 | Never before had I slept on a river . |
| 8 | Was I called as a witness ? |
| 9 | my mother always , I used to say to her was I born in a gale , cos she could never get me in if the wind was blowing |
| 10 | Many times while going to school have I grasped at a wall or tree to recall myself from this abyss of idealism to the reality . |
| 11 | Were I inclined to a sense of responsibility , this factor alone would go no small way towards vitiating it . |
| 12 | I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know . |
| 13 | I found them built into a cottage . |
| 14 | ‘ She gets them made in a factory in Hong Kong . |
| 15 | The two of them dated for a while , but it did n't work out . |
| 16 | By the time the alarm was raised the three raiders , one of them armed with a handgun , had fled the museum in Chelsea , London . |
| 17 | But his father wants them buried in a family plot in Santa Inez . |
| 18 | Have you heard of a type of problem known as NP-complete ? ’ |
| 19 | Have you seen a f have you heard of a film called The Unborn ? |
| 20 | The nastiest one I 've seen is called , have you heard of a film called Brain Dead ? |
| 21 | ‘ Have you heard of a man , ’ he asked ‘ known as William Scarlett ? |
| 22 | ‘ Have you heard of a prisoner called Enrico ? ’ |
| 23 | Have you heard of a law against laughing , Mr Clever-Dick-Nick ? ’ |
| 24 | Erm have you heard of a fellow called Newton and his three laws ? |
| 25 | Have you heard of a freight train ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well , something other than sex gets you aroused to a passion , ’ she said with unaccustomed acidity . |
| 27 | Why is she fascinated by a style perfected under a dictator whose crimes the Soviet people are just beginning to understand ? |
| 28 | But had she come on a journey , or what ? |
| 29 | ‘ Have you booked into a hotel ? ’ |
| 30 | An elegant back view ca n't fail to get you noticed in a crowd |