Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feel of them brought him back into the attic room , to the confusion that made a few words on a piece of paper into a lifeline . |
| 2 | For another industry that followed the same path one has to look no further than the world 's steel industry . |
| 3 | THE Derry side that reached the All Ireland final in 1958 will be guests of honour at a banquet in Dublin to be held in conjunction with their county 's bid to claim the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time . |
| 4 | Encouraged by the finding of this tiny coin , I turned my attention to the second side of the pond and began the same operation along its full length . |
| 5 | The coroner gently pushed the keeper out before him , took , out his purse and clinked a few coins into his hand . |
| 6 | He made some non-committal reply and thought no more about it until , a couple of days later , when the mob was actually storming the chancery building in the main square , he looked out of the window to see the assistant military attache playing the pipes . |
| 7 | After spending all morning talking to clients on the telephone , in place of lunch I nipped up to the golf club and played a few holes with one of the assistants . |
| 8 | How would St Jerome shape up after he 'd caught a Dinky toy in the mouth and had a few handfuls of fettucine thrust into his armpit ? |
| 9 | Miss Honey poured the tea and added a little milk to both cups . |
| 10 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 11 | Cast on for a test piece and knit a few rows ending with the carriage at the right . |
| 12 | Shortly after this a number of the members of the YCCC bundled into a car and drove the several hundred miles from Bell County , Kentucky to Newmarket , Tennessee for an impromptu Sunday meeting with Highlander staff . |
| 13 | Nigel Cramer leaped from the red and white squad car and shouted the same question . |
| 14 | Nothing daunted , the mourners moved over to one side and made the most of this grand reunion . |
| 15 | I cut through it on each side and did the same to the binding on his ankles . |
| 16 | Turning , he leaned against a rock and scribbled a few sentences — with the air of a man signing his own death warrant , I thought . |
| 17 | It was hand woven of sheep 's wool and dyed the same deep indigo colour as her mask . |
| 18 | The conception of a three-years honours course incorporating as many as fifteen weeks teaching practice was the component of the response that produced the most controversy inside the CNAA . |
| 19 | Or have you ever needed a break from the pressures of work and paid a few pounds more to escape the holiday crowds ? |
| 20 | ‘ So they went up to the village pub and had a few drinks . |
| 21 | McShane , one of the driving forces behind the Hunger Marches of the 1930s , and Milligan , a founder member of the British Communist Party , hid in a pub and downed a few pints until a party of workers arrived from the Gorbals to rescue them . |
| 22 | He managed to keep working , paid for his board and lodging , helped her to look after the handicapped boy and did a few jobs around the house . |
| 23 | He pulled off a tremendous save from Sukristovas in the first half and denied the same player in the second . |
| 24 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 25 | He took up a pen and drew a few lines on a notepad — meaningless lines that irritated her as she watched . |
| 26 | Yours is one case I will always remember not for the large number of witnesses , but for the meeting of a man who right from the first impressed his lawyers with his innocence a conviction that grew and grew the more that one went into the case and met the many people who knew Andy Beattie so well . ’ |
| 27 | Without another word the three of them dressed and then , by the small yellow light of the candles , they opened the strong-box and fed the many leaves of paper one by one into the embers . |
| 28 | Mr Reed ‘ picked up a bit of consulting work ’ following his resignation and heard no more until his arrest five months later . |
| 29 | But George was a born Canadian and knew no more about China than I did ; he shared with me the wish and determination to visit China , which seemed to us to be a land of fabulous culture . |
| 30 | That year he came to Europe as the roving correspondent and covered the several large conferences . |