Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 2 | As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness . |
| 3 | In each case I pressed the national authorities concerned to allow me to send a UK ‘ observer ’ to their investigation and I am happy to say that our request was agreed to on each occasion . |
| 4 | A year later when I had Katie and I was married , I did n't want " to go to hospital in case I got the same treatment , but they were totally different . |
| 5 | Then after about an hour I heard the familiar heavy tread of Dad 's boots on the cobbles . |
| 6 | Over the first course I made the usual polite inquiries about Sally 's new job and asked her what she had been up to for the last half-dozen years or so . |
| 7 | and you get gale force winds blowing down there and of course I opened the back door and there were panes of glass flying past |
| 8 | With a prayer of thankfulness I rowed the few yards to her , made fast the dinghy to a cleat on her transom , and climbed on board . |
| 9 | Whenever I picked up my guitar I played the same basic scalar and arpeggiated patterns . |
| 10 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 11 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 12 | Cutting down on food , I was University missing whole meals , telling people I was training , I 'm a P E teacher so sport and the perfect body was very much up front , so the more weight I lost the better I was told I looked until it became totally out of control and I was eating an apple and black coffee a day and then vomiting so that I had nothing in me . |
| 13 | And they come in , I mean he skids in the hall at night I mean it 's my fault I threw the rubber ring towards the kitchen down the hall he sort of skidded before he got there and there was a , and he must of had mud er , you know like like he had |
| 14 | So when we walked from the pool to the car I felt the whole impact of the sun . |
| 15 | Leaving the pretty village of Thwaite I climbed the green lane to Shunner and below the summit had overtaken " the Dog Man " . |
| 16 | Mummy I got the all the children watching the pictures |
| 17 | Back in her bedroom she settled the little dog beside the still-warm hot-water bottle in her own bed . |
| 18 | With a sigh of satisfation she drained the last of her soup from the Thermos cup and chewed the remaining scrap of bread and cheese . |
| 19 | Over a cup of tea she regaled the old lady with the story of her son and grandchild saving the wounded squirrel , and , leaving her to pass it on to her companions , she drove back to the surgery . |
| 20 | As she leaned in the doorway she surveyed the gloomy décor . |
| 21 | Around her neck she wore the famous ‘ Regent ’ , the diamond beyond compare in its beauty which is part of the Crown jewels , while on her head sparkled a magnificent tiara . |
| 22 | A second hospital has been accused of mixing up a baby 's name tag , making the mother fear she had the wrong child . |
| 23 | For instance , they would n't give you loans except on condition you left the independent union . |
| 24 | Thank you for the compliment you paid the last edition of Rural Wales . |
| 25 | With her heart in her mouth she entered the imposing portals of Mon Ré , and rang the bell . |
| 26 | With the larger numbers to be attained , attempts will be made to correlate our findings with various clinical features and environmental factors , to analyse the meaning of the association we described the present study . |
| 27 | On the west side we felt the full force of the wind which was by then force five to six . |
| 28 | When we finished our chat and tried to re-enter the auditorium we found the double doors were tight shut and we were locked out . |
| 29 | On arrival at the racecourse we found the large Hermès marquee to seat 1200 for a charity luncheon , surrounded by the Hermès village . |
| 30 | That 's why on the new album we did the ambient song and the dub reggae number . |