Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure . |
| 2 | The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit . |
| 3 | The ‘ gruelling ’ , or at least rigorous , element in the approval process made it frequently a long one , and was often accompanied by the traumatic shock or disappointment of rejection . |
| 4 | The Deputy Head poured them both a very large gin and tonic . |
| 5 | When she concluded by asking if Madame Vassoir still had the letter from Beatrix and if its contents could have provoked Samantha 's abduction , her hostess poured them both a glass of sherry before replying . |
| 6 | The shock of the assault carried them both a yard or two back along the passageway . |
| 7 | of all , preserv 'd me still A Poet , made me seek |
| 8 | Still , the thought gave me quite a jolt of pleasure . |
| 9 | Three times their number drove them unrelentingly a mile and more through the broken copses and across the brook south of Cegidfa . |
| 10 | The sudden motion brought her forward a step , so that suddenly they were barely a breath apart . |
| 11 | On a lighter note a fellow worker approached me only a couple of months ago er , the new European directive almost ruined his holiday he then explained he booked up to take his family to EuroDisney . |
| 12 | But he bore no malice , and on the way back to the hotel gave me quite a run-down on his cousin Ena , who he said had once been Queen of Spain . |
| 13 | Banks and securities firms lag behind their rivals elsewhere in innovation , and have lost what competitive edge Japan 's relatively low interest rates and strong currency gave them abroad a few years ago . |
| 14 | Though his expression gave nothing away a muscle flickered at the point of his jaw . |