Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the regular placement of the chairs around the fire , they were quite close together — and yet the small spaces between them quickly became boundaries . |
| 2 | Aboard his recently acquired Aprilia , the Whitehall rider gave the best expert class performance in the Waterlooville Club trial , which was contested on a very difficult course at Budden 's Bank , near Chalton on Saturday . |
| 3 | The contrary relation will therefore show up in a sentential context that specifies , or at least implies , that a single event is being referred to , such as I only met Mary once , and that was today/yesterday or ( somewhat less convincingly ) It was today/yesterday that I met Mary . |
| 4 | Some of them also gave tribute to the Yenisei Kirgiz from the Minusinsk Depression . |
| 5 | I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of |
| 6 | One of them nearly got Rodo when we first arrived here . ’ |
| 7 | Some of them clearly formed part of the furnishing of principal rooms in Sir Robert Walpole 's house which was supervised by William Kent . |
| 8 | Some of them never saw cheese did they ? |
| 9 | As Bailey said , the two of them never saw eye to eye . |
| 10 | Most of them never had experience of : town and country planning , administration of trusts , company law , partnership law , tax planning , book-keeping and accounts , commercial law , or ( doubtless ) advocacy . |
| 11 | Neither of them ever mentioned Mr Hellyer 's name again . |
| 12 | Both of them now had images of sheltering sheep in their heads . |
| 13 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 14 | From the late 1620s onwards , a significant number of courtiers had begun to attend mass at the queen 's chapel and a steady stream of them subsequently became converts to Roman Catholicism . |
| 15 | Two of them spontaneously told Dr Tervahauta that they wished to commit suicide instead of ‘ living like animals ’ . |
| 16 | Many of them therefore became believers . |
| 17 | None of them really grilled Mr Major about Maastricht . |
| 18 | As he walked with his brothers , Angel felt that , however lucky they were to have a university education , neither of them really saw life as it was lived . |
| 19 | Cabezon was certainly in England with his master , Philip of Spain , for more than a year during 1554–5 when it is improbable that he was not known to Blitheman who was in the service of Mary I. Perhaps also a copy of his belatedly published Obras de musica ( 1578 ) found its way to England , offering models of song variation . |
| 20 | James himself was appointed in 1290 to the constableship of his newly completed Harlech Castle . |
| 21 | He was looking at her , surprised and wary , the olive-toned colours of his subtly pattered shirt and plain pants bleached by the moonlight so that they looked like grey and silver . |
| 22 | It was D'Oyly Carte , of Gilbert and Sullivan fame , who invited César Ritz , then at the Grand Hotel , Monte Carlo , to come to London and take charge of his recently opened Savoy Hotel . |
| 23 | As the film progresses we come to appreciate Ishi 's dignity and the courage of his now departed people . |
| 24 | Its editor is Jaynie Anderson , whose biography of Morelli , along with a wealth of her newly discovered material on him , is included . |
| 25 | There 's a lot of bourgeois about him , she was thinking , but only mildly critical because of her now established respect for him . |
| 26 | The rest of us just had knowledge . |
| 27 | Well , none of us ever 'ad money , so I said all right , a penny each time I showed 'im my legs . |
| 28 | Neither of us really liked Charlie , ’ Pat told me , ‘ but we were upset . ’ |
| 29 | I follow Rachel up the stairs , feeling like I just paid money in one of those Soho hotels where you take a girl and hire a room by the hour . |
| 30 | I came up behind Esmerelda and held the lines just behind her little freckled elbows , waiting for the tug . |