Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Eton I had gone each day to Spottiswoode 's bookshop to follow the course of this war in The Times . |
| 2 | Yet it had been Eleanor who had started this war of words ; Eleanor who had tried to interfere in something that should have been none of her business . |
| 3 | Since Friday she had met many people who had every reason to be relieved , but Ayling had come closest to saying he was glad . |
| 4 | Who this might be he could not tell , but if it was Balliol he had donned more clothing , which seemed unlikely , in the rush . |
| 5 | So on Friday he tried to pull same stunt again so I says oh no you 're not , I says we 're not playing at that , I says chuff that for a lark , I says what do you think you 're playing at ? |
| 6 | By marrying John Carrow she had forfeited any claim she might otherwise have tried to make . |
| 7 | In January we began to involve all employees in the plans . |
| 8 | When the team left for Cameroon they had spent several months gathering the equipment necessary for their 4 weeks of planned project activity . |
| 9 | By the middle of December they had exhausted all their cash — whether it was needed for wages or not . |
| 10 | Yes , and Isabel must know , must surely remember it , Isabel who had had such a well-developed , careful , private system for the storing , ordering , labelling , arrangement and organisation of things , whose books were in a certain line , so that she could tell you at once , and without ever having to get up , what sat next to what and where Lewis and Short or Cassell 's French-English would be found , were she to consent to your borrowing them because you had lost your own . |
| 11 | And I said oh yes Mr I said know all the carols . |
| 12 | Thus the Shah himself had supported several fallen royal 's , including the former kings of Afghanistan and Albania , as well as Constantine of Greece . |
| 13 | Where was the statue to Nathaniel Patten which had caused such consternation at Thrush Green ? |
| 14 | I think we were lucky to get away with it , and lucky to get a Director like Waris Hussein who managed to create this very strange quality in the cavemen that made them so interesting . ’ |
| 15 | The day after we all met you she assured me she 'd say nothing damaging and said she 'd convinced Merlyn who 'd arranged another meeting on the boat . |
| 16 | The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation . |
| 17 | Er in August er at er at NATO we managed to resolve those and get a a combined position . |
| 18 | While the Conciliation Committee fiddled , a conflagration threatened at Liverpool which promised to set all Britain 's ports alight . |
| 19 | Joseph himself had attracted more laughter by excusing himself before dinner and going directly to horses ; there he had fallen immediately into a deep , peaceful sleep that lasted until the dawn cries of the jungle birds roused him , and when he rose he had felt clear-headed and exultant . |
| 20 | She fought the feeling all through Saturday , but by Sunday she had had enough . |
| 21 | By the end of October we had received some 38,800 principal applications during this calendar year . |
| 22 | Saturday 's defeat of leaders Muckamore by Cregagh left Holywood with an excellent chance of catching up with the leaders , but on Sunday they conspired to lose all wickets for a mere when chasing Carrick 's total of 177 . |
| 23 | With the Yeomanry in South Africa he had acquired much experience in horse management . |
| 24 | After studying Timo Metsola I began to think that was all eyewash — that the profiles had a more sinister purpose . ’ |
| 25 | To Loppe himself he had nothing to give save the task in Cyprus which had seemed most worth doing . |
| 26 | Miyazawa was elected as LDP leader and Prime Minister in October 1991 [ see p. 38558 ] , succeeding Toshiki Kaifu who had held both posts since August 1989 [ see pp. 36849-50 ] . |
| 27 | It was Emily who had suggested this ‘ drink after work ’ , and he knew it would lead to more than that . |
| 28 | Since the departure of Thomas and Lynn she had drunk much and said little . |
| 29 | In Britain they failed to convert more than a faction of the Labour party , which was outvoted the year after it won its victory at the party conference . |
| 30 | By full-time , though , it was Raith who had grabbed another vital home win — since the opening day of the season at Stark 's Park when they hammered St Mirren 7-0 Raith have remained unbeaten throughout the league campaign — thanks to a unique contribution from their manager . |