Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly a coughing fit seized him and a stab of agony lanced through him from back to front . |
| 2 | At a function in Bucharest the British Ambassador asked for something from home . |
| 3 | Being a child when the state was publicly engaged in making children healthy and literate was a support against my particular circumstances , its central benefit being that , unlike my mother , the state asked for nothing in return . |
| 4 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 5 | try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that . |
| 6 | 'E 's keen on 'er , and she seemed ti be fond of 'im till 'e asked for 'er in wedlock . ’ |
| 7 | Alexandra gazed about her with delight , folding the Burrows , the Pemberleys , the Chamberlins , the village , everyone , into the warm embrace of her grateful glance , and sang and sang . |
| 8 | Ruth gazed about her in awe . |
| 9 | Or had Washington and Moscow reached some grand design in which Iran divided between them as part of a plan for world condominium . |
| 10 | Like all actors with reviews , he checked through it for quotability , and decided that , with only slight injustice to the meaning , and the excision of a comma , he could come up with the very serviceable sentence , ‘ Charles Paris grows in stature through the evening . ’ |
| 11 | Now erm all the gifts that you give at Confirmation the whole idea of Confirmation in well one of the main ideas of Confirmation is taking on board for yourself what your parents promised for you in baptism . |
| 12 | His only source of superiority is that Frye fagged for him at school . |
| 13 | The gleam of insulating oil shone bright on the prominences of his face , dimming and brightening again as she moved past him to hunker down at his side . |
| 14 | It tasted of lots of tartrazine and something sort of metallic on top . |
| 15 | The rain came as I reached the drive of the hotel , set amongst trees , and I ventured along it in search of shelter . |
| 16 | Sometimes it shrivelled into itself like water splashing on hot stones , then flared out again as its owner shrank down in a spasm of coughing and straightened up again . |
| 17 | She saw that Stein exuded confidence ; it dripped from him like honey . |
| 18 | I began to see my environment in a new light as I connected the shapes and patterns I found in it with mathematics . |
| 19 | Her punishment for wanting that English Protestant , my father , who proposed to her by telegram . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I just proposed to you in front of most of Great Britain . ’ |
| 21 | Like many such groups , they have acquired a patina of legend : during the nineteenth century there were those who referred to them as Druid stones , others who thought they were of Roman origin , and yet others who asserted they must be the gravestones of Danish invaders vanquished by Banquo and Macbeth . |
| 22 | Er , our importance has er , frankly now been recognised by the Prime Minister , who talked about the voluntary organisations not very long ago and referred to us as cement , which holds society together , and I think if that 's right , and hopefully , the government may take a bit more notice of us . |
| 23 | The system enables users to collate information downloaded to them from point-of-sale laptop systems and also to act as a point of information transfer between staff in the field and the head office . |
| 24 | When the boy rose at him on foot , none too steadily but with grim gallantry , and dripping blood from the finger-ends of his mail gauntlet , Owen vaulted promptly out of the saddle to match him , and waved off his companions , who would have borne the young man down by sheer weight . |
| 25 | She yowled at him in complaint . |
| 26 | Evelyn gaped at her in amazement . |
| 27 | Molly passed a cup to Cornelius , who perched it on the palm of his hand and gaped at it in awe . |
| 28 | She came between them at speed , the air thunderous in her wings , which were more massive than any golden eagle 's he had yet seen or imagined . |
| 29 | He appealed for anyone with information to contact him on . |
| 30 | He appealed for anyone with information about the attack , which happened on Saturday night , to contact South Bank CID on Middlesbrough 326326 . |