Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 2 | It was still unthinkable to see him without his sketchbook and pencil , but of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings he made , he gave away many or sold them for a few francs . |
| 3 | However , Will Purser helped me with a few defensive sentences such as , ‘ Please talk slowly , I have only just begun to learn Burmese . ’ |
| 4 | One night , he found himself with a few other police enveloped in the hatred of a black township uprising . |
| 5 | An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots . |
| 6 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 7 | In the church Richard fell to prayer with such absorption that Lady Dalton forbore to disturb him when she entered , but her son recognised him as a former Oxford student . |
| 8 | AN ARMED robber ‘ executed ’ a security guard because he recognised him as a former schoolmate , a court was told yesterday . |
| 9 | The former '80s high flier is already well on the way to digging itself out of the mess it got itself into a few years back . |
| 10 | One hour later we dissociated the nerves , cultured them for a few hours , and double-labelled them with an anti-BrdU antibody and an antibody that labels oligodendrocyte precursor cells . |
| 11 | I handed it to a former flight engineer of 213 when I visited him in Toronto some years ago . |
| 12 | Then I met up with Alan and , and he read though it and challenged me on a few things and we changed one or two bits , but I 've got my sort of target set out . |
| 13 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 14 | We contented ourselves with a few small purchases , but will probably go there for some more serious shopping before the end of our stay in Peking , as it is obviously the best place in the country for buying touristy things . |
| 15 | The head of South Africa 's CITES delegation , Piet Mulder , agreed that there was evidence of SADF involvement in ivory smuggling , but blamed it on a few corrupt elements . |
| 16 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 17 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
| 18 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 19 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 20 | Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs . |
| 21 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 22 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |
| 23 | I comforted myself with a few thoughts of what I would do to the culprit if I ever caught him ; realised that was highly unlikely , and headed for the golf course . |
| 24 | Here they established themselves in a former clan stronghold , the island castle of Eilean Donan , at the point where Loch Alsh divided into Loch Long and Loch Duich , the latter giving access , via Glen Shiel , Glen Moriston and Loch Ness , to the route to Inverness . |
| 25 | Ramos , a Protestant , was criticized on Feb. 18 by the influential ( Catholic ) Archbishop of Manila , Cardinal Jaime Sin , who attacked him as a former Marcos stooge and expressed his preference for Mitra , thus denting Ramos ' dwindling support within the LDP . |
| 26 | ‘ He took me to a few parties but I was uneasy about him . |
| 27 | That stumped her for a few seconds , then she opened the door to the hallway for me . |
| 28 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 29 | Occasionally I treated myself to a half hour browse in a bookshop . |
| 30 | ’ So they kept us in a few days . |