Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act laid down that a person arrested on suspicion could be held without further formality for up to twenty-one days . |
| 2 | A glass of milk and an apple when you got in and a smack if you were late . |
| 3 | As the bus arrived at the airport a shooting brake drew up and a party of nuns got out of it . |
| 4 | Often when a car drew up and an occupant approached to collect the keys he would hiss desperately to me , ‘ Is it ‘ How nice to see you ’ or ‘ How nice to see you again ’ ? ’ |
| 5 | This was followed by a growing uneasiness as Helen 's time drew near and a sensation , despite my physical condition , of being drained and miserable . |
| 6 | OMARSKA was shut down this week and the starving prisoners moved out after an ITN report exposed the barbaric conditions . |
| 7 | And suppose they found out that a man had slipped through their fingers ? |
| 8 | He later found out that a clerk named Winter had committed suicide in the cellar by shooting himself just near the spot where Durham saw him . |
| 9 | She saw a notice in the window of an empty shop and found out that a pet shop is going to open up there shortly . |
| 10 | He also found out that a delegation of architects was being organized to congratulate Palmerston on his classical stance . |
| 11 | The piping stopped abruptly and a horse neighed . |
| 12 | During a mad session I finally made one after two weeks of trying and came down and a guy called Matt said ‘ Yeah you did it at last ’ . |
| 13 | There was a travel agency in the foyer as you came in and a girl called Dinxie and I ran this travel agency that was open during licensing hours . |
| 14 | No deaths this time , as I recall , just an unmarried daughter pregnant , a house burned down and an episode of major surgery . |
| 15 | Eventually the flow dried up and a head-count revealed a total of thirty-two , including the original four-man patrol , when the last captive had been locked in the back of the prison rig . |
| 16 | Tammuz Malamute abused the body Ewan had bequeathed him for years , telling himself he 'd buried the past , until the day he woke up and a voice inside reminded him that Ari Famber was fourteen years old . |
| 17 | At that moment , a car drove up and a gunman in it sprayed the boys with a machine-gun . |
| 18 | ‘ My reward came later when a neighbour dropped in to see how things were going . |
| 19 | And er a whole host of things came up and a number of things were repeated that we were able to follow up . |
| 20 | Several nearby windows came up and a number of guns flew down into the street . |
| 21 | When we tell them in the , what we say is that erm that very same person came back as a fox , or you know , that very same person came back as er you know ge goose or whatever animal it might be . |
| 22 | He signalled imperiously and a porter seemed to materialise from nowhere to take the two cases , and that left Alain free to deal with Jenna . |
| 23 | They did a crafty one — one came out and a woman came in , very nice , telling him he had to face up to his responsibilities , she said she 'd help us , they 'd get him a job , they 'd pay his rent and he had to move in with me for a month 's trial . |
| 24 | One hostile dark eyebrow lifted briefly and a pair of diamond-hard eyes swept quickly over her , seeming to assess in the flicker of an eyelid the stylish dark red outfit she was wearing . |
| 25 | He always said … 'She gulped again and a tear trickled through the make-up . |
| 26 | Andy Williamson , the League 's assistant secretary , revealed yesterday that a letter had been sent from Lytham St Anne 's requesting permission to use Wembley . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , Keegan revealed yesterday that a £1million price-tag wo n't end his interest in Ghent striker Eric Viscaal . |
| 28 | So that had rather er I mean that made er made it 's not big potatoes , but it made more than a year ago and there were small movements on provision adjustments . |
| 29 | There was very little disruption , a couple of chairs turned over and a table with most of its top scored off by shotgun pellets lay on its side . |
| 30 | DARLINGTON 'S newest entertainment venue opened yesterday after a refit thought to have cost about £500,000 . |