Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In breaks in our work Edward entertained me with curious stories of the old alchemists . |
| 2 | In America small town-dumps have been closed , or sold by the cities that owned them to private operators . |
| 3 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
| 4 | A good friend of mine , in the same set for physics and chemistry , grew so disturbed that he took some scissors and cut all round the stiff white collars , which we have to wear on Sundays , and made them into little points . " |
| 5 | He waved Rostov to an empty place at his side , and one of the aides drew Yuan and Alexei off and seated them among younger men . |
| 6 | Tripoli postponed the elections until February ; Ajdabiyans confidently expected them on 1 February , and after that day the chairman of the local Assembly telephoned Tripoli each afternoon to ask if he should hold the poll . |
| 7 | Mrs Boswell had packed sheets in her husband 's luggage , and Joseph Ritter laid them on both beds . |
| 8 | At the junction of the Welford branch , a boat from Welford met them with ample supplies of refreshments to fortify them against the passage of Bosworth tunnel . |
| 9 | She sighed and relaxed and when his lips sought hers again she met them with matching urgency . |
| 10 | Franks led them through some swing doors with a flourish and into another corridor , explaining that normally he would not waste money by taking them to a full editing suite . |
| 11 | Malengin Fole led them through several apartments , all of them apparently abandoned . |
| 12 | Gaveston opened a door in the far wall and led them down some steps , dimly lit by torches fixed in iron brackets . |
| 13 | Now that those people have run up those enormous debts , where are the Labour Members of Parliament who led them into that position ? |
| 14 | The local police had had a busy evening with an exceptional number of hoax calls that led them to non-existent road accidents drunken brawls and even — a touch that showed a nice appreciation of British susceptibilities — a rabid dog on the loose . |
| 15 | Again , the would-be reformers ' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion . |
| 16 | Captaining Jamaica for the second successive season , he not only led them to Red Stripe Cup triumph ( their third in five years ) , but , with the ball , he broke the tournament record with 36 wickets at 11.30 . |
| 17 | As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another . |
| 18 | Simon the Trapper led them by devious paths to the lakeside hut . |
| 19 | Avoiding Richard , who got to his feet as soon as he saw something to be carried , she kicked open the top of the Arctic and flung them in golden handfuls onto the glowing bed of fuel . |
| 20 | A decade ago , Kung Fu martial arts films were banned by Zambian cinemas after Kaunda attacked them for encouraging violence amongst youths . |
| 21 | Ward was due to take over the driving and at the end of it I slumped into the seat beside him in a happy daze which insulated me from all sense of reality . |
| 22 | The staff and right leg propelled me for forty yards until the leg gave way and the injured one , without a thought , took the strain and I ended up on my hands and knees ranting and raving . |
| 23 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about future numbers . |
| 24 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
| 25 | I mean you asked me about formal education , and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |
| 26 | I mean you asked me about formal education and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |
| 27 | The hon. Member for Linlithgow also asked me about competitive tendering and the tendering process . |
| 28 | After my return to England I was able to continue my interest in Burma 's future , for when General Aung San and his colleagues came to London for consultations with the British Government , Mr Attlee asked me to 10 Downing Street to introduce the various members to him . |
| 29 | He asked me for 50,000 francs for Félix . |
| 30 | No one asked me for any comment . |