Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 On one occasion Clara 's class purchased a pound of sausages , took them in with them , and roasted them on one of the burners , and ate them , in full scent and in fairly good view ; Mrs Hill appeared not to notice , and talked quietly on of Boyle 's law .
2 ‘ I met them on one of my early trips out here . ’
3 The count led them through one of the doors into what was a very beautiful drawing-room and almost immediately a servant came in with refreshments .
4 The TV producer led them to one of the last suites on the left and a young man in pullover and jeans swung round on his chair .
5 Much to my surprise , he led me towards one of the public beer tents .
6 Legally those having less than the minimum of 40s. in goods should have been assessed on wages or ‘ profits for wages ’ , which were often treated as interchangeable , though sometimes carefully distinguished : in Goldspur hundred on the Kentish border assessments on profits were specified in 1524 , but in the next year the assessments roped in more small taxpayers and divided them into fifty-one on wages , forty-six on profits and seven on goods .
7 ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year .
8 Remember the carnations , we got them at one of the shops , the florist in .
9 There had been conflicting stories as to whether Anthony had been intended , Wells having gone on record as saying he had been conceived in a moment of carelessness , professor Gordon Ray , who edited the West-Wells correspondence , as saying it was a deliberate attempt by Wells to keep Rebecca with him , and Rebecca herself as saying , ‘ Wells cheated me of all but one child . ’
10 So I er carried on with what they found me with this in the brew house and then er where did I go from there ?
11 He let me into one of his secrets when he told me that he tries to avoid cream sauces and prefers to use stock and wine reductions .
12 He did not like this and changed them for two of the same length .
13 A theatrical gentleman approached me after one of the performances , said he was impressed by my singing , and that he could obtain a part for me with the Schikenader Company in Vienna .
14 That hard work has paid dividends for Washington , who has already scored notable career wins over Connors , Chang , Cherkasov , Wheaton and Lendl , and who claimed his first ever senior title in Memphis in February , a win which moved him from 38 to 23 on the IBM/ATP Computer , his highest ever showing .
15 A friend in Joan 's office was active in the Womens ' Loyalist Action Association and invited her to one of its meetings .
16 He invited her into one of his lesser parlours .
17 Born in St Petersburg , Iacovleff was associated with Bakst and Diaghilev before moving to Paris where such was his repute that Sargent described him as one of the greatest living draftsmen .
18 He wrote a preface to David Jones 's In Parenthesis in which he noted the fact that Jones was of the same generation as Pound and himself ; he also wrote a preface to Lewis 's One-Way Song and described him as one of those who had been falsely labelled by " the Messenmensch " as a fascist but nevertheless chose " to walk alone " .
19 From Tripoli the advance into Tunisia involved him in some of the bitterest fighting of the war : in the Matmata Hills on the outflanking of the Mareth Line ; at Wadi Akarit , where he had a narrow escape when he received ( as he modestly put it , doubtless so as not to worry me unduly ) ‘ a wallop from a piece of spent shell ’ , but was not badly injured ; and at the drive north to Enfidaville .
20 Her husband Karl , 63 , found her in half on the toolshed floor .
21 Susan Einzig regarded him as one of the brightest jewels in a smart set .
22 But the Gloucesters still regarded him as one of theirs .
23 Shaw joined the company in 1944 and was still only 17 when Ashton used him as one of the three male dancers in Symphonic Variations .
24 The ball bounced near Scott and he trapped it with his left foot , then swivelled and hooked it to one of the young boys with his right , smiling to himself .
25 Then , with great creative inspiration and insight , they painstakingly transformed it into one of Lincolnshire 's most original and interesting restaurants .
26 Simpson called it quantum evolution and described it as one of three evolutionary modes .
27 Sir John Betjeman , on the other hand , described it as one of the industrial towns which are ‘ the hope and life of England ’ .
28 The dull coloured brickwork merged into the undergrowth of trees , weeds and plants untamed and was hardly noticed by most passes by who probably dismissed it as one of Lincolnshire 's useless ruins , which would either fall down or have to be pulled down eventually .
29 ‘ You mentioned it during one of our first meetings so I 've always had a hankering to see how they 've done it .
30 He mentioned it to several of his male colleagues .
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