Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had heard the bell toll … the wave of ecstasy which drove me on to this shore had pressed me into a dark , dull interior . |
| 2 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 3 | Soon she had formed them into a big circle , like this : — |
| 4 | But by far the best gift was given me by a little red-haired girl , Betty , who gave me ( a virgin boy ) her body . |
| 5 | Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage . |
| 6 | These might be wild animals who possessed particular strengths and had little contact with man , like a lion , jackal , hawk and crocodile , or might be animals whose usefulness placed them in a special relationship with man , like the crow , ram and cat . |
| 7 | plagued me like a treacherous intimate |
| 8 | It is also probable that the many forest tribes who were familiar with orang-utans simply regarded them as a different-looking lot of wild people . |
| 9 | I mean , he 's respected me in a queer way . |
| 10 | I have therefore grouped them on a broad geological basis : sand , chalk , clay , and the gravels and loams of the coastal plain which probably also enjoys a modest climatic advantage over the rest of the county . |
| 11 | The sweeping contours of the hill at that point have always reminded me of a huge wave about to break , and it 's an uncomfortable thought trying to imagine where you might stop for lunch , and what would happen if you dropped your orange . |
| 12 | Irritated with herself for reminding him , Julia turned back to face the front and said nothing more until Bill had dropped them outside a big yellow house on the edge of Fiesole . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , ’ grunts Graeme Souness , as he ambles across the mahogany lined reception at Ibrox . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've caught me on a bad day , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 15 | Every officer must have noticed the figurines , yet no-one had considered them as a possible murder weapon . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've obviously caught you at a bad moment . |
| 18 | Her fiancé has now reported her as a missing person , I believe . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Giles Hawick is taking it seriously enough to have reported her as a missing person , ’ he said tightly . |
| 20 | He indicated to Haussmann that the form of the railway station , a huge open space covered by glass , had impressed him as a possible model and as a result of the Emperor 's predilections , and Baltard 's skill , the great new market of Les Halles was built in a light , airy combination of iron , stone and glass . |
| 21 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 22 | Mrs Nowak had impressed her as a strong woman , a woman inclined to fantasy perhaps , but resilient and not inclined to despair . |
| 23 | Yet he had pursued her with a single-minded intent that was unnerving . |
| 24 | She 'd thrown herself at him , and then when she 'd panicked he 'd dropped her like a hot potato … what a fool she 'd been ! |
| 25 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 26 | The wording with which section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957 introduced diminished responsibility is rather unsatisfactory , but judges , counsel , doctors , and juries have approached it with a compassionate pragmatism rather than with the rarefied verbal analysis too frequently encountered in English criminal law . |
| 27 | Saatchi approach : Southeastern Asset Management , which owns 10.2 per cent of Saatchi & Saatchi , said one or more parties had approached it about a possible restructuring of the advertising group . |
| 28 | In our answer to question 4 we have included it as a current account balance in order to reduce Susan 's exposure vis-a -vis Bob . |
| 29 | Which is a bit different and I 'd like to see it , that 's just one of my things , but again when you 're in , going into retirement I think you 've got to think about this , I mean I went , nobody twisted my arm , I went into that situation and I 've enjoyed it for a great many years , but now I 'm thinking I 'd , before I , it 's too late I want to have a , a l a fling in autumn as it were . |
| 30 | In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away . |