Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [coord] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patrol took some prisoners and drove through the lines until they met up with a British unit , who refused to believe they were who they said they were . |
| 2 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |
| 3 | The effect of these inhibitors was evident within a few minutes and lasted for at least one hour . |
| 4 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
| 5 | She saw Alexei , paused and smiled , and then descended the few steps and came towards him . |
| 6 | So from the first to the second repetition , the subjects ' behaviour improved in some respects and deteriorated in others . |
| 7 | United played some classy football against Millwall in the first half … they looked good for a few goals but ended with nothing … |
| 8 | run across er , they must 've gone across er some lines and got on a motorbike , but where were the police ? |
| 9 | Afterwards we grabbed a few bottles and headed for my room . |
| 10 | ‘ I was surprised to hear that he was married but I wanted a change of surroundings so I packed my few belongings and went with him there and then . |
| 11 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 12 | He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England . |
| 13 | We went into a room and the doctor asked some questions and looked at Sigarup 's leg and felt it . |
| 14 | Mr Norman Tebbit , then secretary of state at the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) , asked few questions and waved through the Al Fayed bid in ten days flat . |
| 15 | She decided to make some changes and embarked on a quest which took her to , among other places , an ashram in Wales and a three-week ‘ Relationships Seminar ’ in Hawaii ( price $8,000 ) run by an American called Chuck Spezzano . |
| 16 | She struggled up the last few yards and arrived at his side breathless . |
| 17 | Iskandara picked up the few envelopes and looked at them disinterestedly . |
| 18 | He had few finances but had in his possession a letter of introduction to a fur trader called John Joseph Astor . |
| 19 | Reaching it she climbed a few rungs and looked over the heads of the people and the cockpit where a double ring of candles hung low on iron chains from the rafters , spreading a brilliant pool of light . |
| 20 | She ran through the last few streets and saw with relief the familiar tall building rising against the night sky . |
| 21 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 22 | Among the reasons for this is the subtle change in relationship which occurs , enabling the teacher to be seen more often alongside the pupil , a person of humour and unexpected worldly interests , taking part in the everyday activities of life , sharing the triumphs and disasters of such occasions and bonded by unexpected confidences . |
| 23 | She knew that Constance dealt in other , ill-gotten , commodities on these trips but concurred in the popular , criminal view that nicking a lorryload of underwear was in a different class from stealing wedding rings from old ladies . |
| 24 | The Queen was particularly delighted with these models and asked for two dozen to be sent to Buckingham Palace . |
| 25 | Hollywood had always been prepared to use social realism in the service of melodrama and especially in the service of making prestige films out of literary classics and this practice remained in evidence during these years and led to such notable films as An American Tragedy and All Quiet on the Western Front . |
| 26 | Contemporary Japanese organization can be reviewed under these head-ings and contrasted with an ideal-type modernist , Weberian organization . |
| 27 | He resented the price of all these things and toyed with the idea of starting a relationship with a beautician with a view to getting free samples . |
| 28 | treasured up all these things and pondered over them ( Luke 2:19 |
| 29 | Emerson was offended by these suggestions and reacted with characteristic vehemence . |
| 30 | The advisers did not always accept these arguments and pointed to the fact that they were comparing what they had seen with other schools . |