Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] and [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sure the triptych mirror was one of her own treasures and I opened it carefully to see myself as I brushed my hair and applied a quick dab of lipstick , the red paint which marked me as a Westerner as surely as my blue eyes and blondish hair . |
| 2 | I turned to my typewriter and typed a couple of theses . |
| 3 | I at once seized my astrolabe and made a careful note of the time of full eclipse , which was a little more than three-quarters of an hour after the eleventh hour of the night . |
| 4 | ‘ Just as soon as I 've finished my tea and had a bath . ’ |
| 5 | When I arrived home , I sat down at my desk and wrote a letter . |
| 6 | ‘ I bought it just after passing my test and had a little drive before realising , to my horror , that I could n't park it . |
| 7 | It 's pitch black — I barked my shin and took a tumble in a nettle bed . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I must write to Holmes at once , ’ I said , and I went straight to my room and wrote a letter to Holmes , which gave him all the details of Barrymore 's story . |
| 9 | I went back to my room and took a long bath . |
| 10 | She had become a golf fan when she had learned of my job and took a highly personal interest in Jack 's performances . |
| 11 | I turned my head and saw a huge cat , three times larger than one of our cows . |
| 12 | I shake my head and set a course for the car park . |
| 13 | I was all alone in my flat , so I crawled to my phone and rung a friend to beg for help . |
| 14 | ‘ I discussed the matter with my wife and signed a contract straight away — without my wife seeing the house . |
| 15 | I returned to my flat and packed a case and started going back to America . |
| 16 | There was n't time to read anything then , so I nipped back to my flat and found a Virgin Records plastic bag to hide them in . |
| 17 | I leaned back in my chair and took a slug to go with the belt I 'd just had . |
| 18 | With an inward smile and a mental sigh I retrieved the compass carefully from my pocket and took a bearing on north . |
| 19 | Luckily , my after-match tantrum in the dressing room certainly shook up my rabble and got a good performance against Frampton . |
| 20 | I lifted my head out of my magazine and heard a rather posh voice say ‘ Excuse me ’ . |
| 21 | She had also taken my advice and acquired a poodle puppy . |
| 22 | I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull . |
| 23 | I merely apologised for my rudeness and accepted a second cup of tea . |
| 24 | I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow . |
| 25 | I put out my hand and touched a soft , heavy curtain . |
| 26 | He jumped down , shook my hand and pulled a packet of Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes out of his pocket which he gave to me . |
| 27 | Just before we left , I raised up to straighten my coat and sneaked a look at the McLaren girl . |
| 28 | I shone my torch and caught a shear water in the beam . |
| 29 | I was just getting up to go and make my way on down to Greece when I felt a hand on my shoulder and heard a deep voice . |
| 30 | Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef . |