Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] an early [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO escaped prisoners were back behind bars yesterday after police re-arrested them in an early morning swoop . |
| 2 | He was a file-grinder by trade , sitting astride a roaring belt-driven stone wheel , breathing in dust for eight hours a day until chronic bronchitis and pneumoconiosis drove him to an early retirement . |
| 3 | ‘ People were hugging and kissing each other as my car powered its way to the finish as they joined me in an early celebration . |
| 4 | Say , ‘ You lost him at an early age , did n't you ? ’ and I 'll say , ‘ Lost him ? |
| 5 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 6 | If his remarkable strategic instinct convinced him at an early stage that it would be necessary to negotiate with the FLN , his obvious repugnance at the process caused major problems . |