Example sentences of "a [noun] i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 2 | On a Friday I witnessed the midday prayers in Hagia Sophia . |
| 3 | As in a dream I seized the bristly hairs . |
| 4 | Its a pity I missed the Leeds Norwich match on it . |
| 5 | As a boy I liked the impressionists , but I soon turned away from them . |
| 6 | With this background , as a teacher I saw the subject as a collection of facts and skills that I had to impart to my pupils in a well-defined sequence . |
| 7 | I felt the teachers had a lot to do with it at the school , if I liked a teacher I liked the subject . |
| 8 | Before I went into hospital , a close friend sent me the ‘ brochure ’ ; from a Quaker I got the pamphlets . |
| 9 | After a moment I heard the music again . |
| 10 | Williams said : ‘ For a moment I thought the header was going over . |
| 11 | For a moment I thought the heat from the bung-hole might incinerate my brows , but when I squinted beneath an outstretched palm the sight stole my breath . |
| 12 | ‘ For a moment I disbelieved the evidence of my own eyes . ’ |
| 13 | BELVILLE : I would have it tomorrow , being Monday , for on a Monday seven weeks ago , I planned to carry her off and on a Monday I wrote the letter which prevailed on her so kindly to return to me . |
| 14 | " Only the Commander was upset with nerves on account of a remark I made the other night . |
| 15 | In a while I consulted the compass , memorised another young tree and made my way there . |
| 16 | For a while I adopted the practice of putting things away in cupboards until I was in a mood to be ruthless , but now I have advanced to instant ruthlessness . |
| 17 | For a while I believed the bust-up had done the trick . |
| 18 | After a while I left the family room and wandered through the great central hall and on into the far side of the house , into Perkin 's workroom . |
| 19 | For a while I hoped the whole thing would be cancelled . |
| 20 | Like a voyeur I watched the land-based crew try to decide on the easiest ‘ platform ’ to land the now very silent Staffa baggers . |
| 21 | For a minute I liked the idea , now I do n't . |
| 22 | ‘ As a student I admired the English Impressionists especially Augustus John Steer and Sickert . |
| 23 | When I was a kid I loved the seashore for its mix of beautiful , subtle colours and strong smells . |
| 24 | With a flourish I fastened the middle button of my new suit ( off-white with charcoal seaming : I 'm not sure about it I wish you were here , I wish you were here to tell me it looked okay ) , eased my hands into my trouser pockets , and ambled loosely across the street . |
| 25 | Most of the work is composed in six-line tail-rhyme stanzas , rhyming A A B C C B. There are usually two main stresses within the line of at least six syllables which may also be made coherent by the use of alliteration , internal rhyme and assonance , as , for instance , in the first stanza : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . ) |
| 26 | Indeed before we even come to the characterization of characters within the drama we find the poem itself being apparently characterized one way but then characterized another in the opening three stanzas : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . |
| 27 | Once a year I attended the school play . |
| 28 | bubble , there 's only one thing wrong with it , I said to my lad many a time I said the trouble is with the world today everybody wants too much money for doing what they have to do , that 's why things are dear |
| 29 | Many a time I had the hand-brush and so did my brothers and sisters but it never did us any harm . |
| 30 | For a time I saw the folly of the recklessness of our affair . |