Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was this on a Saturday did you say ? |
| 2 | What kind of a lecher did she think he was ? |
| 3 | Not for a second did she doubt the truth of what he was saying , but to gain time she licked her dry lips and croaked : |
| 4 | And as a child did you know that that you you did n't use this room to ? |
| 5 | A screech made her look up . |
| 6 | What have you been doing and what sort of a winter did you have ? ’ |
| 7 | But Martin Pipe is a realist , and never for a moment did he stand in my way when the Docklands Express ride came up . |
| 8 | Only for a moment did he pause and face the buffeting wind with an effort , and Paul recognised in that moment his own struggle with bales of wool before the same door . |
| 9 | Not for a moment did I realise that we would be gone for almost three months , return home for nine months , and then spend one more month to finally finish in Australia ! |
| 10 | What kind of a job did you do then ? |
| 11 | Not a squeak did we hear . |
| 12 | kind of a cake did you make ? |
| 13 | ‘ Wumman , can ye no hold yerr head up ? ’ a tourist heard him shout as he pinned her cape , pricking her chin . |
| 14 | Can you remind me whether you ever buy stamps or any other stamp related products to give to another collector as a gift did you say ? |
| 15 | So actually seeing though first time , how much of a shock did it come to you , or was it just or was it expected ? |
| 16 | What sort of a person did it make Alain when he would behave like that because he had suffered a frustrating evening . |
| 17 | But but how many hours a day did she work there ? |
| 18 | Context what sort of a day did you have ? |
| 19 | ‘ And what sort of a day did you have ? |
| 20 | The woman said : ‘ A policeman made me move the car . |
| 21 | And what what sort of a role did they play , then ? |
| 22 | How many hours a week did you use to work at your job ? |
| 23 | How many hours a week did you work ? |
| 24 | When Dr Prentice asked you to pose as a woman did he give a reason ? |
| 25 | But while you were still a miner did you have any trouble being in the miners ' association when the Spencer Union was ? |
| 26 | What do you think influenced you , I mean if you went to choose a chair did you sit on it to see if it was comfortable or were you more interested in what it looked like ? |
| 27 | Castleford are unhappy enough about the £145,000 a tribunal made them pay for Steadman , though even with his presence , they were unable to defeat their neighbours , as the second successive Yorkshire Cup semi-final went to a replay . |
| 28 | Just a glimpse did I get of a boldly patterned — red , black and white — great spotted woodpecker , and yet its drumming was constantly in my ears . |
| 29 | One of the giving-out-food humans was pulling trays off a shelf when a movement made it look up . |
| 30 | What a racket did I keep and to say truth I would I had been more chary than I was … for a faithless wretch I met with : well , he has a deal to answer for . |