Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a sister watching us all the time , and when we went to walk out into the garden she said it was n't allowed . |
| 2 | In 1842 six ships were at anchor in Funchal Bay when a hurricane blew them all onto the shore . |
| 3 | I said I 'll give you a tenner to build it all for me . |
| 4 | Impatience even — which is a blight threatening us all the time . ’ |
| 5 | A computer programmer would almost certainly get a computer to do it that way , but I doubt whether the brain does . |
| 6 | Use a soft bristle brush to loosen the grime and if possible a sprayer to wash it all off . |
| 7 | Angelo 's judgement on Claudio , a death sentence for having got his bride with child , is severe but consistent with his principles , and he can affirm without hypocrisy , although self-righteously , Yet the confrontation with Isabella , come to appeal on her brother 's behalf , fills Angelo with desire for the first time in his life , and a soliloquy gives us this crucial information about his new state : Shakespeare there presents Angelo in a soliloquy nearer the mode of tragedy than comedy . |
| 8 | Well , you deserve that , standin' by me like you did and givin' me your bed when I 'ad n't got a farthing to call me own . |
| 9 | It is a privilege to pay them this small token of respect . |
| 10 | That 's what I said to you , your dad when he did n't want to take Aspirins for his restrained back , and him , do n't believe in these drugs and I said look , if a monk gave you this he 'd , he 'd give you the bark of a birch tree , pound it up in a pestle and water and you 'd think it was magic and you 'd take it and you , relax your muscles , is that what it is ? , |
| 11 | ‘ Was it worth so great a violation to do me such a little hurt ? ’ |
| 12 | A glance through any of the larger component catalogues will show that the number of different components currently in use is so large that even if you could afford to buy one or two of everything , you would need a warehouse to store it all . |
| 13 | Henry was so infuriated by the childlike look of loss on his face he had half a mind to give him some . |
| 14 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 15 | I must say it 's a pleasure to give you that |
| 16 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 17 | But if you 're religiously inclined , then clearly the universe looks a bit different , because the universe has a creator , and having a creator gives it some kind of meaning . |
| 18 | He 'd be a fool to throw it all away now that SA are back in business . |
| 19 | And I do not think that Helen is unusual or unfathomable in translating this into a hatred of her own body , a fear of its femininity , unpredictability and curviness , and a longing to keep it all ‘ under control ’ . |
| 20 | Well , it 's been a joy to meet you this evening , please can I have another signed photo to replace the old one ? |
| 21 | And , seeming to have a need to talk it all out of his system , ‘ I know Rosemary loves me , and would divorce her husband if they let her — I just know it . |
| 22 | I thought when I first came here that I hated what she was trying to do to me and then I came to see that the clothes , the manners , the society , all those things were part of a process , a process to give me enough confidence to do what I liked , not to live in eternal dread of insignificance and error . |
| 23 | The genealogist has a job to sort it all out , so it is no wonder that many rose lists get into a mess and tend to lump types together more for brevity and convenience than for strict botanical clarity . |
| 24 | panicked by the snow which he had n't been expecting , he threw everything over and he had a job finding it all on the other side . |
| 25 | My feeling was one of horror , mingled with a desire to take them all . ’ |
| 26 | Again and again I was possessed by a desire to tell her all , and before justice caught up with me . |
| 27 | If some are negative and some positive , it may be possible to add a constant to make them all positive , or it may be necessary to consider treating the positive and negative numbers separately . |
| 28 | Bastard Wet Crack ( There 's a name to get them all queuing ! ) |
| 29 | For instance , ‘ You are going to try to persuade a friend to lend you some money ’ places the participant in the experiential frame , as the negotiation will occur and the outcome could take different forms . |
| 30 | If a friend gave you this list of reasons why they could not love themselves , what would you say ? |