Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me about quarter of an hour to sort it all out , and then she asked what train and said she 'd get her mum to agree to ‘ take in this ‘ Vern ’ or whatever his name is ’ and meet us at the station . |
| 2 | In the half an hour multiply them all out , right ? |
| 3 | The following Monday we met at Downing Street in an attempt to sort it all out . |
| 4 | Mannheim 's relationism seemed to his detractors like a hollow promise , an attempt to have it both ways . |
| 5 | ‘ An agent fixed it all up for me . ’ |
| 6 | Towards the end of his life Gouzenko went blind but the news was kept so secret that in 173 MI5 sent an agent to show him some photographs in the hope that he could recognise Hollis . |
| 7 | My dear , one had positively risked an influenza to bring her some good cheer , and to what end ? |
| 8 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 9 | An owl-hoot startled them all and a soldier cursed as the bird sailed low over their heads , plunging in the grass to seize some little creature which squirmed in its death agonies . |
| 10 | I felt afterwards it would have been better not to make such an effort to finish it all . |
| 11 | Julie had cold air blowing into the car in an effort to keep them both alert . |
| 12 | The Rolls was to come in useful when Gabrielle had an idea to get them both working . |
| 13 | Well y Yes , but no but you see if you do an emergency stop it all runs to the front anyway . |
| 14 | got to be standardized , that it 's legible , to teach them all to write as an individual allows them this |