Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone respected him . |
| 2 | To illustrate the way many of them operated he cited the case of a widow who in 1894 borrowed £50 from a London loan bank on the security of her furniture which was valued at £250 . |
| 3 | Not a one of them realized I was not human . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , everyone envied her . |
| 5 | Six of them lent her £3,700 , secured by the Trust with interest , to pay ‘ all incumbrances absolutely necessary to be immediately discharged ’ . |
| 6 | Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow . |
| 7 | So no-one got it right , pollsters , reporters or bookmakers . |
| 8 | The fact that Lili seemed to take an interest in me led me to think that she had never been very close to my mother . |
| 9 | Nothing deterred them . |
| 10 | Everyone agreed they looked well suited … particularly Rod . |
| 11 | Everyone agreed you had to bring in the nukes eventually . |
| 12 | Everyone agreed it was a fine picture , a breezy blend of wit and taste . |
| 13 | The result was that I chaired a session and I got Pam Mills from the BBC to speak at it and everyone agreed it was one of the best sessions of the conference . |
| 14 | As the neighbours started to emerge later in the day , everyone agreed it had been a great San Juan . |
| 15 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 16 | Neither of them expected it , especially with everyone listening in . |
| 17 | One day , one of them asked me , ‘ Have you ever seen any of our Struldbrugs ? ’ |
| 18 | One of them asked him a question . |
| 19 | They rode in five westbound trains and four eastbound trains , observing how the crowds began to thin , especially in those heading for inner London , encountering no trouble beyond some pushing and shoving by teenage boys and a smoker in the third car who put out his cigarette without protest when one of them asked him . |
| 20 | As they approached and noticed the unlit chillim , one of them passed us her tinder , commenting with a smile that they 'd got here just in time for all of us : they needed a smoke , and we needed a light . |
| 21 | " My mother is threatening to dismiss all the staff unless I tell her which one of them admitted me back into the house last night . |
| 22 | Me got them buttons |
| 23 | me got it in |
| 24 | Me got it |
| 25 | Apart from this , she was angry with Jamila for marrying Changez , the sight of whom made her feel ill . |
| 26 | When they went after something nothing made them waver , just as he had set after her . |
| 27 | He hated to see a dripping tap , and nothing made him angrier than Blackpool Tower blazing with , what to him was , utterly squandered energy . |
| 28 | He tried to live an ordinary life , working as a bus driver , and accounts clerk at Harrods and later studying for a zoology degree , but nothing made him content . |
| 29 | Everyone loved him , but no-one realised he was special . |
| 30 | IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time . |