Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I realised I wanted another guitar player . |
2 | Here all up here , here in my arms I mean I had seven week physiotherapy on this arm , it 's |
3 | As it was , I mean I found another chocolate gateau under those Christmas tree cakes . |
4 | Perhaps Mr Woolf had overheard that classic remark by a member of the public who said to me one day when we were negotiating the locks of the Caledonian canal in Venturous , " I did n't know we had Inland Revenue Cutters . " |
5 | When they understood what was expected we had few communication problems . |
6 | No he did n't know he had high blood pressure . |
7 | Maria did n't think Luke seriously believed she craved some material gain to show for their relationship . |
8 | He says he saw one person fall but he was n't hrut and it seems safe . |
9 | Father-of-three Mr Simon says he regretted fitting moto-cross motorcycle tyres , which for all but about 100metres of the rally were the wrong choice . |
10 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
11 | ‘ Miranda thinks she settled this bill months ago , does n't she ? ’ he yelled . |
12 | A PATIENT who claimed she suffered severe brain damage from an allergic reaction to anaesthetic drugs was awarded interim damages of £50,000 yesterday . |
13 | The farm reckons it took twenty man hours to clean up the strawberry patch . |
14 | Then they 're told he had 230 burglary convictions |
15 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
16 | Cos I mean we had two crap years had n't we , well . |
17 | You know I got some wrapping paper that one ? |
18 | ‘ Just as I know you sent that poison pen letter . |
19 | The inquest into her death today heard she suffered acute brain damage and a fractured skull . |
20 | The December 1989 coup attempt and the abortive revolts which followed it damaged international investor confidence in the Philippines . |
21 | But the court heard he passed SIX slip roads where he could have turned off . |
22 | In other words , sticking to those sectors that we know and understand and which we chose for the nineties because we believe they had good growth prospects . |
23 | And there was a Yorkshire firm covered it covered that road tarmac or something they said , It 'll last twenty years . |
24 | You 'd think they had another road block down here . |
25 | Hanfmann describes ‘ a rather arrogant colleague ’ who ‘ told me that he knew I wrote good case histories , but had not expected me to be so good at theory ’ ( 1983 : 147 ) . |
26 | I knew I had bad eating habits when I started secretly to buy sweets from several different shops and ensure the wrappers were well hidden from my boyfriend . |
27 | I thought you wanted that headphone set ? |
28 | Mr Hook pointed out many of the Division One sides were concentrated round the south-east , which meant they had less travelling expenses . |
29 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |
30 | Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in . |