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 .
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