Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To gaze on thee I left the smoaking Pail ; |
| 2 | A great man in those days who was trying to be encouraging told me I had a terrific eye for English weather . |
| 3 | With me I had the two Kens . |
| 4 | An ex-agent of mine told me I had the wrong attitude to charity shows ; I did too many . |
| 5 | They told me I had an academic future , a considerable future . ’ |
| 6 | Behind me I heard a slow-moving car . |
| 7 | Then behind me I heard the rhythmic tramp of marching feet and the shrill " 'eft 'ight , 'eft 'ight , " that usually went with it . |
| 8 | ‘ Non , Inspector , everyone had the same — oh , save for the Prince of Wales for whom I made a special soup . ’ |
| 9 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
| 10 | Erm we were asked by the managing director er a man called W P whom I had a great deal of respect for , because he was a , he was a design engineer by trade and , and craft . |
| 11 | When the Second World War broke out in Europe , it was difficult to get supplies of helpful books , and when the Japanese came into it after the disaster of Pearl Harbour , I myself , as well as the clergy and students for whom I had a pastoral responsibility , felt the need of prayers to meet the threatening danger , as well as the provision of prayers which would express a Christ-like spirit about war , enemies in war , dangers in war and sufferers in war . |
| 12 | The three concerned were TWW , with whom I had the closest ties , Southern Television and Granada . |
| 13 | Meanwhile Dr. Elliott Gabellah , acting President of the African National Council — with whom I had the good fortune to breakfast , morning after morning , at the Caux world assembly last August — is conferring with Presidents Kaunda and Nyerere in Zambia . |
| 14 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 15 | But at the same time I was learning the lesson that such behaviour is not acceptable to adults , to whom I presented a different personality . |
| 16 | Not the young Francis either , in whom I stood a better hope of experiencing the odd happy memory , but Francis as I 'd last experienced him with the tang of his Lucky Strikes , last night 's whisky and dejection all togged up as joie de vivre . |
| 17 | This is being conducted by Simon Holdaway , an ex-police officer turned academic , with whom I discussed the anthropological potential for police studies at a 1988 conference we both attended . |
| 18 | Among them I discovered the French people . |
| 19 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 20 | And I I thought the only ones I 've ever seen and they 've got like things like three eight and Chevvy or maybe a V er . |
| 21 | that 's what I did , and I I thought the same thing . |
| 22 | I I got a twelve month ban anyway . |
| 23 | But you see I I got a vivid ginger hair , real red , you see ? |
| 24 | I I I got a little bit involved in that a few years ago , when I was working on it , having had some scepticism before-hand . |
| 25 | Cos I I got the two science lectures and thought I 'll try and get a couple of arts lectures , |
| 26 | It was when I was about twelve I broke the front of my tooth so I I had a temporary cap put on , and it only lasted six months and came off ! |
| 27 | Yeah I I had a vague recollection of you drinking Newcastle Brown sometime and quite liking it . |
| 28 | Actually I was cos I I had the back door open and I thought I 'll just leave it and if he wants to come in he can and I poured him a a bit of a drink of milk and er , then I went in the kit , in the bathroom and the door was still open and then suddenly I thought God I wonder where he was ? |
| 29 | I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench . |
| 30 | And in fact at the greenbelt plan inquiry er er I I spent a considerable amount of time arguing on the issue of prestige sites and the availability of prestige sites within the greater York area already planned and available . |