Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a lot of them only made it by the skin of his teeth and are in the party only because of their reputation . |
| 2 | I eventually made it into the Yorkshire second XI and ultimately the first team . |
| 3 | ‘ When I struck the bream tore off downstream and dragged me into some weeds but I eventually got it to the bankside , ’ said Matthew . |
| 4 | She did n't go so far as to give me her telephone number , but I prudently copied it from the instrument at a point during the interview when she was distracted : when one of Brenda 's children had somehow slipped into the room to find a drum stacked halfway down a pile of similar toys . |
| 5 | He was magnificent again at Anfield and I personally thanked him after the game for what he had done . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 7 | I only meant it for the best . |
| 8 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |
| 9 | ‘ I only wrapped it with the sheet , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ I only stole it for the wire , ’ she said , ‘ but now we 've got it I suppose we might as well drink it . ’ |
| 11 | I suddenly saw her as the shuttlecock in the game her husband is playing with his inamorata . |
| 12 | I just heard it on the radio . ’ |
| 13 | He stood there , no I do n't mean that , I mean me rubbish , oh dear , and he said erm er , sorry , he started sipping his coffee , he never said anything and then he says I 've got some bad news for you and I said oh my God no , car accident , I just heard it on the radio he said no , then he told me , oh God I nearly |
| 14 | Well I just heard it on the radio , we 're all I do n't really know . |
| 15 | In fact , I just saw him in the flesh , bruised as that might be . ’ |
| 16 | Yes , I just saw you at the crossroads you see |
| 17 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 18 | ‘ I just told them about the bullet damage to the boat and about the chart . ’ |
| 19 | So the Queen and I just made it before the deluge ! |
| 20 | And they just happily told me that Oh I just took it up the road for my husband to witness the signature and that totally invalidated the whole will . |
| 21 | I du n no , I just read it in the book saying what a blow job is . |
| 22 | and erm I just stuck him in the bath when we got home |
| 23 | I just stuck it in the ground I think . |
| 24 | Yes and I thought it was mucking it up so I just swapped it over the way it was . |
| 25 | I just did it in the pan on top |
| 26 | Interviewing the likes of Lester Piggott or notoriously inarticulate footballers whose only comment on scoring a hat-trick is ‘ I 'm over the moon ’ or ‘ I just hit it into the back of the net , Brian ’ can not be the simplest of tasks . |
| 27 | I just approached it in the way I would were it my album and my band . |
| 28 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 29 | He turned and came after me waving his revolver , but I easily lost him in the crowd . |
| 30 | I said to her , ‘ I 'm not willing to argue with you here because it would get me into trouble but if I ever saw you on the street I would ’ . |