Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well in that case and they 'd been stopping them for us you see and er excuse me stopping them for us and whoever decided to speak to them has had his few words and that 's it carry on . |
| 2 | No-one has reported your anarchic views on school boards re : hand grenades get through ! |
| 3 | Five minutes spent at the Health Centre looking at the patient 's notes , and someone has removed my medical bag with all my portable diagnostic equipment inside it . |
| 4 | Whether it was simply mere enjoyment or relief that I 'd survived my worst imaginings I do n't know — but it felt good . |
| 5 | He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first |
| 6 | Erm I 'd seen one this morning but she is n't in the core lecture so she 's no good to you , but I said to her could you give me a lift at all ? |
| 7 | She said nothing to me and after rehearsals I was still standing there ; I 'd done nothing all morning , and she called me into the office . |
| 8 | Always keen to do things economically if I could , I 'd made my own jesses . |
| 9 | If I 'd followed my own path , I 'd probably have done something like that [ arts ] . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm to stay with my friend , you remember , I told you I 'd met her last week ? |
| 11 | A lot of women write and say I wish I 'd met you 20 years ago . |
| 12 | ‘ If I 'd met you three years ago , ’ he told her harshly , ‘ maybe things would have been different . |
| 13 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
| 14 | What we gave you is the time they come and the next weekend they were back again , and I 'd warned them several times and in the end I said look forget it , and I had it , you know , the works gone off , erm , and as far as I 'm concerned it 's Wednesday nights , I 've really got to , and the price I started to pay , is no longer worth it to me . |
| 15 | I 'd called him Chinless Wonder on the same basis that regular enlisted men in the Army call Sandhurst graduates ‘ Ruperts ’ . |
| 16 | I 'd bought it two days before and was just trying it out ! ’ |
| 17 | I 'd bought it three minutes later . |
| 18 | I 'd wiped her snotty nose and covered her lewd , spreadeagled indecency . |
| 19 | The bank suddenly started asking for guarantees from my husband , even though I 'd held my own account for two years . |
| 20 | Only music that stems from spiritual impoverishment enriches my life , Oh , like everybody else I had my summer of soul , like a lot of white boys , thought I 'd found my truest voice . |
| 21 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual squat . |
| 22 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 23 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 24 | I knew I 'd found my spiritual home and I still think Bob Seger is crap . |
| 25 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 26 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
| 27 | I 'd practised my straightforward laugh , |
| 28 | I wish I 'd got my woolly hat . |
| 29 | I 'd got my 10 pences , but if I stopped to use a phone box I 'd lose him . |
| 30 | Having gone that long undetected by the enemies sitting almost next to me , I 'd got my over-confident bravado back with interest . |