Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I got bowled over twice and lost sight of Greg completely , but when I finally got back alongside him at the green he was really excited .
2 I 'd fallen quite badly and had disc problems with my back .
3 By ten I 'd crawled as far as the door .
4 I 'd got as far as the top step on that flight when the phone went again .
5 It had been advised by my doctor that a year 's holiday in another land would build me up , as I had grown too quickly and had , as the phrase goes , " overgrown my strength " .
6 I had dressed as well as I could that morning , in more or less the same stuff I 'd worn for Grandma Margot 's funeral .
7 He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him .
8 I had come this far and was determined to make it to France .
9 There was no fire and I had switched off long before the port wing touched the ground , I saw him hare across the airfield diagonally opposed to the direction of the hangar , and indeed the aircraft , and at the same time he was haring away towards Findhorn .
10 But if just once I feel I 've run as hard as I possible could , in good shape , and I 've still only done 27:50 , maybe I 'll be happy to say , ‘ Oh well , Solly , you 've been kidding yourself all along ’ . ’
11 Erm and I 've said further on that erm some could have afford to stay out but that 's they we 're not all built the same and erm we must avoid that at all cost .
12 I 've said quite often that ga it could be
13 and I bought her but when I came out the loo he is playing with the bus going wheeee , he was having a great time with that , I looked at him and I said got to give that to Charlotte , no , no , I do n't like it I want the house , meaning the garage , so I 've gone out now and bought her a circus
14 ‘ I feel that I 've gone as far as I can here , ’ Knowles said .
15 ‘ I think I 've gone as far as I can with it , ’ said Tony .
16 But , you see at February we 're then into review er cro er reviewing the PDP 's for some reason or another , I 've written down here and profiling reporting to parents .
17 ‘ And although I do n't think I 've played as badly as people have said , I think I can get more out of myself , and more out of others around me , if I play in a midfield alongside Gazza . ’
18 I 've lived here longer than you .
19 Anyway , I 've cut down considerably and every now and again I 'd try an ’ stop and fall off the rails again .
20 I 've worked out now that I 've hit the woodwork 10 times this season , so two inches either way and I could have had 14 goals instead of four , ’ he lamented .
21 Right , what I 've come round here for er I 'm going to Israel in a month .
22 I 've come home once or Mice with blood coming from my back-collar stud-band and my shoulder bones .
23 which we need to be and once we get into the rhythm I 'm sure it 'll all be a lot easier but you seem to have a calmness about your how you speak which is good and you know I 'm sure I 'll go to pieces but erm yeah it was just , and what I 've picked up on as you say where it 's er how did you come to Friends Provident bum de bum de bum , we 're going through erm a structured erm spiel if you like and then they 're saying well I do n't really wan na give you any you know , recommendations at this moment and erm what we should do there is , is I suppose apack that is n't it ?
24 You know I I I 've cancelled down before but you know in this like .
25 I 've got up again and put on G.P. 's clavichord record .
26 By the time I 've got up there and slithered through the cut-through , Casey has found himself in a fight .
27 Oh , yes , I know I 've got tomorrow off as well , but David 's off today too , and he 's promised to ferry me around if I need to go from place to place . ’
28 or tattoos , or fairground art , I 've got down just as examples
29 So that 's why I ended up doing science and I 've got this far so I ca n't be bad at it .
30 I have persecuted more furiously than Paul … .
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