Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was supposed to be a ‘ sensitive ’ job and if I came out I would automatically be adjudged a danger to the patients and given the elbow . |
| 2 | If I pulled out he would probably do me over for being a chicken , but if I competed and beat him ( unlikely but not impossible ) … well , I might as well have booked my hospital bed then and there . |
| 3 | I saw the look the malai doctors gave each other and I knew then he would never see again . |
| 4 | When I looked back I could no longer see the clearing . |
| 5 | because But then I thought then I thought well I 'll Here 's Rachel do you want to and then like it 's be like Oh I 'm spoiling it for him . |
| 6 | I would have picked number one you see and erm of course there was the er I knew the name Barbara erm and knew she 'd got a shop called Hitched in Northampton er er anyway when I was in the library I thought well I 'll just see if Hitched is in the telephone book you see , and it was . |
| 7 | She said the Samaritans she said Joy I were gon na commit suicide , and she said I thought well I 'll just talk to the Samaritans and she said that 's where I were , I said you wo n't commit suicide will you ? |
| 8 | I thought well I 'll just |
| 9 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
| 10 | Then at about 4:58 I thought maybe I 'll just listen to the match report , there may have been a fight back … & what ya know … 3–3 ! ! |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , you know , I thought perhaps I 'd just check through things and make sure . ’ |
| 12 | I 've got nearly over five hundred quid , then the petrol and then food where you could n't get food donated , and new tyres for the bike before I went so you could only get on the road . |
| 13 | Communications , I said well you can either go to them or you can got to , we 'll do it for ya , so it 's really up to you , he says well who 's the cheapest ? |
| 14 | I said well you can always come round here . |
| 15 | So I said well you will just have to be content with me because you 'll because my husband has no time . |
| 16 | I said well I 'll probably choose |
| 17 | Well I did , I took it , I took it out and said , alright when I went and enquired , I said well I would normally have a cheque book now cos I 'm not always in the bank , and I had this slip to say I do n't need one will come automatically he said oh yes , but that breaking down is hopeless , then I should fill it in now and I 'll take it . |
| 18 | I was a witness and so on you see and down below and the sergeant said to me , the sergeant came up and said to me , you 'll have to be careful because he said that boy , he was sitting there with his mother , poor woman , all in black and er the em the boy 's employer had got a solicitor on his behalf , you see , and I said well I can only speak through and say what happened , that 's all I can do and er , so of course when I went into the witness box this man came and er asked me all sorts of questions . |
| 19 | Someone said well we 'll just have a generic British paper because , you know , we 're going to do a story about a newspaper office and we need something like a newspaper but is n't actually one . |
| 20 | I wondered when she would ever return to Dublin — I presume that 's why you 're here . " |
| 21 | So by the time you came here it would mostly just be Tommy that was playing ? |
| 22 | ‘ So do I. I liked the way she muttered so you could hardly hear when she was being funny . |
| 23 | Everyone knew how important punctuality was to Laura ; she believed if you arrived late it could only be because you had not started out early enough . |
| 24 | If she rang now she might just catch Levkovich in his morning break . |
| 25 | If she strode out she would just about do it ; her office was only across the road and down the side-street . |
| 26 | To every argument she put forward he would inevitably find a counter , and she had no doubt that could go on forever . |
| 27 | If she ran away she would only cause worry to her parents , and anyway , where could she run to , on this island ? |
| 28 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |
| 29 | Sarah had told her that John had always argued with his father and defied him , and she wondered why he could ever have behaved like that with this gentle man . |
| 30 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |