Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So I told him to take these tablets and says if he felt no better he 'd better get to doctors , well he did n't even move out of bed , apart from summat to eat |
| 32 | He broke two of my teeth extracting them but he says they 're out clean , when I told him to take another X-ray of it . |
| 33 | I told you to put some orange in there . |
| 34 | In the Tests I played I dropped three caught-and-bowleds and Don Tallon missed a chance behind as well . |
| 35 | then I noticed them exchanging terse remarks every time my man was facing . |
| 36 | I noticed nothing to suggest this insight in Frontenac 's version of the story . |
| 37 | So his got one , I noticed he has two books the other day . |
| 38 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 39 | When he was shadow Secretary of State and I challenged him to have this debate in the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs , he said , " We soon will . " |
| 40 | I ordered them to fasten all windows — much good that would do — draw the curtains , and stay out of sight . |
| 41 | I had on the programme Brahms 's Fourth Symphony and at the rehearsal Lamond said to me , ‘ You know , I knew Brahms ; I heard him conduct this piece . ’ |
| 42 | I heard him put more money into the box . |
| 43 | I heard him giving many readings , and now of course they are on record ; but I think he was at his best — with every word clearly articulated — among a small group such as that at Kelham . |
| 44 | Though it was when I heard her using bad language to my housekeeper and being unwarrantedly rude to Ivo that I decided I 'd had enough of the woman . ’ |
| 45 | He still spent every holiday with them , but I felt he needed more independence and so did they . |
| 46 | I felt I had good cause . |
| 47 | Sitting there in the London bound train ( I had thought it would never come into the station , that the whistle would never blow ) , I saw myself in a play , a melodrama perhaps — I felt I had Runaway Daughter written all over me … |
| 48 | I felt I needed different challenges , to move on . |
| 49 | ‘ I felt you disapproved last night , ’ he said . |
| 50 | But at times last season I felt it took second place from a few other clubs . ’ |
| 51 | I knew she had psychic gifts , but I could not work out how she was so clued in to this film . |
| 52 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 53 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 54 | I knew I had bad eating habits when I started secretly to buy sweets from several different shops and ensure the wrappers were well hidden from my boyfriend . |
| 55 | I have been ever since I knew I had this trouble . ’ |
| 56 | And I knew I know this bloke eh , when he was a sergeant I think , anyway he was an officer , and eh , said we go to Sheppeards , I said you silly devil I ca n't get into Sheppeards Hotel I 'm a signal man I had to laugh he said , shame , he said cor , you 're about my size , get stuck into one of my uniforms we had a couple of weekends at Sheppeards Hotel , we had a great time . |
| 57 | I knew I needed some place to go inside myself — frighten people off — so I shoved three tapes and my Walkman in the middle of the bag beside the big fat envelope where I 'd squeezed all my dreams . |
| 58 | One day he wrote ‘ battting ’ , and when I queried this , he said , ‘ Well , I knew it had two t's , so I put three to make sure ! ’ |
| 59 | A couple I knew who adopted three children found that only one of the three was at all interested in finding out about his natural parents . |
| 60 | I knew he had previous convictions . |