Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Fair weather anglers , the lot of you , ’ I announced unctuously demanding immediate refreshment for my efforts .
2 I got up to get some water and went to the window .
3 In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong .
4 I tried never to throw any food away .
5 That evening Sid and I dined off piping hot oxtail soup , steak and kidney pie , followed by a very rich plum duff , all washed down with a bottle of French cider , given to us by the old Frenchman who lived in the cottage near the entrance to the orchard .
6 Often I felt so full after eating that I had to lie down or drag myself to lectures , feeling as though I 'd just eaten three Christmas dinners .
7 I 'd just met this medium — how could she have known this ? ’
8 and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ?
9 ‘ They said I 'd just got 50-60 years wear out of the knee in 15 years . ’
10 erm and I 'd just got one comment that I like to make and er then the question .
11 I , I 'd just taken this thing
12 I told you I sleep in that chair , did n't I ? — It must have been about midnight because I 'd just watched this film and that did n't finish until half eleven .
13 And they were interviewing this feller , he said , oh we went for a day out he said and I 'd just bought this car and I was really made up with it he said
14 And I 'd also had some suspicions . ’
15 I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach .
16 ‘ No time to say really — but we were just about off , and I was holding the books for Dad when he said , ‘ I 'd best get those papers for old Holroyd . ’
17 Er well whe er when I first went to I 'd already lost two children and er the girls knew that I worked with the t last two children .
18 ‘ I felt I 'd already done Prime Suspect , ’ says Lynda , although she did supply the plot outline .
19 I 'd already done some modules in S3 and S4 , and two of them counted towards the general SVQ .
20 But I 'd already decided that journalism was the perfect career for me .
21 Er , I hoped I 'd made clear that if the profits of Pearsons erm er not only if they went down but even if er , there was only a small erm , increase in earnings per share er next year that the the directors ' salaries would be very considerably reduced and I thought I 'd already made that erm , er , directors ' erm remuneration total take home pay would be considerably reduced thought I 'd already made that point .
22 I 'd already gone that way twice .
23 Anyway , I 'd already had one moment of glory with Peter when he won two years before in the 1958 British Open .
24 I 'd never seen such rage in you before
25 I 'd never seen such chatter , nervousness and exhilaration in the dressing room before .
26 He said : ‘ It was something I 'd never given any thought to , but it was nice to be asked , and when the Ulster Branch were happy to accept my nomination I was delighted to take up the offer .
27 I 'd never heard such oratory , admiring the way he took on the hecklers .
28 I said I pretend I 'd never heard that question David , because if I answer it I said there 's a lot more
29 Well , I 'd never heard this expression before and ‘ I ’ explained to me that it was another word meaning ‘ lesbian ’ .
30 I 'd never had other children of my own and somehow she seemed very precious just then , but I never expected to see her .
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