Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How many of them lacked only the good fortune that saved you ? ’ |
| 2 | Anyway I made completely the wrong decision with her with her the first time . |
| 3 | Martens says : ‘ Of course I realised immediately the historic importance of the book and the show together . |
| 4 | I registered only the habitual glow of pleasurable comfort , but when I opened the envelope the reaction was one of electric shock . |
| 5 | I experienced exactly the same difficulty with my Panasonic printer when , like William , I upgraded to Windows 3.1 and Word 2 . |
| 6 | I ca , I ca I came home the other day and I could n't get into ! |
| 7 | Someone knocked early the next morning . |
| 8 | ‘ I returned alone the following season to play for Transvaal . |
| 9 | I swore only the other week . |
| 10 | So perhaps I needed just the one criminal , not two ; but I needed a reason as well . |
| 11 | Within an hour or so of our departure , I felt sure the proper chill had returned and would reign until the eight of us next dispelled it . |
| 12 | I felt much the same way about Posh Porky as Grandpa did about Mrs Salmon . |
| 13 | That evening , while the rest of the family watched Dixon of Dock Green , I gathered together the total ensemble and placed it upon my person . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought maybe the second sight . |
| 15 | Ah that 's not so bad then , I thought perhaps the poor taxpayer was going to have to foot the bill . |
| 16 | We arrived quite late on our first night and , when I went downstairs the next morning the waitress showed us to our table and said : ‘ Good morning , I think you were arriving at eleven o'clock last night . ’ |
| 17 | anorexic , I thought my mum was anorexic when I went home the other day . |
| 18 | Oh I , when I , when I went there the next morning I had to tell all in front of the class and tell all the kids . |
| 19 | ‘ I did exactly the same thing last year in LA , ’ he revealed . |
| 20 | Let , I said well the best thing ju to do erm er Pam I said is just to ignore them I said and ignoring them makes it you know ? |
| 21 | As I , as I said earlier the new boy , the rather elderly new boy but I can assure the Professor if I were a hundred years old I 'd still be younger than 'im . |
| 22 | It is very important indeed to ensure that the staff of G C H Q are not subject to potential conflicts of interest and as I said earlier the Prime Minister and I listened for some considerable time to the s to er to the points put forward by the trade unions to see whether or not that overriding er national objective could be maintained but we were not convinced , we were not convinced that erm the trade unions could overcome those potential conflicts of interest and it behoves ill the party opposite to try and put a different gloss on the fact that we in this country thanks to our legislation , have put harmony in place of strife and we are not prepared to allow the opposition to put that major achievement at risk . |
| 23 | I said , well the important thing is Jan if you are like this you obviously did n't like , there 's no way I 'm going to meet her you 're obviously thinking it over I said so the first thing you 've got ta do is turn up on Monday and meet her cos erm , then well you 'll know . |
| 24 | But I had exactly the contrary feeling . |
| 25 | Ross 's experience struck an identical chord with me , for John Sheard and I had exactly the same experience on the first ascent of Face Route where the second , hanging on a sling to remove gear , was observed by a member of the establishment and a rumour immediately started that was rapidly translated into guidebook writer 's ‘ fact ’ . |
| 26 | I had exactly the same problem when using Windows 3.1 with an Epson LQ400 printer . |
| 27 | When I eventually arrived back at Duxford , I had exactly the same amount of fuel on board that I flew out with ! ’ |
| 28 | yes , I had exactly the same thing , being a top flight secretary at work |
| 29 | I had exactly the same feeling about her , although we had never met . ’ |
| 30 | Well , when that thing in the mask jumped out from behind the boxes and ran up the stairs , I had exactly the same feeling . |