Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was duly arranged that we should meet after work , and it was then that I gave him further details about my ‘ sponsored ’ trip to Paris and about my much more ambitious idea of a trip to Libya . |
| 2 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 3 | And I got her two strips of Elastaplast . |
| 4 | When Matthew and I adopted you three years ago , we decided to look after you as well as we could . |
| 5 | And I saw him five minutes later eating sandwiches — posting them , Breeze , like letters in a pillar-box ! ’ |
| 6 | Through a literary agent I had in New York I was able to help Sir Charles arrange the publication of that last book in America and I visited him many times , to hear him talk . |
| 7 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 8 | I shrugged , as if I thought them honourable scars to be gained in my lady 's service . |
| 9 | ‘ Would it make any difference , ’ Fen asked , ‘ if I told you those photographs are not of Petula ? ’ |
| 10 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |
| 11 | You 've changed a lot since I met you those years ago . |
| 12 | Then I tried the new needle supplied with the machine when I bought it many years ago . |