Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How on earth d' you expect me to sit there watching that woman being forced to humiliate herself like that ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Fair weather anglers , the lot of you , ’ I announced unctuously demanding immediate refreshment for my efforts . |
| 3 | And I do n't I 've only got one left . |
| 4 | Erm I do n't know I do n't yo I , I think possibly having that foot up on the stool was perhaps a mistake . |
| 5 | As I sit here typing this letter , the sky is black and it 's pouring with rain — real April showers . |
| 6 | I got up to get some water and went to the window . |
| 7 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 8 | I tried never to throw any food away . |
| 9 | Suppose , well , I say not thinking one evening , I nearly missed the bus this morning , I had to run like billy-o , sure as fate Aunt Annie would say , think yourself lucky you can run . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 'd just met this medium — how could she have known this ? ’ |
| 13 | erm and I 'd just got one comment that I like to make and er then the question . |
| 14 | I , I 'd just taken this thing |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I felt I 'd already done Prime Suspect , ’ says Lynda , although she did supply the plot outline . |
| 19 | But I 'd already decided that journalism was the perfect career for me . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I 'd already gone that way twice . |
| 22 | Anyway , I 'd already had one moment of glory with Peter when he won two years before in the 1958 British Open . |
| 23 | I 'd never seen such rage in you before |
| 24 | I 'd never seen such chatter , nervousness and exhilaration in the dressing room before . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I 'd never heard such oratory , admiring the way he took on the hecklers . |
| 27 | I said I pretend I 'd never heard that question David , because if I answer it I said there 's a lot more |
| 28 | Well , I 'd never heard this expression before and ‘ I ’ explained to me that it was another word meaning ‘ lesbian ’ . |
| 29 | I tell you something I wish I 'd never had that cat round my back door . |
| 30 | I was impressed by her self-confidence ; I 'd never had one boyfriend , let alone as many as she 'd had . |