Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I realized I 'd said it so I tried to dig myself out the hole |
| 2 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 3 | Cos I 'd cleaned it up the other day cos it had mildew on the bottom of it ! |
| 4 | ‘ I decided to put them off the scent . ’ |
| 5 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 6 | Oh I had to get something out the car as well you know ? |
| 7 | You got to meet me up the railway . |
| 8 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 9 | We had hung them down the inside of our trousers when we got out of the car . |
| 10 | Well we had to drag them down the hall . |
| 11 | Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come . |
| 12 | Turning her round , he began propelling her back the way she 'd come . |
| 13 | It started to suck me up the face . |
| 14 | He wanted to pass us up the line of responsibility . |