Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My left arm was dripping with blood , and when I tried to raise it only the top part moved , the rest hung limply by my side . |
| 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 | If I 'd met you earlier the fact that I 'm married would have made it impossible for me to take off and fly with you like this . |
| 4 | Cos I 'd cleaned it up the other day cos it had mildew on the bottom of it ! |
| 5 | ‘ I decided to put them off the scent . ’ |
| 6 | As time went on , to avoid a whipping , I learned to tell her only the things I thought she wanted to hear . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | You got to meet me up the railway . |
| 9 | ‘ If you 'd asked me nearer the time … ’ |
| 10 | the fear she 'd lost him not the lack of doubt |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We had hung them down the inside of our trousers when we got out of the car . |
| 13 | Well we had to drag them down the hall . |
| 14 | Ca n't tell you how long a journey it was back in the fog from Liverpool that day , and then when we were relegated back again to the third division it was on the last match of the season against Charlton , and the heavens opened and a big thunder storm and it just flooded the pitch and the referee just called the match off and they had to play it again the following Friday and Charlton ran out two-one winners and Walsall finished with nine fit men and still that 's the football I suppose . |
| 15 | He seemed to like it just the way it was . |
| 16 | He turned to help her clear the table . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Turning her round , he began propelling her back the way she 'd come . |
| 19 | It started to suck me up the face . |
| 20 | It had taken her virtually the rest of the afternoon to find someone to take her . |
| 21 | It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time . |
| 22 | He had shown her how the frontispiece illustration was the key to it . |
| 23 | He wanted to pass us up the line of responsibility . |