Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I asked myself the same question , ’ said Dr. Ray .
2 Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question .
3 The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs .
4 This what I asked you the other week .
5 I made myself a nice profit out of it .
6 A year or two later , I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island .
7 Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me .
8 God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is .
9 well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that
10 I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him .
11 It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain .
12 ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril .
13 WHILE watching the Olympic boxing , I realised what a sensible idea it is for the amateur fighters to wear headguards to protect them from brain injuries .
14 and I 'm seeing the surgeon today and erm and I met somebody the other day who 'd had it done and his fingers were n't affected , you know , so I mean it 's just the luck of the draw I think .
15 Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending .
16 ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’
17 " Yes , I met someone the other night who made a sort of suggestion about a possible job of some kind . "
18 I got myself a larger size and even they seemed to be pretty neat .
19 So , impressed by him , I got myself a bass guitar .
20 I got myself a few commissions — did I tell you I was thinking of going freelance ? ’
21 I got you a wee ball of your wool for your mittens .
22 I got it a little wrong , ’ says Eva .
23 I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin .
24 And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force .
25 So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field , outside Edinburgh .
26 Actually , I found him a pleasant companion .
27 I found him a clean scarf to hold over his face .
28 She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market .
29 When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it .
30 I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well .
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