Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Labour amendment I read out mentioned the airport money . |
| 2 | So I was close by and so they sent me in so the way I , I got dressed up in the minister 's cassock , and I got in revised the books of Genesis , like through and I get genned up to be a minister and I took in a bible and er well anyway I killed five men and they got out alive . |
| 3 | But when I got back to work the people that was in the observation post on the factory , they saw this aircraft , it came down low over the King George 's playing fields and they could see the markings on it and they 'd sounded the alarm but but course the aircraft went straight over . |
| 4 | When we eventually reached the Taj , I bent down to examine the inlay on the tombs more closely . |
| 5 | She and I separated ( it was like trying to unpick a mangled shoelace ) and I staggered through to take the call . |
| 6 | I woke up to find the doctor lifting me very carefully into my own bed . |
| 7 | ‘ I suspected there had been an intruder so I made Mrs. Bonnard wait in the car while I came in to check the place out . |
| 8 | As I walked round observing the work I spotted one arrangement that I had not drawn . |
| 9 | I walked along saw the guy in front of mne there were bulltes all around me so it was either him or me . |
| 10 | So I finished up doing the lot . |
| 11 | ‘ I called in to collect the car . |
| 12 | No , I rang up to say the car should be out on Monday should I like to say Wednesday , no problem . |
| 13 | Around five o'clock I dashed back to feed the cats and to see the electrician who had arrived to fit a new ceramic hob which Nigel had ordered . |
| 14 | You can imagine the excitement when I reached out to open the case . |
| 15 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 16 | So what I did , I went round to tell the guy , John he was the sales guy at the local Vo , Audi-Volkswagen place , and I said , John , I want to buy Barbara a car . |
| 17 | I went on to join the Kent team and later the National Display Team . |
| 18 | I went on attending the university , doing my course modules , and avoiding intimacy in whatever way it proffered itself to me . |
| 19 | " I wanted to keep it because I did n't want to leave him while I went out to use the phone — assuming there 's one round here that works , which I doubt , " she said . |
| 20 | I went out to bring the washing in and he 'd got them in his mouth ! |
| 21 | He dumped his overnight bag with mine and I went out to tell the driver we were just coming . |
| 22 | It seemed like every time I went out to walk the course I came back with wet feet . " |
| 23 | I went out to check the date on the and to turn the place over . |
| 24 | I went down to put the kettle on and while I was doing so in walked Albert . |
| 25 | So I went down to see the secretary who I found out was in the flying horse and er told him who I was , Ooh yes , ooh yes , you 're playing this afternoon , are n't you ? |
| 26 | I went down to unlock the door , and we came upstairs very quietly . |
| 27 | I went in to see the cats and then I swept up all the mess |
| 28 | I went in to watch the day 's most elegant event … the private driving competition . |
| 29 | After we 'd satisfied ourselves that there was sufficient prey I went off to walk the terrain . |
| 30 | ‘ I was asked to supervise canoeing when a scout leader , so I went off to master the sport and was a senior instructor after a couple of years . |