Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lunged for the computer which contained my first four hard-laboured chapters , and it literally burst into flames at my touch . |
| 2 | It said in the E , the Echo I read in the Echo it 's er , Friday 's Echo that the first band comes on at four |
| 3 | Let me try I was wondering why he was doing it then I realized on the tape she done that in n it . |
| 4 | I lived in the village myself and waited for my students to arrive . |
| 5 | I passed over the cheque my landlord had given me . |
| 6 | I passed on the information which came my way . |
| 7 | This was unnerving and by the time I got to the top I was exhausted . |
| 8 | And when I got to the clinic everyone was in a mess because half the domestic staff had disappeared , walked out without a word . |
| 9 | When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail . |
| 10 | They had handcuffs on me and I 've still got marks on my hands — you can see — where the handcuffs were put on so tight that when I got to the station they could n't get them off me . |
| 11 | So I hung around in the sun a couple of hours and when I got to the station there 's a car in the car-park with the old guy in the back , and he has friends . ’ |
| 12 | It had been raining all day and by the time I got to the inn I looked like a pink sponge in a cagoule . |
| 13 | By the time I got to the smithy there were a queue of horses halfway down the street , all waiting to be roughed . |
| 14 | When I got to the airport I froze . |
| 15 | I collected what I needed , and when I got to the counter I found that she and her neighbours were discussing the train accident . |
| 16 | As soon as I got to the wire I spotted a gap and ran through it , only to see Private Prescott overtake me as he charged on towards the enemy lines . |
| 17 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 18 | As I got to the office I could see Alec poking his head round the open door . |
| 19 | I wept a little as I climbed the creaky stairs , and when I got into the attic I knelt down beside the bed , put my hands together and prayed . |
| 20 | When I got into the ring I was fortunately unaware that he was a Services champion . |
| 21 | Mr Lighten 's wife Anne , 53 , told the inquest : ‘ When I got into the house I smelt gas and noticed a noise in the garage . |
| 22 | When I got off the bus she was at Hackney Cen Central with all her friends . |
| 23 | Once I got inside the house I began to cheer up . |
| 24 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 25 | When I got in the pool it was very cold , going round the edge . |
| 26 | ‘ But when I got behind the typewriter I thought , ‘ That ai n't gon na make a very good piece ’ and so I took the piss out of her something rotten . |
| 27 | This was a sparrow that I found on the day it was born . |
| 28 | And here I ought to perhaps make it clear that the circles I provided on the sheet which was distributed , allow for a density of twenty houses per hectare . |
| 29 | When I drew near the village I could see two girls sitting on the parapet of the little bridge . |
| 30 | As I mentioned on the phone I have invited representatives from the various churches and other organisations to be present . |