Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I asked him about that particular morning 's exercise with the coastguard helicopter . |
| 2 | Nevertheless I always accepted with gratitude the milk which the shepherd offered me , as the expression of his love , but since , being pure spirit , I do not need the milk , I shared it with this little fox , who is very fond of milk . " |
| 3 | I got him with that last shot . ’ |
| 4 | I used them on many rainy days , and never once suffered from wet feet . |
| 5 | The Muslim Palestinian defenders of Beaufort were ignorant of all this , sitting around the walls in silence when I told them of this historical the old tale of fear , treachery and pain . |
| 6 | That was Michael Willis 's line whenever I told him about some fresh disaster in the surf . |
| 7 | Well , this , I told you about this French boy that phoned , that contacted me , he 's erm , my name is , I 'm nineteen , I 'm a student at Harlow College , I 'm studying English foreign language and Law A Level , if there 's an Amnesty International I would like to set up a group in the college I hope you 're involved in local groups are writing you to receive about me , and information about the local group . |
| 8 | I buried him in that beautiful valley of winding waters . |
| 9 | Then I asked her , I could n't help it , I asked her , I said ‘ Never mind the photocopy , ’ I said , ‘ Let me ask you , was the cock tracing I showed you in any slight way arousing ? |
| 10 | I followed them at all three , but if The Valley was a 100 miles away , I 'd still be back . ’ |
| 11 | But then — in view of the fact that you already had a boyfriend — I acquitted her of any devious motives . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman . |
| 13 | ‘ I had to coax two into it because they are not very experienced cook , but I chose them for that very reason , ’ he says . |
| 14 | I dressed him in this huge pink shirt with maroon spots on , with a big maroon and pink ruff and little knee britches in grey with red velvet stripes on them . |
| 15 | Now Sunday when I had her about that terrific barking , your father was the first to say , look she stopped it |
| 16 | One year new chain and I had it in that little on the tree ? |
| 17 | After some wandering among nurseless cradles I recognized him by some unsuspected instinct — a pallid moustached old baby . |
| 18 | He said you treasured it beyond any other possession . ’ |
| 19 | Her voice and the rattle of pots faded away into the house , and he heard , close to , Annie 's uncontrolled chortle as she approached him with some wicked intent . |
| 20 | Her head turned slightly towards him and she fixed him with that blind , unthinking stare . |
| 21 | She blamed him for all this . |
| 22 | Years later , she acknowledged the debt she owed him for those early lessons in self-determination . |
| 23 | As Philippa disentangled herself she heard them on some well-worn tale . |
| 24 | She heard it from that dry old stick , Simpson . |
| 25 | I reminded her of Bobbie and would I mind if she called me by that dear nickname ? |
| 26 | Somehow , and from somewhere , a beautiful young woman appeared — this was no imagined vision — and she took them to some hot springs where they all ended up naked . |
| 27 | What on earth would she think if she saw her in this ridiculous get-up ? |
| 28 | Whichever way her life was goin' she would never have it soft again , not as she saw it at this present moment . |
| 29 | God knows , he thought , I should n't say anything about it if she nagged me in any halfway reasonable manner . |
| 30 | I could n't help thinking she was like a racehorse , and when Ward started questioning her , she answered him with such haughty condescension , such arrogance , that his face went white and I swear he 'd have play-acted the Gorbals slum kid and thrown a lot of four-letter words at her if he 'd known how to do it in Spanish . |