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

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1 oh , they may of been updated then , the question I asked you was a different one , when was the moment when they became inaccurate ?
2 And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever .
3 ‘ I went into analysis because I realised I was a dangerous character — I mean this suicidal , self-destructive instinct I had .
4 And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said .
5 The job I found him was an undemanding clerical one .
6 I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men .
7 When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field .
8 I assumed it was the deliberate policy of an amateur sport towards a ‘ public service ’ . ’
9 I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy .
10 I learnt he was an old seaman who kept an inn , and he knew all the seamen in Bristol .
11 I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means .
12 From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening .
13 I guessed it was the bald man 's son .
14 I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me .
15 ‘ Christ , ’ breathed Billy , ‘ you were lucky there mate , that was a pretty big un' for a night tide , I heard it was a twenty seven footer .
16 Yeah I heard it were a right frigging had an argument with Chinese bloke
17 And I decided it was a successful briefing , you know .
18 I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes .
19 I decided it was a good time to ask him the final questions about Stapleton and the hound .
20 We started a bit shaky , and took a while to adjust , but in the end we could have added to our tally , by which time I felt we were the better side . ’
21 We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out .
22 On another occasion , and because I felt he was a remote figure of whom the public knew nothing , I asked if he would be guest at an off-the-record private dinner-party to which I would invite half a dozen senior media people such as Robin Day , Perry Worsthorne of the Sunday Telegraph , and Tony Howard of the Observer for an exchange of views .
23 I felt he was an undesirable character . ’
24 I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson .
25 I felt it was a nice earner all the time and now , in hindsight , I wish we had n't frittered the money away so easily .
26 He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ .
27 He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ .
28 I felt it was a Christian thing to do .
29 At the time , I felt it was no bad thing , for it helped intensify that curious brooding quality which is such an important element in so many tropical landscapes , and especially those of Polynesia .
30 My Mrs Hewitt from the Lake District was so nice and I felt she was an old friend , but we wanted to talk about our Christmas shopping , not books .
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