Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , I duly had a site meeting with Mr. George on 4th June . |
| 2 | I eventually got a chance to read the South Wales Aggregates Working Party 's Regional Commentary which has been sitting on my desk for months . |
| 3 | I only wanted a shoulder to weep on . |
| 4 | I only have a pound left and I was paid on Friday and that is because I bought food and very basic toiletries . |
| 5 | With my new kidney scar , I only needed a hernia to link them up . |
| 6 | I just felt a bit faint . |
| 7 | ‘ I just saw a car run into the back of another car and a lorry ended up going sideways ’ , Sacco went on . |
| 8 | Can I just ask a question to start with because I was messing around with the camera and was it that he ha that he had no private pension policies at all ? |
| 9 | Ludens thought , why ca n't I do that , why ca n't I just ask a woman to hold my hand , why ca n't I ask Franca to ! |
| 10 | I sometimes , this is what I said Marion I just feel a letter does n't pressurise them . |
| 11 | The shock of finding out , when I finally persuaded a partner to play with me , that I was colour-blind , put paid to my dreams of a misspent youth . |
| 12 | I once heard a couple making plans and counter-plans for a family outing ; after much discussion one of them said , ‘ As far as I can see , there are disadvantages in all those schemes . ’ |
| 13 | I once heard a recording dating from the American election of 1948 . |
| 14 | I once had a cabbie called Supersad Morgan . |
| 15 | I once had a book called Enjoy your Alligator . |
| 16 | I once had a thing going with Leila Saatchi . ’ |
| 17 | Years later , at a falconry centre , I once saw a falcon miss the bait it was supposed to pick up , fly past , come to a sudden standstill in mid-air , turn 180 degrees and zoom down again . |
| 18 | I once watched a Yank pursuing a Waaf down the length of Woolworths in Cambridge . |
| 19 | I once watched a lioness hunting a zebra . |
| 20 | I once helped a lady to believe in the Devil by playing devil 's advocate . |
| 21 | ‘ Have I ever mentioned a man called Hugh Puddephat to you ? ’ |
| 22 | Y'know , I always had a home to go to . |
| 23 | I always have a problem to lose weight and have problems with many ‘ E ’ additives which I have sorted out . |
| 24 | When I drive off the boat , I always have a desire to go through the Red Channel . |
| 25 | I always think a family 's born to that |
| 26 | I always think a woman looks pretty good under a parasol , even better under a pretty hat , his eyes looked distant . |
| 27 | This technique produced a great deal of interesting material , but I still felt a need to achieve more insight into the language behaviour of my informants — especially outside school . |
| 28 | But I still have a map drawn by one of his colleagues , marking all the main sea-trout and salmon lies on Stack ; worth its weight in gold , quite irreplaceable . |
| 29 | I still have a letter dated September 1939 , just after the outbreak of war , saying that ‘ Sir Fowler Harrison would be obliged if Mrs Birkett would supply eight or nine pounds of Cotherstone cheese , going blue if possible , and another ready for eating at once ’ . |
| 30 | I still have a letter written in pencil from his camp at Laisamis on his way to Nairobi in 1914 . |