Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But when I finally got to bed again it was well into Monday morning and it was Monday afternoon when I surfaced and there was a policeman on the door and it had n't been a nightmare after all .
2 Adèle was hoping Mr Rochester would call her down to meet the guests , but in the end she was so tired with all the excitement that she and I both went to bed early .
3 Well er School , but I never went to school not un , at five .
4 ’ You would n't believe the sufferings of scarlet women , Mr. K. George and I never went on holiday together .
5 She always felt at home here .
6 She still went to church occasionally , she loved the singing , and in spite of her husband 's example , she still told me ‘ Not to take the Lord 's name in vain . ’
7 It was another dull day , but , suitably attired , she later went by taxi up to the house .
8 Always told yer mother you never went to bed early enough . ’
9 The frenzied living for ourselves which we once used to value so highly now disappears before the far more vital longing to keep company with God in faith , hope and love .
10 We really felt at home here from the first time we came .
11 We all had a similar colonial background and were desperate to ‘ fit in ’ and be accepted — so we never talked of racism directly .
12 I thought I might have problems here , because the inside mitre on the four outer glazing bars created a slight undercut for assembling the curved outer members in the horizontal plane , but I found that by locating the curved members on the bottom rail first , then swinging the tops in on a slight curve , they just clicked into place nicely .
13 They even went to war together .
14 They even went on holiday together .
15 They never ran in service again .
16 It only came to light today . ’
17 Did they actually , they thought then it just ended like drop off .
18 He still seemed in charge there . ’
19 He also helped to hand out Bibles .
20 Cairns-Smith 's view of the DNA/protein machinery is that it probably came into existence relatively recently , perhaps as recently as three billion years ago .
21 Although Traherne held the living of Credenhill until his death in 1674 , it is not clear for how long he actually acted as minister there .
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