Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [pers pn] be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | e e e he told me you were playing ladies , I said oh I bet you enjoyed them all , bet you go over that bloody table ! |
| 2 | He told me he was called Willie , but I though that was a jolly awful thing to do to anyone . |
| 3 | I told you she was taking classes , did n't I ? ’ |
| 4 | He seemed relieved when I told him I was reading anthropology and , looking somewhat apprehensively over his shoulder at the sociology building , he muttered ‘ well thank goodness you 're not taking bloody sociology , with all those left wing bastards who hate the polis ’ . |
| 5 | I told her she was telling porkies because I knew for sure that God put it there as a sign he was never going to drown us all again or otherwise wreck the planet . |
| 6 | ‘ The princess really laughed when I told her she was getting kippers . |
| 7 | They told us they were studying erosion . |
| 8 | Now — you woke up with a sense of relief and surprise that you were still there , you got up , brushed your teeth , and before you knew it you were watching television . |
| 9 | He also lit the fires ; and ‘ we never knew what it was to clean boots or shoes . |
| 10 | There was something spontaneous and lively in his manner of speaking that made whatever he was saying sound even better . |