Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way . |
| 2 | how tight Mike was going to be with you know having to look after Paul and all the rest of it I promised I 'd take him to Snetterton market and he could have , he was going to buy some records . |
| 3 | Once aboard , she found she could let them off the leash . |
| 4 | Tony promised he 'd give it to me on my wedding day , and I wo n't let you send it back ! ’ |
| 5 | By half emptying one of the sacks onto the floor of the van he found he could drag it with his right hand and hold onto the box with his left . |
| 6 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 7 | The officer said she believed she could link them to the offence . |
| 8 | She imagined she could hear it at her back , behind the house and the soft green swell of land that shielded it , could hear the breaking thud of the winter waves on the shore she had not yet seen . |
| 9 | ‘ As you were working and you run a business , I assumed you must leave him with a babyminder . ’ |
| 10 | The court heard that Jones scoured the Penrhys estate after the burglary and took his friends to Mr Penrose 's house because he believed he could lead them to the culprits . |
| 11 | Some lay eggs among the stones , so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves . |
| 12 | When he looked away , she realised she would lose him for ever . |
| 13 | I reckoned I could blackmail him into a job . |
| 14 | 75% stated they would recommend it to be available from general practitioners surgeries . |
| 15 | Anyway , before anyone from the crew of the boat could get ashore they saw two uniformed constables come down , and reckoned they 'd leave them to it . |
| 16 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 17 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 18 | As despair grew and self respect diminished we would take them at their unspoken word and go and buy a bottle of anaesthetic and uncork the genie who would play merry hell with the last vestige of hope of recovery . |
| 19 | Mind you I heard he could hear it in the background so he must have got a few kids |
| 20 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 21 | I decided I should try them at a rave . |
| 22 | Then , over breakfast , I decided I 'd keep it to myself . |
| 23 | A spokesman said : ‘ The advice from Boeing is that the pins should be checked for wear after 3,000 cycles but we decided we will replace them as a matter of routine when they reach that figure . ’ |
| 24 | They were not going to fight any more , and we decided we must leave them on the island . |
| 25 | Oh it could be stormy right enough but well the steamer might call at Rousay at that time and they would land the goods in Rousay the perishables for Wyre and when the weather abated we would get it from there . |
| 26 | She realised they 'd want her to be a double agent , so they 'd have a mole inside American Intelligence . |
| 27 | I felt I should include them in the list if only so that you could see the limited choice at present available . |
| 28 | I felt I must congratulate you on your recent issue featuring a wonderful picture of doggie megamum Poppy and her beautiful litter of puppies . |
| 29 | I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town . |
| 30 | I knew I would want him to be coming home to me . |