Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although it was customary for the same actor to double as Mr Darling and Captain Hook the way St Ives played them there seemed little difference between the two — he romped in the nursery and he sky-larked aboard the Jolly Roger . |
| 2 | She told me once to do some lines and I goes , ‘ It 's not worth you telling me to do them , because I wo n't do them ’ , and she goes , ‘ Well , I think you should do them ’ , and I goes , ‘ Well , I 'm not going to , so I do n't know what you 'll have to do with me ’ . |
| 3 | I told you before to get some mince and put potatoes in and that , see |
| 4 | He opened pale , hurt eyes when Carrington told him not to take more drink excepting tea , and swore it had not entered his head . |
| 5 | The probationers told him to remember that every minute he was getting a little better , and Ward Sister told him not to make any effort , and not to try to take anything by the mouth . |
| 6 | Santerre hastened to open it but told us not to bring any torches in . |
| 7 | What 's , what made you actually choose this position ? |
| 8 | He begged me not to take that job at Warrington . |
| 9 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |
| 10 | Although it was very late , Otto whisked us off to dine that night at a restaurant some way along the coast . |
| 11 | No. 4 Commando positions were being heavily mortared when I arrived , and Jock , my friend of many years ago , took me off to find some shelter in a dug-out , giving at least some protection from the flying shrapnel . |
| 12 | cos I took them off to peel some potatoes |
| 13 | Thought I just called that Silk Screen did n't I ? |
| 14 | The first former 's stared at her in surprise , they knew she never mended any thing if she could help it . |
| 15 | However , I felt we still needed more trials so that I could prove without doubt that my inch loss theory worked . |
| 16 | They sent her back to get another A-level , then welcomed her as a mature student at the ripe old age of 34 . |
| 17 | He thought they probably had enough tenants now . |
| 18 | But when Grandma died he just lost all interest in the garden , and since no one had the time to take it on , it became neglected . |
| 19 | The blackbirds that saw it quickly treated this bird as though it were potentially dangerous and mobbed it , even when their fellows could not see the owl and so were making no noise . |
| 20 | He was very interested in discovering whether the tattoo would grow as he grew and he thought he already detected some enlargement . |
| 21 | In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water . |
| 22 | Why did you not do any actions ? |
| 23 | ‘ Did you not discuss this difference between you when you agreed to marry ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Why , since you allow us to share what is in your sack , did you not allow those others ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Did you or did you not read this book to the reception class ? ’ yelled Ali . |
| 26 | Did you not have any bother with the rains through the week at your place |
| 27 | ‘ Did you not require some evidence of his identity ? ’ |
| 28 | Did you not put any water in at all ? |
| 29 | Did you then leave that room ? |
| 30 | Did you knowingly work this miracle ? |