Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [pers pn] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that 's it that 's it as Dave described it it 's an emotional whole it 's it 's er satisfying er to the listener . |
| 2 | ‘ When I did get back she had a very strange and dangerous problem which she dumped in my lap , assured me I was the only man she could trust to handle it . |
| 3 | If I told them he was a quiet , shy , unassuming minor civil servant who read a lot of books , they 'd have the weirdo squad from Social Services round straight away . |
| 4 | ‘ I protested to police at Tennent Street this morning , but they told me it was a divisional reployment . |
| 5 | You told me it was a special spirit . |
| 6 | So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister . |
| 7 | The number plate told me it was the same one I 'd followed earlier . |
| 8 | ‘ When Chris Nicholl re-signed me for Southampton last March for £600,000 , he told me I was a big part of his plans . |
| 9 | She told me I was the only person she could trust , though I often saw her around with other people , misplaced people , I suppose . |
| 10 | ‘ Ouch ! ’ he said shakily , ‘ And Quincx told me you were a likeable young woman ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yesterday you told me you were a successful businesswoman , ’ he murmured , with mock seriousness . |
| 12 | ‘ Who told you she was a good housekeeper ? |
| 13 | Your horrible , er yuk told you it 's an extravagant . |
| 14 | ‘ I told you it was a long shot . ’ |
| 15 | Ah , well the , it shows you , I told you it was a long time ago . |
| 16 | Isobel smiled and said : ‘ No , I told you it was a good book , and I was right . |
| 17 | Told you it was a good idea to save throwing it . |
| 18 | I told you it was the only way ! ’ |
| 19 | I told you it was an odd case . |
| 20 | what the valency is to make up this formula you could do the same if it was if someone told you it was an some unknown So if it 's an unknown compound and I drip Let's say it was unknown compound and I dripped hydrochloric acid on and I got carbon dioxide given off yeah |
| 21 | He would not have bought it had he been by himself but Maidstone assured him it was the right choice — ‘ Absolutely first rate , dear fellow . ’ |
| 22 | Told him he 's a ignorant pig . |
| 23 | The judge , Lord Mayfield , jailed Smyth for a year and told him he was a persistent offender with a bad record . |
| 24 | I told him he was a Chinese box . |
| 25 | If , and to my mind it 's a colossal if , if she managed to seduce him and then told him he was the father-to-be , and if he believed it , it would have been more his style to pack her off home to her parents and provide for her . |
| 26 | Sheriff Crozier told him it was a serious matter which could blight the rest of his career . |
| 27 | Jessica , in no mood for talking sense , told him it was a private party , which caused roars of laughter that were not directed maliciously at him , then told him to fuck off off her back , which raised a cheer that very probably was . |
| 28 | He 'd only agreed to go because Lily told him it was a musical and had walked out the moment Bernadette started sinking to her knees in the fields . |
| 29 | Feldman told him it was an old-English name for legs . |
| 30 | Understandably , he was curious as to the reason for my enquiries , so I told him you were a distant relative , a spinster who had no other relatives and who might wish to get in touch with him . |