Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had changed tremendously , so easy it was to get into the country , that I went in and out of the border about three times , because having got into Yugoslavia , I realized I had some Italian currency , so I drove out again , spent my Italian currency , and drove back again . |
| 2 | It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’ |
| 3 | As luck would have it , Jean-Claude found he needed some old scores he had put to one side as they were too heavy to bring along with everything else we had had to load on the motor cycle . |
| 4 | I noticed they had some Philippine mahogany doors in Do It All |
| 5 | But John McQueen learnt it had more serious effects . |
| 6 | She admitted she suffered some gentle ribbing when she first joined the all-male contingent but was now accepted as a member of the team . |
| 7 | The last great campaign to revise social style — the so-called anti-spiritual pollution drive six years ago - petered out after only a few months when even the party leadership acknowledged it had more important things to worry about than enforcing short hair and dreary clothes . |
| 8 | As soon as we realized we had such tremendous support and you know er right we 'll give this a go and we 're gon na win . |
| 9 | Eventually we all agreed we wanted this fierce bark that was both harsh and metallic , after which it was just a case of refining it down until we settled on the precise tone we ended up using . |
| 10 | But he realised they needed much more evidence before they could arrest him for murder . |
| 11 | I felt I needed some fresh air , and went downstairs and out of the building . |
| 12 | ‘ The personnel officer insisted I saw this 41-year-old woman when I was interviewing for a new secretary , ’ says Gina , a 30-year-old manager in a retail company . |
| 13 | I felt she wore these dark garments in some sense to keep the spirit of her friend alive . |
| 14 | ‘ I never knew you had such smart friends ! ’ |
| 15 | I thought you had more bloody sense . ’ |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I felt we needed another forward player . |
| 17 | ‘ In the first half I thought we played some great stuff , but football is all about what happens in front of goal and we were disappointing so far as that was concerned . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I thought we played some good stuff against Oldham but when you concede three goals you obviously have problems — if you score three at home you should run out winners . ’ |
| 19 | In all these ways they were more akin to urban dwellers , and felt they had some independent choices to make in order to improve their lives . |
| 20 | ROSS was impressed too with England 's performances in recent months and felt they scored some superb tries . |
| 21 | He knew they needed any extra money they could get and would let Barbara stay in their spare room without asking questions . ’ |
| 22 | She felt he had some other reason for refusing but ho would not admit to it . |
| 23 | He thought he had some more left . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought he liked all that warrior business , you on a horse and your old grandfather and all that ? ’ |
| 25 | in the erm Victorian period the stone was far so far rotted they inserted some new stones there . |
| 26 | I wished I had some small thing to show her as a reference : perhaps not a book , an article in a learned journal . |
| 27 | Amaranth , who loved his clean-cut looks , rewarded him with a blinding smile , and said she had much more time for Disraeli . |
| 28 | Everywhere in the Strand , in Bootle and on Merseyside the people said they felt that same sickness . |
| 29 | A tall man dressed in the full scarlet traditional uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted police strode into the dining car and in a conversation-stopping voice said he had some serious information for us . |
| 30 | My agent said he had some private work for me , and I was to contact the party myself . ’ |