Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't say anything , but I saw Bob Lamb going along the beck , so I sent her off that way , too . |
| 3 | The male started to bully the female , so I removed her to another tank — better to be safe than sorry . |
| 4 | ‘ So you found her after all . |
| 5 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 6 | the other one , so we left it on that channel , channel nine I think it were . |
| 7 | When I was at college I did a pastiche of the student magazine , doing the fold , and it was called Shell , so we renamed it for that one issue Rolling Shell , and I ever so carefully did the lettering for both the title boxes , then I got really disappointed when it came to set the type for the front page article underneath the big photograph which we printed as duo tone , because I could do it on the I B M — I could actually do it in Times and I thought it was going to be really , you know , I 'd have to really struggle and find |
| 8 | You see in consecrated ground so they buried her in this bit of wheat land at the Muckle Water there . |
| 9 | ‘ When I was a kid , my Dad was into Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin , so he tainted me with all that , then I got into the punk thing when that was going down . |
| 10 | Now , if I told you about those years , you 'd have a story to write ! |
| 11 | ‘ I wrote a postcard to my parents , ’ recalls Margaret Olmer ; ‘ I ca n't remember if I addressed it to both . |
| 12 | Er , and if I said it about any television programme you had watched . |
| 13 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 14 | Beth was convinced that Matthew would run away if she took him from this house , then what would become of him ? |
| 15 | What on earth would she think if she saw her in this ridiculous get-up ? |
| 16 | God knows , he thought , I should n't say anything about it if she nagged me in any halfway reasonable manner . |
| 17 | It did n't sound so bad if she said it like that — family — no threat to Glyn 's ego . |
| 18 | I reminded her of Bobbie and would I mind if she called me by that dear nickname ? |
| 19 | and if you got it through this gold card there was another five percent off so or something like that off . |
| 20 | Mind you I think if you sent it without any postage and packaging charges I 'm pretty sure that they would er , they would send you the goods because they would n't want to loose a good customer . |
| 21 | Well if you bought it through that Mace , they tell you to sell and you 'd only get on it . |
| 22 | But we never really believed that John Major was a sports fan until we saw him on that bleak Sunday afternoon at Stamford Bridge . |
| 23 | Beforehand they were tense and quiet , and no doubt very frightened if the truth were known , but on their return , if we saw them at all , they would be relaxed and only looking forward to bacon and eggs in the Mess — and then bed . |
| 24 | W we tried internment before , it caused a massive escalation of violence cos you never , you get families are angry , it escalates the numbers who are committed to terrorism , last time it was just the Republicans , if we did it on both sides it would just escalate terrorism . |
| 25 | The Mitchells were granted permission to burn charcoal from coppiced timber at Hangman 's Wood if they returned it to this state of management . |
| 26 | Though literary festivals could be immensely enjoyable , especially if they took you to some pleasant distant city , like Toronto or Adelaide , there was something absurd about writers gathering together in this way . |
| 27 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |
| 28 | I think she 's a bit upset , I think she thinks I 'm better , I 'm better than her because I beat her in that , and I think she 's , a bit of shock for her . |
| 29 | TWICE IN MY LIFE I have consciously avoided meeting someone , because I held them in such awe . |
| 30 | The frame around them is extremely heavy , but I chose it because it reminded me of some of the heavier framed Victorian pictures that have a botanical feel . |