Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 2 | I shrugged , as if I thought them honourable scars to be gained in my lady 's service . |
| 3 | ‘ Would it make any difference , ’ Fen asked , ‘ if I told you those photographs are not of Petula ? ’ |
| 4 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |
| 5 | You 've changed a lot since I met you those years ago . |
| 6 | Then I tried the new needle supplied with the machine when I bought it many years ago . |