Example sentences of "i [vb past] they [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sold them for fifteen pounds . |
| 2 | ‘ I got them in some shop in Covent Garden . |
| 3 | I found them in those dawn hours . |
| 4 | Oh dear , I told them at one point why we did , and I 've had it |
| 5 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 6 | Mm , mm and no , I dropped them off this morning , that 's it , he 's picking them up |
| 7 | Mind , I welcomed them with open arms because it meant I could stay off school . |
| 8 | There were other possibles — mostly underworld figures — but I discounted them as red herrings . |
| 9 | ‘ I joined them for selfish reasons , ’ he admits . |
| 10 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 11 | I must have bloody done so , because they both produced contracts and five or six witnesses who swore that , although I was completely paralytic , I signed them on last Monday night at the Duck and Forceps . |
| 12 | I had a clear view of them from a branch of a tree that overhung the water , and I watched them on several occasions . |
| 13 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |
| 14 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 15 | I called them into this room and spoke to them . |
| 16 | those four tapes , incidentally , I saw , you know the compil the Bach , Beethoven , Mozart and Tchaikovsky , I saw them for fifteen pound . |
| 17 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 18 | I discussed them in some detail in the chapter on event planning . |
| 19 | ‘ I had them on one night at the South Bank Poly and I just thought to myself , ‘ I ca n't be bothered with this , I really ca n't ’ . |
| 20 | it 's like party balloons , she 's got like water balloons I mean , with water and , they was , I had them in this box mucking about , I was trying take something out , and then like we dropped a water balloon in their bathroom and erm , we started having water fight , and that they filled them up and go into the balloons and then you go and tie it up |
| 21 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |
| 22 | I shot them in cold blood and I enjoyed every minute of it … |
| 23 | TWICE IN MY LIFE I have consciously avoided meeting someone , because I held them in such awe . |