Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had ridden Ile de Bourbon for trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton in all of his home gallops and also won on the colt in the King Edward VII stakes at Royal Ascot but when Piggott asked me had the horse made any improvement from then and before the big King George race I had to tell him that I was unaware of it just in case he might want to take over . |
| 2 | When we met I felt the most enormous sense of ‘ coming home ’ . |
| 3 | I have known you always , it seems , and when we at last met I felt the air between us stir as if you too knew . ’ |
| 4 | Twenty five appointments a week , I , I do n't think I knew the figure , er , Linda , but if that 's the , the figure I 'm not a bit surprised . |
| 5 | ‘ But once Northants had given me a chance , I did think I had the talent . |
| 6 | I do n't think I had the right attitude towards it . |
| 7 | I do n't think I made the right decision , I know I did . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You really do think I made the right choice ? ’ she asked anxiously . |
| 9 | I do n't think I made the right decision - I know I did . ’ |
| 10 | After his signature , he added : ‘ P.S. Do not think I stole the plate , linen , etc. from you . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you think I did the wrong thing ? ’ |
| 12 | I 'd be a liar if I tried to pretend I knew the answer to that one . |
| 13 | I recall that during my last six months service I had the magnificent sum of £6/5/ ( £6.25 now ) to spend on myself . |
| 14 | A forward has a sixth sense and from an early stage I realised I had the corner back in my pocket . |
| 15 | Yeah I I I mean I got the point , but er where does it take the building industry or the district . |
| 16 | That 'll be alright so cos he slid his my brief case and er I got all the way home , no problem at all , I 'd got newspaper under the back , so it did n't scratch the back when I come to come down Mill Road this lorry 's go , I mean I got the tail gate up and er I sort of looked in the mirror , I thought oh my goodness my tail gate , I could hear it so and I braked a bit sharp and that slid down and scratched along the dash board ! |
| 17 | Well yeah , but I mean I got the si it 's another you ca n't afford it to live then ! |
| 18 | I mean I got the Maxwell I mean I think Mum got that . |
| 19 | I think I mean I got the impression on several occasions that he 's actually quite nervous in the post . |
| 20 | saw Bob and , I mean I passed the pub at a quarter past twelve . |
| 21 | I du n no what the situation with Andrew is , cos I mean I heard the rumours that he was gon na for Cheam . |
| 22 | I mean I knew the first day I drove in the dark was the first night we had the car and it was most odd experience |
| 23 | I mean I had the same problem when I was secretary . |
| 24 | I think , I think the other thing is as well though is that when you , I mean you 've been sitting pensions cos I mean I had the P H I which I thought it was easier to actually describe erm but erm it 's easy for us to actually sit back and , and go back on everything that everyth er everybody else did wrong is n't it , so |
| 25 | Well that 's it cos I 'd , I mean I had the accident , well I mean I , I did n't hurt myself and I was very lucky I did n't hit the cars but erm it was bad enough with er and I ended up on this big grass embankment at the end of the bypass . |
| 26 | I mean I had the information there that you did n't . |
| 27 | I mean I had the heating on to start with and oh I thought this is ridiculous . |
| 28 | all through the weekend he was n't sleeping at night , he was up all night and he was just really yeah , he was really naughty and he was erm , I mean I had the other two erm , |
| 29 | I mean I had the most profound admiration for the kids in New York . |
| 30 | So it 's alright I mean I paid the whole bloody lot to them , I did n't |