Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 anyway he walked , he was only away about twenty minutes you know he wanted to get the car and for me to drive I thought well er
2 ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others .
3 Never let them think she knew they fancied her .
4 Now they had less than nothing to lose she felt an ancient pugnacity stirring within her .
5 To illustrate the way many of them operated he cited the case of a widow who in 1894 borrowed £50 from a London loan bank on the security of her furniture which was valued at £250 .
6 Everyone agreed they looked well suited … particularly Rod .
7 Everyone agreed you had to bring in the nukes eventually .
8 As the neighbours started to emerge later in the day , everyone agreed it had been a great San Juan .
9 You let me think you had a serious boyfriend , that you were on the point of marriage . ’
10 Do n't frown , Alexandra , it makes me think you did n't want to come . ’
11 The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear .
12 Er ye well er , it was when , no let me think I went to Ipswich , I did a till the First War ended .
13 It was n't a sound I ever remembered him having made , but certain things about it made me think it came from Quigley .
14 When he told me to strip I refused , saying that I would change my clothes only if he left the room .
15 Last time we got them filled we got them from down here , thirty odd quid .
16 Steve made me laugh he said we 'll have some mushrooms so me showing off I said erm , how much , how much did I , a kilo , a kilo of mushrooms when I come back I got
17 Yeah , yeah I mean cos Ivan says to me , he says , he makes me laugh he said , cos he do n't back off does he ?
18 Everyone thinks I killed Micky Banks .
19 I hope no-one thinks I came up with it . ’
20 You know , you 've got me to thank she did n't chuck you out .
21 A medical report read to yesterday 's inquest stated Mr Elderfield had been known to manipulate fits to obtain accommodation and pathologist Dr Richard Jones , who carried out a post mortem examination , told the coroner there was nothing to indicate he had suffered a fit prior to the incident .
22 She chose not to let them know she had proof this was a deception .
23 On balance she thought it would be more fun to show herself , and let them know she 'd overheard their conversation .
24 It was her practice to watch Weenie and Co. off to school , but without letting them know she did it .
25 Joe went downstairs to have a word with the Beavis family , to let them know he had a young woman upstairs and why .
26 The current , soon to retire , director of the Association , who came with me to meet him had been in London for a meeting of the environmental advisory group for and so he was having a taxi to Kings Cross which I jumped into too and got dropped off at Goodge Street , right outside the door of my next ( Industrial Editors ) meeting with just a few minutes to spare , so that went more smoothly than one might have ever dreamt or hoped for .
27 The SS man who had told me to find him seemed to be particularly irritated by this information .
28 Now near the Dutch frontier , Harry felt it might be an idea to cross from Germany by climbing into a wagon in a marshalling yard , but after a tedious wait when nothing moved he returned to his cycle and was soon in sight of the red and white border posts .
29 Or did he just leave a message to let me know he 'd called ? ’
30 As our pick-up ti me approached we mustered under our patrol commander and soon moved back to base , tired but satisfied that we 'd done a good job .
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