Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its clientele was drawn from every part of the world , and the owner was a tiny German whom everyone called Fritz , although that was n't his real name . |
| 2 | As the wave of relief flooded through me I saw Mr Bailes climbing over the wall from the next field . |
| 3 | On her next visit to me I hypnotized Joyce , encouraging her to relax as much as possible . |
| 4 | born in Church Street I , I was only one , there were no brothers or sisters which for the record , I regret because all around me I had cousins , dozens of them and erm the families round me was big families and it was the , there was er times when it was bad weather or something like that and you could n't congregate outside , you 'd go to somebody 's house , are you coming ? |
| 5 | Behind me I heard Murray screeching at Michael 's underwear , and then I was gone . |
| 6 | Beside me I heard Israel blow his nose . |
| 7 | Behind me I heard Harvey 's voice say , ‘ Hello , Bernie , ’ and the voice of the detective said , ‘ Hi , Harv . ’ |
| 8 | Behind me I heard people crying . |
| 9 | ‘ After you left me I telephoned Barbara to see that she was all right . |
| 10 | ‘ The Mogadon hangovers were appalling , so my GP 's partner told me I needed Noctamid , another sleeper but shorter acting . ’ |
| 11 | Somewhere among them someone drew breath sharp and painful as a sob , hurriedly suppressed . |
| 12 | One of the officials with whom I had dealings was John Hampden , who years later was to become a colleague ; but although he did his best to be co-operative , it was the men who held the purse-strings that counted , and , going between the MOI and Faber 's , I could not extract from officialdom any commitment and Eliot naturally needed certain specific undertakings regarding finance before Faber 's could think of commissioning a book , which also needed the Ministry 's imprimatur . |
| 13 | There also arrived a strong deputation from the DHSS : the Minister of State , now of much greater fame , Dr David Owen ; the Permanent Under-Secretary , Sir Patrick Nairne , and Barbara 's most trusted right-hand man , a beardless youth , then recently the president of some students ' association , named Jack Straw , with whom I had occasion to cross swords later . |
| 14 | No , I got over this problem by collecting data on a large series of babies to whom I had access during the preliminary work on this project . |
| 15 | Instead of the usual friendly salutations , he scuttled away down the alleyway to sell his information to men like Waller and others to whom I owed debts . |
| 16 | ‘ When my mother died the only persons to whom I owed duty were my lord who had followed the cross , and Marian , my lord 's daughter . |
| 17 | The men to whom I gave counselling ( and prescribed sedatives ) would , for a while , complain of nightmares , anxiety and dyspepsia — but they all recovered by the end of the tour . |
| 18 | Those incomers with whom I discussed class agreed that awareness of class is a typically British trait . |
| 19 | Told them I had migraine . |
| 20 | I 'd told them I had immigration problems and that they 'd stopped my benefit . |
| 21 | Between them I sensed affection , confidence and trust . |
| 22 | As soon as I received them I rang Rod Aspinwall to see if we could travel down together . |
| 23 | Oh I I thought Hibernians ! |
| 24 | Well I I said Christmas . |
| 25 | And she said she 'd go , in fact , I I I had fellowship on , because , remember we started on that Tuesday , I said , well , you 'll all be surprised to know that going to prison tomorrow . |
| 26 | Well I was doing er er er programme in Birmingham yesterday and I I had Jimmy Ruffin on . |
| 27 | Sure , I I had fork out corporation tax a few months ago for the previous good year . |
| 28 | Yes , er I I asked P C if his relationship er with was such that he would have any influence er with regard to erm getting him to er surrender er . |
| 29 | I thought I I left Ian looking after that . |
| 30 | I I left school before the war when I was fourteen , we all went in the slates . |