Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Though much of what I translated defied comprehension , it was provocatively enigmatic .
2 As I , well I got given orders .
3 If you passed for Sergeant , you got two ten-shilling special allowances , and when I got made Sergeant , I was on a bike allowance of seven shillings a week .
4 I did n't particularly like the name at first — I got called things like Stew and Stew-Pot at school — but I 've got used to it .
5 Once I 'd eaten dinner that was it .
6 Work , sport and social activities ran easily side by side , There was time for them all — after I 'd absorbed father 's time-mentality .
7 I thought oh , I thought it was like one of your tapes and I 'd pressed record and it had started recording over it .
8 ‘ If Ken Harris thought I 'd withheld information … ’
9 The journalist with whom I 'd joined TWW on the same week from sister papers in Cardiff had wickedly gone into another room to make the mischievous call .
10 I 'd hoped Katabtic would be kept in .
11 I 'd gone stone cold but felt boiling hot .
12 I went out , I had n't even I 'd said hello to him , that was it .
13 and that 's what makes me evil , that 's why I say I 'd moved heaven and earth for someone who 's nice
14 I 'd naively thought they could mount some low-profile operation to catch Andy watching his own funeral ; I 'd imagined cops slinking through the undergrowth , whispering into radios , gradually closing in .
15 But I must have felt the need for some support , because I found I 'd grabbed hold of one of my hammers — a geologist is always armed with a hammer — and when I got through to the back of the house he was there already , at the kitchen window . ’
16 I came across him when I was about 14 or 15 , and although I 'd played Chet Atkins-style fingerpicking before , it had n't occurred to me to use the bottleneck in conjunction with fingerpicking .
17 If you have been through a divorce , you must have asked yourself , what if I 'd handled things differently ?
18 I could n't really assess how I 'd handled Ali .
19 I 'd heard North Shore aficionados reminiscing about the ten-point tube Pottz had caught here back in '82 .
20 I 'd heard Dad and Eva in the bar analysing the performance as if it were Miles Davis 's farewell appearance .
21 I 'd heard stories of women being in labour for twelve or fifteen hours with their first child so I was quite pleased .
22 Well my husband was out o on strike and I 'd erm got two babies , a year and ten months , and I felt that I had to go and get a job and I was desperate so I 'd heard people talking about these things as they did so I thought well I 've got to do something .
23 I 'd heard Robert and the Russian doctor he went to the Pole with in '89 discussing a short trek of the last 100 miles .
24 Cos I had it for a month , cos I did n't know whether I was gon na like it , I 'd never been on one before and er I 'd heard Judith say that you could feel claustrophobic , you know , with it over you
25 I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’
26 I 'd heard rumours , but discounted them .
27 I had a little Fender lap-steel guitar , and I 'd heard bottleneck players and blues players and I kept trying to play like that and I just could n't figure it out .
28 I 'd heard Joe Walsh and Pete Townshend used them quite heavy , and I rather liked the tone they got , so I slowly built it up until I got up as high as I could be comfortable with , and I 've been using that gauge ever since . ’
29 I 'd heard scratchings , that was it .
30 Dad poked his head round the door to see what was going on and to ask if I 'd seen Mum .
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