Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It 's alright to park erm a non police car but there was a policeman actually sitting in the car while two of them loitered in there .
2 For example , a survey of 1,800 working women in France might show that 38% read at least one magazine weekly , and a similar survey in West Germany of 940 working women showed that 47% of them read at least one magazine weekly .
3 I became at once possessive about it … there was already talk about the war ending and Sadler 's Wells reopening and it seemed to me entirely fitting for the Sadler 's Wells Company to reopen the theatre at Rosebery Avenue after the war with a new opera by a leading young English composer .
4 But then I asked for just one spell of six months as a locum in some exotic place .
5 The instructors were all trained in the UK and could not have been more helpful when I asked at very short notice whether I could fly their Archer for £34 .
6 Cos I asked in here a few weeks ago and they said .
7 Cast your mind back to my description of the girl in the coffee bar , the one I gazed at earlier on in this long night , the coldest night of the year .
8 I 'm supposed to be resting , but after I 'd had forty winks , I felt a lot better , so I toddled over here .
9 And I read for about an hour .
10 I read from there , fifty six , to there , that much .
11 During the warmer months I averaged at least 15 common carp in a five hour session but this winter two sessions were biteless .
12 When I met Tobermory a week ago , I realized at once that here was an extraordinarily intelligent cat , a very special cat indeed .
13 ‘ It is true , ’ Dubois continued ‘ He asked me in as an advisor , and I realized at once that they were not the work of the Bizango . ’
14 Well I went to Morrisons we had , I 'd got to do my shopping , so by time I got to here
15 Well it probably would , but I got to anyway .
16 then I went , I went into town a bit later on , come down Manstral Road and there was like a load of traffic there and I got to where the traffic lights are just before you get to the big turning at Manstral Road
17 I , I got to where , I got to where the glove was , and took me scarf off my hand and my thumb was just yellow at the top .
18 I , I got to where , I got to where the glove was , and took me scarf off my hand and my thumb was just yellow at the top .
19 So I got to even up the score and have a wonderful , if demanding , week of fun acting .
20 I got to later , ’ said Sam , ‘ or she 'll ring my mum . ’
21 I did n't really understand then but when I got to about five my mum and dad told me .
22 I fell in love with snooker when I was about fourteen , but when I got to about sixteen or seventeen , I started travelling around and playing in junior competitions and realized that I was very good .
23 You know , it 's like I 'm suddenly there , just sort of plonked down in a place and I got to really struggle to remember how I got there .
24 Well I noticed it soon as I got to there .
25 I 've just been , I got to there .
26 Anyway I got to virtually the lat rung and of course I was smack up against the wall .
27 painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and
28 I got through quite a few bits and pieces that was
29 I got on all right with him .
30 He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know .
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