Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that the recession they have caused and which so nearly ditched them will not go away automatically . |
| 2 | He understood how she needed me when war broke out and most of the men were away , he realized I would n't feel able to go back to England and abandon her . |
| 3 | I realized I could never become well-educated just by attending old Mrs Wopsle 's evening school , so I asked Mr Wopsle 's cousin Biddy to teach me everything she knew . |
| 4 | Haughtily I will now declare that even if asked I could not endorse anything in which I did not believe . |
| 5 | How we all laughed when I got it home and realised I ca n't play ! |
| 6 | I remember a go , a go with some of them that I thought I could do , but realised I ca n't do , do you know what I mean ? |
| 7 | Surely you realised I would hardly be here but for some catastrophe . |
| 8 | I realised I could no longer pussyfoot around ! |
| 9 | I wanted to touch her and make her better but I realised I could n't do that . |
| 10 | I was sure I could cope but the CF clinic people had all gone home by the time I realised I could n't manage — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 12 | Anyway , I realised I could never find that awful wool in that dreadful dirty mustard colour . |
| 13 | If all else failed I could usually rely on Massimo getting an ego-boosting tip from Helga , who was n't allowed to take part herself . |
| 14 | Like the dozens of blue uniformed Serbs , who hold the high ground around outlying Serbian villages to the east of Sarajevo , the bands of Muslims who greeted me on the other side with loud applause expected I would somehow provide aid . |
| 15 | So I promised I would n't go out with him again . |
| 16 | I promised I would n't . |
| 17 | I promised I would n't . |
| 18 | I promised I would n't and in fact had no intention of doing so , as I secretly regarded the Duce as a bit of a buffoon . |
| 19 | I promised I would n't touch anything , having no intention whatsoever of going anywhere near the bathroom again . |
| 20 | They were very quiet and sad at first , because I would be leaving them , but I promised I would never forget them and would often return to visit them . |
| 21 | ‘ I promised I wo n't stand in your way , but I think you 're rushing things . |
| 22 | So I promised I 'd never hit anyone again if I need n't go back to Dr Pseud , and they said yes . |
| 23 | How this deficit occurred I shall never know , but in some strange way the Medical Clerk was held responsible . |
| 24 | Most of the living accommodation at Low Birk Hatt faces north and I always thought that when I moved I would definitely have a south-facing house . |
| 25 | and I I found I 'd just put a hundred there instead and that 's why I put two hundred |
| 26 | But I found I could just sit down and play by ear . |
| 27 | I found I could n't do the tarot readings anymore . |
| 28 | In the end I found I could n't even live in it . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'ope it 's not damaged permanent , ’ she said , ‘ I do n't know what I 'd do if I 'ad more 'ard luck and found I could n't ever walk again . ’ |
| 30 | And when I did I found I could n't concentrate on my work at all . |