Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had heard Ben tell her it was about time , too , but almost too late ; that was when she had stopped pushing the hand-cart and bought Laddie and the flat-cart . |
| 2 | Anna-Lisa had telephoned Frank to say I would be late and he had said there would be no problem . |
| 3 | I 'd forgotten Josie saying it was er you know it was a wardrobe . |
| 4 | ‘ Why not let God take us and use us to be like Elisha in the world today ? ’ |
| 5 | If a week of being looked after had gone such a fair way to turning me into a drivelling weakling , it was just as well I had n't let Dottie tempt me to any more of it . |
| 6 | Speaking to his supporters in Houston , Bush said he had telephoned Clinton to congratulate him and promised to work closely with his successor to ‘ ensure a smooth transition of power ’ . |
| 7 | Blanche did not want to mention that it was Capron who had forbidden Urquhart to meet her again . |
| 8 | Why not let Shaw do it ? ’ |
| 9 | By seizing the present , they have let Nemesis seize them . |
| 10 | I was told that when the Cabinet got my report of what the Tans had done Churchill said he could see no harm in it . ’ |
| 11 | It is indeed a case of ‘ what you will ’ in decoding this and all other linguistic signs , but it is Iago who has made Othello construe it in that manner , and will continue to do so . |
| 12 | It was in 1902 , it was ; a man named Plumb got it for me . |
| 13 | He saw he had made Malm think him of unsound mind and he said quietly , earnestly , " There was nothing , nothing but what I 've told you . " |
| 14 | Er I just ringing through to say that I heard your er broadcast last week in respect of Carnfield Hall and I went on Saturday afternoon a gentleman named Hugh rang you up . |
| 15 | if , if I was really stuck and I had the , the tools , which , I would n't have you see , but if I did have the tools there , then yeah I would be able to do it cos I 've seen Martin doing it quite a few times , so |
| 16 | Fiona told us on the way to the races that the police had phoned Harry to say they 'd found his car in the station car park at Reading . |
| 17 | We went over my sister-in-law 's erm I you , you 've never met Joe have you , my brother ? |
| 18 | this morning , have you seen Paula doing it this morning ? |
| 19 | Christ , I thought , just my luck , no tax , bald tyre , I 'm going to get done Malcolm saw it differently . |
| 20 | Once she 'd seen Claudia watching her and been encouraged by a broad smile . |
| 21 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 22 | ‘ The experts say it dates to the first century , ’ Anna Sabatini had said when she 'd noticed Caroline admiring it . |
| 23 | Leo had seen Ryan kissing her , he must have done , and put his own interpretation on it . |
| 24 | The sounds of shouting and gunshots might have alarmed Ianthe had she not realised that they were coming from the television programme in the basement . |
| 25 | but from what he 'd said Ajayi suspected he had been his usual brusque and threatening self . |
| 26 | The wind buffeted her ears as she wondered again what had made Luke bring her to this particular place . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , no — that is , I 've heard Liddy say they do , but … |
| 28 | When Muhammad Behbehanian , who was still in Morocco writing to all the Shah 's bankers , told him that he had heard Hassan wanted him out as quickly as possible to understand what had happened and why . |
| 29 | Ruth 's sense of uneasiness was stronger than ever ; it was the first time she had ever heard Connor say he felt tired . |
| 30 | Belarus has persuaded Moscow to sell it 16 million tonnes of oil this year — almost as much as the 20 million tonnes Russia will supply to Ukraine , whose economy and energy needs are much bigger . |