Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | The best book I read myself in 1991 was ‘ Biography of James Hudson Taylor ’ ( OMF ) by Howard and Geraldine Taylor , which showed that even one of the giants of missionary history had his own personal struggles , but also that the Lord brought him through . |
2 | So I made it to 100 and we won the game shortly after . ’ |
3 | Now I met him at one of the numerous receptions . |
4 | ‘ I met them on one of my early trips out here . ’ |
5 | I sold them for fifteen pounds . |
6 | and I tried all weekend trying to get only there from five to seven , and I got him after five o'clock on Tuesday |
7 | I got it on one of their dos Sunday morning from June 's . |
8 | Like tea — we have the same brand each week — but if I know it 's cheaper in one shop I go into that shop , just to get that one thing — like I got it for 1 //6; this week and it 's usually 1 //11; — I like to get the best , but cheaper . |
9 | ‘ It has emptied our account , but I got it for twelve hundred and fifty francs . |
10 | I got it for six months , te |
11 | I think it 'll be a good one because I got it from one of our clients . |
12 | I experienced it on one or two occasions and I feel that it is not the way to proceed . |
13 | Without realizing , I found myself between two groups of youths throwing bottles at each other . |
14 | So I found myself in one of those " Catch 22 " situations and I chose the lesser one , and the one I thought I could defend . |
15 | Erm what did we do yes , well we went , I , I went to Isobel at what , I found her at three , we had . |
16 | His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look . |
17 | They have a grave in Golders Green : I visited it in 1947 , a fortnight before my wedding . |
18 | I regarded it as one of the safest areas of Zululand . ’ |
19 | I told her about one or two little things . |
20 | I do n't know bloody well like me , because I told her off one day , told her where to bloody go to . |
21 | Oh dear , I told them at one point why we did , and I 've had it |
22 | I reduced it to 14 and regular hours . |
23 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
24 | Acting on a hunch , I stationed myself at 5.59 p.m. the following Monday , and sure enough I was nearly killed by middle managers trying to get out of the office before the 6 p.m. deadline . |
25 | I paid you till four o'clock , I thought oh no er and he says do you want one ? |
26 | I threw it to one side . |
27 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
28 | I know with mine it was a pound and , I renewed mine for two years , well three years I think I never drove , I just wanted to have a provisional , but now , I think like if someone said it was fifteen or seventeen |
29 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
30 | And then I finished it in one go . |