Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The result was that I chaired a session and I got Pam Mills from the BBC to speak at it and everyone agreed it was one of the best sessions of the conference .
2 Everyone loved him , but no-one realised he was special .
3 ( 187 ) I made him be quiet .
4 As I approached Gateshead Hall , I realized it was nine years since I had left it .
5 Then my head hit something else and I realized it was one of Armstrong 's rear tyres .
6 After leaving me outside a restaurant in the theatre district while he and his friends dined inside with Oliver Wendell Holmes or P.T. Barnum , I realized it was stupid to pander to his interest in aesthetics .
7 It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door .
8 But I realized I was different from the Brazilians , and that was when I started to rediscover my own identity . ’
9 But as soon as they got out I realized I was wrong .
10 I realized I was hungry — very — and accepted gladly .
11 I realized I was hungry and it did n't matter .
12 Suddenly I realised I was drunk and alone .
13 Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’
14 When the blood hit the roof of the car I realised it was serious , ’ he said .
15 Neelam : Well first I thought it was twenty something but then I realised it was six ; two take away six ca n't do that … so … um … it went down to ten .
16 And his wife , who is in a wheelchair , commented , ‘ I realised it was all rubbish — he 's a wonderful man . ’
17 Yeah I 'm going to getting the stamps off these en envelopes cos I have to put all these in a hurry in the end , also got loads of time , then I realised it was half past ten , no wonder I did n't get anything at home forgotten where we keep them
18 I realised you were right .
19 Then I realised she was concerned about his cheeks ; one was definitely redder than the other .
20 At least , all the other eighteen-year-olds I knew were like this , so I presumed it was normal .
21 If it 's money you want , I do n't have much with me , but what I got you 're welcome to .
22 It 's small wonder that this plateau has claimed lives , since in the weather that I experienced it 's impossible to have any sense of direction at all without the constant use of a compass and map .
23 I found it was stale so I replaced it and was about to make him a corned beef sandwich when Dad asked , ‘ Where 's Pete ? ’
24 I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’
25 I had to get up because when I walked I found it was easier .
26 But then , when you did n't say anything at all , I found I was disappointed . ’
27 It was just after I found I was pregnant , but I was so pleased for him , and for myself , I did not fret .
28 I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there .
29 The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know .
30 I found I was unable to walk about .
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