Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So erm anyway goes in , I said to him other day , I asked him other week , he says our turn to give me a ring |
| 2 | As you know it , this is the last I 'm sure everyone 's aware it 's the last item on your agenda when I was looking at the agenda this item was before the fox hunting motion I thought well it 'd be nice to have a debate before the fox hunting motion because we would have er a full house of people who I 'm sure would be very interested to hear the discussion on V A T. As matter of fact I 'm sure they would w w would welcome the opportunity to have a de , a discussion , but it seems they have gone and I got , I got it wrong Chairman when you by taking the the the fox hunting motion it should really have , have held on till this time in the evening . |
| 3 | I was happy that he was being made to go to the hospital to have his ankle set in plaster , and because I found him very simpatico I was determined to go and see him there . |
| 4 | I found it fascinating reading . |
| 5 | This was all very necessary , but I found it dull stuff indeed after the immediacy of Ultra . |
| 6 | I found it tremendous fun , and there 's even a trivia game to make things a little more exciting . |
| 7 | At the beginning I found it hard work because he did not seem able to concentrate . |
| 8 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |
| 9 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |
| 10 | When the Maggot became too boring about football I told him cricketing stories until he shut up . |
| 11 | ‘ I forgot you English hate water . ’ |
| 12 | Someone paid them good money , a lot of money , to do that — this so-called ‘ friend ’ they mentioned — so if I were you I 'd be trying to work out who he is rather than getting on my soapbox . |
| 13 | Beesley 's case offered corroboration : the hero of the Titanic was a blanket-forger and transvestite imposter ; how just and appropriate , therefore , that I fed him false cricket scores . |
| 14 | The family could not speak English and my schoolboy French was almost exhausted so I bade them good afternoon but managed to make them understand that I would have dinner with them one evening soon — ‘ An English dinner . ’ |
| 15 | I bade him good evening and he smiled back . |
| 16 | No I hit me little toe . |
| 17 | But remember , Isabel , if you dislike your present position , that once I offered you honourable marriage . |
| 18 | Because I saw her predicted grade card |
| 19 | I thought them poor cars behind me . |
| 20 | I shrugged , as if I thought them honourable scars to be gained in my lady 's service . |
| 21 | I thought them extraordinary Performances for a Girl of her Age , and one that had so little Advantage ( or rather none at all ) either from Books or Conversation : But my bad State of Health prevented me from making any further Enquiry concerning this young Genius , till about fourteen Months before her Death , when I was first inform 'd she had wrote a Tragedy . |
| 22 | I thought you crafty sod . |
| 23 | I thought you little devil |
| 24 | That 's John , me boy , he 's a docker down the erm down the dock he got a weeks holiday this week , so I took me other boy and me daughter out last week and erm we 'd left her with dogs so I said we 'd take them out one day perhaps when he get his holiday . |
| 25 | I gave them false names , they checked my fingerprints and found out who I was . |
| 26 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 27 | I apoligise for putting a long list of questions to the Minister , but I gave him advance notice and I hope that he will answer most of them . |
| 28 | ‘ I gave him financial reasons . |
| 29 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
| 30 | So I gave him slack line and waited again . |