Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exploration of the American west revealed many such areas , and efforts to preserve them had begun at an early stage . |
| 2 | Once I 'd seen them , I realized I had to get to her before they did . ’ |
| 3 | It was only when I looked up to my right and saw the board that I realized I had come to the right place . |
| 4 | Where would they think I 'd gone to ? |
| 5 | Why the devil do you think I came haring over here ? |
| 6 | You did n't think I intended to stay at the Crowned Head , did you ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Do you really think I wanted to go through all that ? ’ she demanded fiercely . |
| 8 | To begin with I found the subject somewhat tedious , but as the weeks passed I became fascinated by how meticulously recording each transaction could prove to be so beneficial even to our little business . |
| 9 | Anyway , when I went to go I had to go to the desk give you a token , this token lifts the barrier up . |
| 10 | But as the course went on , I realised I 'd backed off some decisions , and shut myself of from what my superiors were saying . |
| 11 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 12 | yeah , yeah I mean I 'd thought about it for ours |
| 13 | You see my , my point was I 'd , I mean I kept saying to her , has this got to take place ? |
| 14 | I mean I read according to the paper this morning young people have got to have a |
| 15 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 16 | you see , like , I mean I started staying at home on Saturdays and , I do n't do nothing , if Tony comes home and says he wants to go out I get it ready then otherwise I just plan on staying home |
| 17 | They did n't talk to me I mean I did talk to they because |
| 18 | I mean I did go to Denman , but I was n't very well at the time and I did n't get round the house so I would like to go myself . |
| 19 | Better perhaps that Benedict should not return — though God send nothing had happened to him , for she could bear anything but that ! — for that his lost inheritance , through her fault , must prevent his ever regarding her with anything but hatred . |
| 20 | Can I just say that after the last meeting and you urging us all to write I did write to them . |
| 21 | In a duty report to my chief constable I mentioned I had written to Police Review . |
| 22 | Okay I pretended I 'd gone to school and I 'd |
| 23 | Because I was insistent I want I want I wanted to speak to Rod and er I said no I when is con when is it convenient to ring back then cos he said he 's got the phone glued to his ear blah blah . |
| 24 | If I went there I should n't know which bit to aim for . |
| 25 | Fortunately it was a price she could afford , and she had made the arrangements , coming back to her room to eat the best meal and sleep the best sleep she had done for quite a while . |
| 26 | He looked at the copper bosom covers she had to wear as a belly dancer — and then at the less than fully-endowed nature of Miss Harris 's bust and said cuttingly , ‘ Which way up are they supposed to go ? ’ |
| 27 | It was also claimed she had sent to Brazil jewellery she said was lost . |
| 28 | He said I do n't know She said come on Chip you 've got a letter she said . |
| 29 | They had to stop the machines because everybody was laughing see with Tara on the floor so Ann did n't even know she 'd fallen off the chair . |
| 30 | I did n't know she planned to breed from her but er she must . |