Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So though I was a member of the Travellers ’ and did my serious entertaining there , for socialising I infinitely preferred ffeatherstonehaugh 's . ’ |
| 2 | I hope I only said parrot . |
| 3 | We might formulate his newly discovered principle as ‘ One ought not to eat too much ’ , but very probably it would be first encountered by him as ‘ Sensible people do n't eat too much ’ . |
| 4 | I mean he initially did n't wan na know and then you went on about er and came up with the idea of well I 'm very fit , the family 's fit never have any problems health wise erm the o the only thing there you , I do n't think you actually mentioned possibility of accident |
| 5 | Belatedly she realised she only wore bra and panties . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean you never loved Mum ? ’ |
| 7 | The sweet trolley arrived , and he was dismayed to see she still had appetite for a generous wedge of Black Forest Gâteau . |
| 8 | He had shared a drink with barmaid Louise Shipman , who then claimed they also had sex at a Leicester hotel . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose she just felt life was n't worth living without him — without her husband . ’ |
| 10 | When , when I started you only got payment . |
| 11 | John : ‘ When we started we just wrote Fall songs all the time . ’ |
| 12 | When Paula used that tone it usually meant trouble . |
| 13 | Eagle 's Nest Direct was the first Very Severe rock climb in the British Isles and a route so serious then that to contemplate leading it at that time of primitive rope technique meant you also contemplated death . |
| 14 | She struggled to get out , slipping and sliding on the bank , falling , when she felt she almost had purchase , back again into the disgusting weed-ridden swamp . |
| 15 | I do n't suppose you even called Serif in order to assess the telephone support available , always enthusiastic and knowledgeable , even on Saturdays . |
| 16 | Everyone in her orbit knew she never touched alcohol . |
| 17 | I was sent out here because we thought you probably spoke English . |
| 18 | She thought it probably suited Maurin to have Barbara Coleman believe Joseph guilty . |
| 19 | I think I obscurely felt relief that I would continue to live alone , to have at least a few hours of the day and night when I could try to regain one of my mixed-up selves . |
| 20 | I think she mainly collected information for him on foreigners living in London … by slightly questionable means . |
| 21 | ‘ I think we just had help from an unexpected quarter . ’ |
| 22 | As the title implies it originally took place on Whit Monday , but when this ceased to be a Bank Holiday it moved to the new Bank Holiday . |
| 23 | Iraqi possession of the islands would afford it greatly increased access to the Gulf . |
| 24 | Well on that join I suddenly saw water rushing down the wall ! |
| 25 | ‘ You said you never saw action in the last war ? ’ |
| 26 | This allowed the wife space to say she urgently needed help , and gave the husband more time to think it over , knowing how she felt . |
| 27 | More than half of women questioned by Gallup said they never wore make-up , and nine out of 10 claimed they 've never owned a padded bra . |
| 28 | If you remember , the girl said they always wore leather gloves . |
| 29 | Sixty-nine percent of authorities in our sample ( see Table 17 ) said they directly budgeted money for training , ( 70.5% of the CRUS sample , with one-quarter of the authorities who directly budgeted money also calculating a specific further amount , e.g. : |
| 30 | He stressed that he never intended to have sex with her and said he never used force or inflicted injury on the girl . |