Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It got me noticed here although I think the one-man show I did outside on my own was the real deciding factor with the RSC . |
| 2 | I definitely , I do n't really think I got more than I did in the end of year , last year one , I think I got forty percent in that |
| 3 | Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ? |
| 4 | ‘ You may think I fell apart and did n't handle myself very well . ’ |
| 5 | I wanted a Knitmaster , but my husband insisted that this must be a better buy , although I do n't think I paid more than £42.00 for it . |
| 6 | As time passed I became more and more interested in the intriguing field of radio broadcasting , little knowing that this was only the beginning of a radio career lasting for the next 50 years . |
| 7 | out and never said ta ta to anyone , I mean I ran over and I said to mum he 's got a funny on , what do you think ? |
| 8 | I mean I looked out and thought well |
| 9 | But the , I mean I came home and they were under the hedge they were n't going through but there 's a big piece of netting has come down and it needs erm stitching up and then it needs sewing , not sewing erm |
| 10 | Well probably in your early days you 'll probably do a mix , but if y the quicker you can get to only work , and even to the extent I mean I went out and bought my own book that had personal recommendations on the front and I would actually show that and say look John the only way I actually work , while I get everything ready you might like to look through because it 's the only way I work , I purely work on a personal recommendation basis and that enables me to get quality clients like yourself erm and I can devote time to you rather than have to go out looking for people to tell my story |
| 11 | I mean I went out because I mean |
| 12 | The shoe feels exactly the same afterwards , which is the main reason runners want them resoled rather than buying a brand new pair . ’ |
| 13 | I know next to nothing about wild flowers , and what little I do know I learnt largely when I was a pink-kneed " Boy Sprout " in Manchester and in order to pass some badge or other I had to be able to burn some dough on a stick over an open fire , make smoky porridge and recognise six kinds of trees and flowers from their leaves and blossoms . |
| 14 | Then one shift I went in and she said , ‘ Hello Pat . ’ |
| 15 | Well as I say I went out and erm I thought , well Jill phoned and she said at the time my mum had got a boy that was sleeping rough down the sandpits . |
| 16 | And as I fled I looked back and saw Gorias die into the dark behind me ; the gold towers of Paradise sank like fading flames . ’ |
| 17 | When the car stopped I knew exactly where we were . |
| 18 | When she moved she waddled just as the captain had illustrated . |
| 19 | Those books Thérèse read too but pretended she did n't because then she 'd have to go to confession about them and spell out exactly what she 'd thought . |
| 20 | You , you say you noticed more and more machinery being brought in over the years ? |
| 21 | And then er so our Emma said , Oh well if you 're not do n't want do n't want these to come she said alright and she said she all the invitations and threw them all on the fire . |
| 22 | Once home , she was surprised to find she slept soundly but woke about noon with the appearance of fever . |
| 23 | Again and again he swiped at Chloe , but she remained convinced that this was a game and every time her friend approached she darted away and went to sit somewhere else in the clearing , her tail brushing the ground frantically . |
| 24 | Not if you 're gon na do that I want you covered up before you sit on my knee . |
| 25 | The police want him locked up but say they 're powerless to detain him . |
| 26 | I want him sent home and put to bed feeling good so that when he gets to me in the mornings , he 's feeling good ’ . |
| 27 | When we moved he went AWOL and had to be recaptured and forcibly repatriated . |
| 28 | He moved around the table to her and as he moved he spoke slowly and meaningfully . |
| 29 | The constable traced the sheep to his house and found it hung up and dressed in his stable . |
| 30 | And that 's what 's happening at the moment , because we 're not sitting down and saying , I mean , this is my worry about oh we might do this there , that 's why I want it tightened up because at the end of the day we start , we have various modules at a later date , two , three years time whatever we might decide to sling out but it should really be designed , worked upon so that the incoming person can use it as a basis given their limitations |