Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where Methodism succeeded locally it tended to be of the brand , Lady Huntingdon 's , which appealed most to middling townsfolk . |
| 2 | The fat seemed to heat up more rapidly than she expected so she put in the steak and a great sizzling and searing went on and the air became full of blue smoke . |
| 3 | and er he said the lad across the road , the hardware shop , he did first aid so he started on him , on the , Clifford resuscitation with the |
| 4 | Swinton thinks perhaps she stumbled on Orlando in the school library . |
| 5 | So he thinks perhaps it came from him . ’ |
| 6 | I 've got ta , I think people are so un-organised with Christmas , you 've got to be organised , you 've got to say like , you know , I 'm only going to those shops , you know , if like like now , say so we went in Boots |
| 7 | Er I u used like I did with the adds and |
| 8 | Instead he thought only of his personal safety , and as the army from Addis Ababa under the formidable Dedjazmatch Balcha drew near he fled into the Danakil desert . |
| 9 | And then I came here which was quite amazing because I did n't want to come here I wanted to be er like James Herriott and go somewhere really rural |
| 10 | When he got outside he turned to the right , up to the mountain road leading to his home . |
| 11 | When we got outside I said to Shanti , ‘ That nice man has said you can be our little girl for ever . ’ |
| 12 | When I eventually got downstairs she said to my Dad , ‘ Tell him his breakfast 's in the oven if he wants it . ’ |
| 13 | When she got downstairs she headed towards the back of the house , with the vague idea of finding the kitchen and making herself a drink . |
| 14 | So me mam says so he went in the house and says his , his wife 's name , he said , give me a pencil and paper . |
| 15 | No noise came so I peeked round the door . |
| 16 | It 's like smoking So I said to Ann here you are you can bleeding have these . |
| 17 | But once the Jaguar had moved away she turned to Theresa and said in a voice of surprising gentleness : ‘ Does your father know that you 're out alone ? ’ |
| 18 | so , erm , last night when we came home I looked at this Argos ticket which I could n't find and I 've , in that I 've found what erm a Weight Watcher er menu , so I picked that out , so I 've had erm do n't know what you 'll call it today , boiled egg and toast , eh bread and butter |
| 19 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 20 | I want to get down and boogie , do that head bashing like we did at that gig . |
| 21 | It might be said truthfully he died at the high point of his fame ! |
| 22 | ‘ Before I came here I worked in Cumbria and Dorset . |
| 23 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 24 | The dirty water surged with its spume of saliva , and when it roared again it roared with the fury of the storm . |
| 25 | Whilst on the market stall I had a Liverpool pensioner who had n't seen a Liverpool organisation so when I got home I sent to her a notice of the huge rally there going to hold in September , in Liverpool with a couple of Bishop 's and big national speakers , I sent that to her and also contacted a Liverpool pensioner secretary to get in touch with her , and we 've also written to erm , that 's the rally , erm , we 've also , I 've also written to Jim from Cumberland , if you remember er his down our rally , so we should have some , we decided to buy twelve copies of each publication they produce and one when we get our office will be available there . |
| 26 | and then erm turning right you went past the ladies ' cloakroom and before you got to the door out into erm Grimwich Street |
| 27 | No she 's going somewhere we went to Donny other day all money we 've been getting like , when I first , she , when I first , before we got that giro for me |
| 28 | But Ah was out where the poppy grows so Ah started on hashish and stuff like that . |
| 29 | Her daughter 's attack made her break down and weep , and after they 'd cried together they talked about the misunderstandings . |
| 30 | Lorton won nearly two pounds from the fruit machine so they celebrated with a third pint . |