Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matilda said , ‘ I am very sorry I asked you those questions , Miss Honey . |
| 2 | Erm sorry I gave them all away I 'm afraid mhm yeah so er I 'm tempted to start rolling again in a moment so would you like to make an announcement yeah ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry I gave you such a rotten tea . ’ |
| 4 | " I m sorry I gave you such a fright . |
| 5 | You er but when we were talking about this she told me that |
| 6 | The quicker you got him comfortable , the better the scene would play . |
| 7 | We worked 12 hours a day , and for this he paid me 200 francs ( £20 ) a week because , he said , he had to take our board and lodging from our pay . ’ |
| 8 | Despite all this he gave me one term to show some improvement , I never really shed the " below average " tag at the Halton style of academy . |
| 9 | In public he put it all on unemployment . |
| 10 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
| 11 | Aesthetic appearance , rarity and durability may have been the physical attributes which led particular substances to be categorized as precious , but it was the fact of being recognized as such which made them effective as symbols . |
| 12 | ( James Brown , 20/2/88 who made it Single Of The Week along with The Wedding Present 's ‘ Nobody 's Twisting Your Arm ’ ) |
| 13 | We knew that VAT was going to be an issue , but because everything was so vague we found it impossible to draw up detailed plans in advance , which meant that at the last minute we had to commit unbudgeted and unplanned resources to enable us to be ready for January . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm glad I told you all about it at the time . |
| 15 | ‘ Are n't you glad I told you that ? |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm glad you asked me that . ’ |
| 17 | All these bits , it 's having to go the other erm I 'm so glad you asked us this evening because we do need some practice . |
| 18 | I 'm glad you found it successful . |
| 19 | And erm with these you changed them both into sixths did n't you could have changed them both into twelfths and it would have work but then we 'll get an answer that needs we would have got sixth twelfths well it still comes to a half . |
| 20 | When I was ill she gave me some herbs made into a medicine and I got better quite quickly . |
| 21 | Spittals resumed his rubbing again because at times like these she made him nervous . |
| 22 | ‘ You suspected that from the little you told me that morning at Coutances I had made investigations and found out something . ’ |
| 23 | Actually that was very good I enjoyed it all . |
| 24 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |
| 25 | but Wimbledon were always going to win it … and Robbie Earle rounded things off with number 4 which made it 5-1 on aggregate |
| 26 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 27 | You 're sure you got them right ? |
| 28 | I mean there 's a lot of voluntary organisations who are working in this field , I do n't know how you would just make sure you got them all . |
| 29 | Are you absolutely sure you got it right ? |
| 30 | He starts out with a full clip of ammo , but watch out ( Beadle 's about ) , it 's limited — make sure you hit 'im first time . |