Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean those horses offered at fifty to one could have been offered at a hundred to one and still the bookies would have finished up ahead , but of course those people those few people who 'd at fifty to one would have one twice as much . |
| 2 | I met this guy named Desmond . |
| 3 | Flavia said , ‘ I got some work done today — I think I 'm going to be all right . ’ |
| 4 | But at least I got this file sorted out . |
| 5 | So I was looking around the Beckenham and Bromley area when I found this place called Haddon Hall which was an amazing property . |
| 6 | On the other hand , I found some feminists justified this style as something that ‘ suits women better ’ or ‘ gets away from male ways of speaking ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I want this chamber guarded closely ! ’ the regent ordered . |
| 8 | If I said , I want this job done in two hours . |
| 9 | Ah this is no good , I want this job done erm in four hours . |
| 10 | He handed the paper to Hawkins , who studied it for a moment , then said : ‘ I know those places marked with an asterisk . |
| 11 | ‘ Then you can go and get your lovely hair done while I get some food cooked . |
| 12 | ‘ I get this image foisted on me — the musical chameleon , changing my style all the time . |
| 13 | Well if I get this letter done and then we 'll get the envelope , get the stuff for Malta , sort out what I 'm gon na send |
| 14 | ‘ When I get this office sorted out I will have four or five sets in here , all of them on different channels , ’ he laughs . |
| 15 | I spent many hours hidden in the bushes , silently watching one pair of bulbuls make their nest from beginning to end . |
| 16 | I remember these figures illuminated from behind , like giant shadows . |
| 17 | ‘ I lie there pretending to be asleep then I feel this thing pressed against me . |
| 18 | Well I thought that cycling built power in the leg muscles , it 's , I mean it ought to did n't it ? |
| 19 | And Rufus , who did n't mind appearing ingenuous in this area , said , ‘ I thought all firearms worked like that . ’ |
| 20 | I thought all spacers called it that . ’ |
| 21 | I remembered some graffiti scratched on the inside of a toilet door in the medina at Fez : . |
| 22 | Now I I 'm we 're not here to argue whether that 's a good thing or a bad thing , erm but nonetheless parents were , if you like , an attempt was being made to con them into voting on that particular issue under the guise of whether their children 's education would be better or worse , and I think many parents realized that . |
| 23 | I think most people heard about it from r.s.s. , but I hope some have come on from TSB . |
| 24 | I think most people heard about it from r.s.s. , but I hope some have come on from TSB . |
| 25 | ‘ That I had many acquaintances named Svend and that none of them would run off with a teenager . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Thank God I had that five-shot lead , ’ gasped Faldo after receiving the £348,763 winner 's cheque . |
| 27 | ‘ If I had any energy left , I 'd throw you out , ’ she told him resentfully . |
| 28 | Some people claimed that I had another job lined up but time has proved them wrong . |
| 29 | Some people claimed that I had another job lined up but time has proved them wrong . |
| 30 | I had some notes jotted down on a card somewhere , but I quickly went off them and chatted about whatever seemed interesting . |