Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [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 | Well I rang them up yesterday because I got two cheques left . |
| 4 | Flavia said , ‘ I got some work done today — I think I 'm going to be all right . ’ |
| 5 | But at least I got this file sorted out . |
| 6 | ‘ I came by here once , with the wind wet and howling , and I found three Japanese huddled under the lip of the bunker . ’ |
| 7 | So I was looking around the Beckenham and Bromley area when I found this place called Haddon Hall which was an amazing property . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | I hurry past windows labelled ‘ everything must go ’ , even when they are fronting the most respectable shops . |
| 10 | ‘ I want this chamber guarded closely ! ’ the regent ordered . |
| 11 | If I said , I want this job done in two hours . |
| 12 | Ah this is no good , I want this job done erm in four hours . |
| 13 | He handed the paper to Hawkins , who studied it for a moment , then said : ‘ I know those places marked with an asterisk . |
| 14 | Just minding me own business and I get fucking things thrown at me , timesheet ripped timecard cut . |
| 15 | ‘ Then you can go and get your lovely hair done while I get some food cooked . |
| 16 | ‘ I get this image foisted on me — the musical chameleon , changing my style all the time . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | ‘ When I get this office sorted out I will have four or five sets in here , all of them on different channels , ’ he laughs . |
| 19 | I spent many hours hidden in the bushes , silently watching one pair of bulbuls make their nest from beginning to end . |
| 20 | I remember one fellow spat in my face . |
| 21 | I remember these figures illuminated from behind , like giant shadows . |
| 22 | ‘ I lie there pretending to be asleep then I feel this thing pressed against me . |
| 23 | It was one of these African leaders who said : ‘ In the war-torn North-East of Rhodesia , I saw white men killed and I saw black men killed . |
| 24 | ‘ I saw two people hurt on the bridge about 500 metres from where the bomb went off . |
| 25 | ‘ I saw one man thrown at least 20 feet in the air by the blast , ’ said a porter , Anand Mojar , from his hospital bed . |
| 26 | ‘ I saw one man thrown at least 20 feet in the air by the blast , ’ said a porter , Anand Mojar , from his hospital bed . |
| 27 | But finally I saw one animal come through the grass to play . |
| 28 | I saw three people hit in the face , one above the eye , one in the ear , one on the nose , blood streaming down them . |
| 29 | It was one of these African leaders who said : ‘ In the war-torn North-East of Rhodesia , I saw white men killed and I saw black men killed . |
| 30 | Well I thought that cycling built power in the leg muscles , it 's , I mean it ought to did n't it ? |