Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a child I overheard two women talking . |
| 2 | Any more than that I wasted five minutes reading his articles ? |
| 3 | no , very annoying that , I mean that bloke going backwards and forwards is bad enough but |
| 4 | As I 've , I mean divisional guidelines forthrising costing I 've added to the related documents and I 'll produce those because they 're a divisional thing . |
| 5 | And in fact in the early stages I got one man working for me and er I went back into teaching again for a short time to help out at a school where the the the teacher was ill , and I was teaching in the morning and then doing two-man jobs in the afternoon , and he was doing one man jobs in the morning . |
| 6 | got some , I got some people coming round tonight so I was gon na do it anyway . |
| 7 | and I tried all weekend trying to get only there from five to seven , and I got him after five o'clock on Tuesday |
| 8 | I expect some people watching might think that wo wo football is a boy 's game , rather than a girl 's game , but of course that is n't the tradition is it ? |
| 9 | Back at The Milebrook I found two letters waiting for me . |
| 10 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 11 | I found this section plodding and lacking in any positive sense of purpose , musical or textual . |
| 12 | The game was all ticket but I found little problems obtaining a ticket , going down Friday lunchtime and obtaining a spare ticket from a Southampton supporter . |
| 13 | On more than one occasion I caught senior management using our symbolic disorder to dress down young constables . |
| 14 | There are already five major contenders for the ‘ authentic ’ Bach Magnificat crown , although I harbour mild reservations concerning them all . |
| 15 | I recollect one girl putting on dark glasses as a disguise in the hope that she would be luckier than Oliver Twist . |
| 16 | I want that bird flying in a couple of weeks or less . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I want this prison running perfectly for these visitors , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Pete has never touched my hair in my life and there was some downstairs in that bathroom downstairs and I thought hey that looks a bit of fun , I 'll have a go at that and erm and I was outside and I took my hair down , I 'd just washed it and I said oh look , you know , I used this hair thickening shampoo do you think it looks thicker , as a joke , and he goes yeah it does actually , yeah it really does . |
| 19 | ‘ If ever I catch another man looking at me with that look which means ‘ You 're mine , all mine ’ I shall kill him , because I 'm not his all his at all . |
| 20 | I made a coconut cake but er er I put some coconut icing on it pink . |
| 21 | ‘ I imagine glittering contessas drinking cocktails on those romantic terraces , ’ she said dreamily . |
| 22 | Walking along with a friend one evening , near Leicester Square , I noticed two men arguing with each other . |
| 23 | In Athens , where I was competing alongside Nigel Walker and Lesley-Ann Skeet , two of our best hurdlers , I noticed some spots appearing here and there on my body , but as they did n't bother me , I ignored them . |
| 24 | At first , I thought it was spilt wine but then it spread and I noticed little splashes coming down from the ceiling above . |
| 25 | It is unfortunate that the talk comes quite so soon after Christmas , but I hope all members living locally will make every effort to come and I know that they will be glad they did . |
| 26 | During the late afternoon I received another call summoning a further Cabinet meeting at 7.30 p.m . |
| 27 | After making five payments I received another card demanding higher payments and for them to be paid in four instalments . |
| 28 | Nor do I spend much time listening to jazz . |
| 29 | In the Kenya Institute of Education I meet excellent teams producing good materials in Language and Mathematics . |
| 30 | I hear hon. Members saying , ’ What about this case ? ’ |