Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it flowed , it incorporated into itself masses of loose debris , mud , rubble and boulders , some of them reported to weigh fifty tons . |
| 2 | I applied to do Voluntary Services Overseas ( VSO ) . |
| 3 | Falteringly , I sought to express these misgivings in my conclusions to a number of papers , conclusions that certainly brought no joy to my more optimistic colleagues in an emerging human ethology rooted firmly in the objective analysis of behaviour sequences and components . |
| 4 | WITH over 100 others from various parts of Britain , I planned to visit many sites of historical interest and biblical fame . |
| 5 | Was moaning about she had to buy three Christmas presents and she only got two kids So Ann turned round and said oh you 're fucking well mad I got to buy five presents and I 've only got two kids . |
| 6 | I got to tell bleeding lies cos I mean to say |
| 7 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 8 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |
| 9 | My training as an historian would allow me to save what could be saved and is why I got to work many years ago . |
| 10 | I got fined two classes [ a class was half a crown ] a week for twelve months , so it mounted up . |
| 11 | I was er er there was something that I got told many years ago that I |
| 12 | I tried to ignore both discomforts , but I was n't happy . |
| 13 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 14 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 15 | I tried to leave certain areas vague so they could use their own creativity rather than just copying my cartoon . |
| 16 | My multiple personality required multiple scripts , and from my study of graphology I tried to create individual scripts that conformed to the analyses of heavy down-strokes , ‘ pasty ’ loops and uncrossed ‘ ts ’ : I was especially interested in ‘ pasty ’ strokes , which are supposed to indicate a rich sexuality , and disconnected letters , indicative of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 17 | I recall the situation all the more clearly because , when I tried to market those rabbits , the dealer thought there was something wrong with them . |
| 18 | With the help of Tony Wedd and Egerton Sykes I tried to contact surviving members of the Straight Track Club . |
| 19 | I tried to make some enquiries . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ As you know a little while ago there were discussions between this Office and Stephenson Harwood [ the applicant 's former solicitors ] about a proposed interview to be conducted under the terms of section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and I promised to provide further details to them of our proposed course of action which is now given to you instead of them : ( 1 ) This Office intends to hold an interview with you under section 2 on Thursday , 13 June 1991 . |
| 21 | Kenny Everett said : ‘ I stopped watching 10 years ago because it was hideously irritating . |
| 22 | I stopped seeing those flats years ago . |
| 23 | I stopped smoking two years ago and I stopped doing all the silly drugs and drink nearly six years ago , so you naturally gravitate towards quite a healthy diet . |
| 24 | I seemed to live two inches behind the front of my skin , that part of me created wilfully by my lovers . |
| 25 | But I learnt to respect other religions . " |
| 26 | I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals . |
| 27 | ‘ Even though I looked as though I 'd gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson ? ’ |
| 28 | I 'd seen other men in other companies , as innocent as I believed myself to be , hounded out because wrongdoers require a scapegoat where the wrongdoing concerns money . |
| 29 | I 'd seen premature babies but never a baby that small . |
| 30 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |