Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight of them lived their last years in their children 's homes . |
| 2 | Most of them retained their medieval walls and intricate street patterns and they often served as ecclesiastical or secular centres of administration , but their major role was to act as retail , handicraft and distribution points for wide hinterlands . |
| 3 | Both sports were clearly popular and well-established traditions ; but when I asked my Indian friends about their survival in modern Delhi , they all shook their heads . |
| 4 | Matilda said , ‘ I am very sorry I asked you those questions , Miss Honey . |
| 5 | I hugged my bursting shins , thinking , Ow , my fucking shins are bursting ! |
| 6 | I made one many years ago and found it worked very well . |
| 7 | I made you some notes , as well . ’ |
| 8 | Somehow , even at the age of five when I made my first visits to Colchester Zoo , I felt they stood out from other birds . |
| 9 | And hence Stephanie 's shock-horror performance when I made my innocent enquiries ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I met him six years ago , as I was going through my divorce , ’ Miss Dale said yesterday . |
| 11 | ‘ I met him several times at balls and routs , and I found him very entertaining . |
| 12 | You 've changed a lot since I met you those years ago . |
| 13 | the only one I do n't like is that bloody oh erm , what 's the other one , deep sea water , something lately for kids , his got his own kiddies programme , Maid Marian , take the piss out of |
| 14 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 15 | And I got her two strips of Elastaplast . |
| 16 | You 've got Christmas raffle tickets , get them all together , I 've got you pounds worth on shelf the other week , and then I got your two pounds worth , I , two pounds worth on |
| 17 | And that 's why I got my two friends to come . |
| 18 | Off she went ‘ to see ’ and eventually I got my two pieces of wholemeal , well more or less wholemeal , bread . |
| 19 | I got my new trousers |
| 20 | I got my just desserts from Dad , which made my Mom cry more than me , but all in all I was given enough love and affection to cushion me against all the hardships that were to come . |
| 21 | I got you three quarters . |
| 22 | Through a literary agent I had in New York I was able to help Sir Charles arrange the publication of that last book in America and I visited him many times , to hear him talk . |
| 23 | Well , I charged them six shillings and out the three of them went puffing their heads off . |
| 24 | Using a similar approach I categorised my own activities as illustrated in Table 1 . |
| 25 | I plugged my naked feet in between the empty seats as tears rolled down my cheeks . |
| 26 | I weighed you two ounces . |
| 27 | Why do you think I told her those stories , the other night , about demons getting their comeuppances ? |
| 28 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |
| 29 | ‘ I told them several times I had met him only briefly . |
| 30 | " I told them three days before we can finish repairs , " he told us , " but we can do enough tomorrow to hold us to Banda , if weather is good . " |