Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I imagined you asleep , left utterly to yourself in a situation where my own absence from your life did not matter : |
| 2 | But eventually I got it right , I had to — I could n't do the advanced course without the basic one under my belt . |
| 3 | So no-one got it right , pollsters , reporters or bookmakers . |
| 4 | ‘ Suddenly I saw it all , when we were lying there . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ , ‘ Perhaps I took it all a little too seriously … |
| 7 | Perhaps I imagined it all . |
| 8 | Perhaps I handled it all wrong . |
| 9 | Personally I found them both informative and entertaining . |
| 10 | So I had it all cut off , it was about 2 inches all over — never again ! |
| 11 | And he slept with me , he would n't go to sleep so I took them both downstairs , made them a drink , made them something to eat , come back to bed . |
| 12 | That 's John , me boy , he 's a docker down the erm down the dock he got a weeks holiday this week , so I took me other boy and me daughter out last week and erm we 'd left her with dogs so I said we 'd take them out one day perhaps when he get his holiday . |
| 13 | So I thought it better to withdraw before we got into production and arguments . ’ |
| 14 | So I thought it best to let him and the Chief of Staff and Benson explain all their problems and difficulties " . |
| 15 | Ah so I made it this , as s s skinny as I could . |
| 16 | So I collected them all and took them home . |
| 17 | So I ordered them sixty odd quid I ordered a green , a jade skirt |
| 18 | So I left her alone , locking the door behind me , and did not see her again ( she developed bronchitis , was taken into the cottage hospital and died soon afterwards ) . |
| 19 | You go up on it and it 's Mr Chuff So I got him that . |
| 20 | for granddad , well I ca n't get that from the kids and that 's it , that was to my dad so I got him that one in the end |
| 21 | So I got it wrong But I put Bern down originally Ann 's question Where is the Orange Free State ? |
| 22 | And I thi and erm I think west was seven , and that 's only five centimetres , so I extended it another two centimetres . |
| 23 | In contrast , as I have already said , I was most anxious to persuade the teaching profession to implement our recommendations with good will , and so I felt it essential to explain our assumptions in detail . |
| 24 | So I told her that , and she says , oh fair enough then . |
| 25 | Well she just asked about a bed so I told her that |
| 26 | So I told him all I found out like , when he came down a few days later he gave me two fifty , er two pound ten as it was then you know I was amazed at |
| 27 | So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby |
| 28 | , that oh dear , you have to take this stuff with water it says , it is a horror one so I bought us some chocolate eclairs , have you got them ? |
| 29 | before she was born , so I washed them all and put them on |
| 30 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |