Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Either the seeds blew in — or someone planted them as a joke , ’ said a senior officer . |
| 2 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 3 | Det Chief Insp Barry Hill said : ‘ Anyone who knows Mr McEvoy or who saw him on Saturday May 23 is asked to ring Middlesbrough 326326 and ask for the Hartlepool incident room . ’ |
| 4 | But yesterday Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ It was n't Darlington Council who imposed the poll tax on the town or who kept it for a year longer than necessary . |
| 5 | Or we cuffed them under their chin — and after about half a dozen times , they never stopped there again . |
| 6 | Or they said it to her , I do n't know . |
| 7 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 8 | Or what had you in mind ? |
| 9 | They say he walked to the centre of the Sun Chamber , and that as he did so , the disguise fell from him , and everyone saw him for what he really was . |
| 10 | Jack had gone to India soon afterwards , and although Susan wore no ring they were definitely engaged , and everyone took it for granted that they would marry as soon as circumstances would permit . |
| 11 | After a long time , the music started to play again and Cousin Jane and Mike walked back down the aisle and out of the church and everyone followed them into the sunny afternoon . |
| 12 | Then , in 1964 he won the Masters again and everyone expected him at St Andrews for the Open Championship . |
| 13 | The husband was called Jack , and everyone called him by his first name , but for some reason one always called his wife Mrs Thwaites , although we all knew her Christian name was Margaret . |
| 14 | I recently had some bad news and everyone helped me through it and gave me great support . |
| 15 | I went everywhere and no-one knew me at all . |
| 16 | And I copied it over It all compiled first time . |
| 17 | Both my husband and I accepted it as a part of our way of life . |
| 18 | I did n't know him very well and I despised him for being well behaved and creeping around telling stories about me . |
| 19 | Henri and I sheltered them for a while , but of course it was very risky with the Germans billeted everywhere except the smallest cottages . |
| 20 | Well phoned me about and I passed it to you |
| 21 | I washed them trainers our Johnny given me and I cleaned them for him to try and save and then them black shoes for school to save his boots for the |
| 22 | He put a hand on me , and I peeled it of' . |
| 23 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Matthews and I got them in town , Dr Streeter . |
| 25 | Well I 've been , I 've just bought , I bought some on Monday for Laura and I got them from Rascals . |
| 26 | and I tried all weekend trying to get only there from five to seven , and I got him after five o'clock on Tuesday |
| 27 | but er Barry come off her husband and he said oh you going down oh I says aye , he saves us fifty pence and I got you in your bread and a pie , right , er I want the erm , did Billy take the dishes up ? |
| 28 | However I might be able to get erm the copy that I Eddie 's copy is n't entirely legal erm and I got it for him . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Maybe I was in no state to think straight at that time , and I got it into my head that … ’ |