Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she or I had taken more trouble I might have been convinced that all religious people were cruel hypocrites . |
| 2 | If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in . |
| 3 | They did so in the face of widespread steel closures , rising unemployment , and knowledge about their poor prospects of re-employment , or they had had enough of work and felt they deserved a rest . |
| 4 | and I 'd lost half a stone in weight . |
| 5 | It was his birthday and I 'd planned this surprise party for him . |
| 6 | The other exciting thing was the leeches er because the monsoon had n't finished there were lots of leeches around , and I 'd imagined these huge things that were going to suck me to death , but they 're actually little , like , just very very tiny little worms , about erm an inch long and very thin and what they do is they sit on leaves and things and as you walk by they get flicked on to your boots or your socks and then they wiggle their way in and they , you ca n't feel them there , but what they do is they suck your blood until they explode |
| 7 | And I went round town on Saturday and I 'd gone more or less from work as well so I 'd got my big bag with me and ooh my shoulder ! |
| 8 | ‘ I came straight to Cochabamba with my family because we were lucky enough to have the money from my book and I 'd bought this land before leaving Bolivia in 1980 . |
| 9 | to take cough and things like , and I nearly died the other night , I 'd taken one and I 'd taken some of this cough , |
| 10 | Both of them are rotten drivers and I 'd had enough painful experiences for one day . |
| 11 | I were right here and I 'd got that light out |
| 12 | And I 'd got all me bits , different books out preparing for the crucifixion . |
| 13 | Well by this time it was ten to eight and I 'd got all these members were going to be outside , I was going to have to let them in and serve them and I was getting a bit frantic you see . |
| 14 | And er what I did I got everything , you know the , I do n't think it was , and some warm water and I saw that my hands was well clean and I 'd got some very nice little silver spoons , only small ones . |
| 15 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 16 | There was one field in particular that I had made some good finds on and I had searched this piece of land time and time again . |
| 17 | It had been awkward for me to ask our family doctor to prescribe it : he knew my husband and I had parted some time ago . |
| 18 | Joe and I had seen this happen many times before . |
| 19 | After two weeks I felt better in myself and I had lost several pounds . |
| 20 | Fortunately , Trau Bishop and I had set that room up as a trap , knowing that your agent would n't be able to resist the bait . |
| 21 | And I had read many of Miss Hayes-Drummond 's pieces in The Times — admirably rational , objective and sincere . |
| 22 | The slight attack of dysentery had tired me and I had slept most of yesterday and again this morning . |
| 23 | ‘ Although Stevie and I had known each other for a while we had never been romantically involved . |
| 24 | My 1979 two and a quarter diesel has been leaking oil from around the fuel pump and I had put this down to a leaky gasket . |
| 25 | It was wonderful , the shops were excellent , it was only the first day of our holiday and I had spent most of my money . |
| 26 | Pat , Gabriel and I had spent some years unpicking these variables , but if I wanted to study the cellular events occurring in the minutes after the behavioural stimulus had ceased and representing distinct stages in memory formation , then imprinting would n't be the model of choice . |
| 27 | They make the poor girls look as though they had n't been properly unpacked , as though they 'd been taken out of the box and someone had left half their wrappings on . ’ |
| 28 | And from at least 569 the Celtic Church had its own See , the bishopric of Bretoña , centred upon Santa Maria de Bretoña near Mondoliedo in Galicia , the region of north-western Spain whose later capital was at Santiago de Compostela , and which had remained most loyal to Priscillianist teaching . |
| 29 | Recalling the tragedy of which Juliette had spoken and which had had such a devastating effect on his mind , Melissa felt uneasy . |
| 30 | However , we had seen lively debates on aspects of a part of consumer credit with which many are not too familiar , debates which had illustrated well that there was more to the ‘ credit bargain ’ than the headline APR figure , and which had dispelled some long-held prejudices . |