Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said something that made the implication that I 'd copied and I was sort of so choked I did n't answer . |
| 2 | By the time we met I had almost reached The Old Castle Inn at Old Sarum and good old Dad bought me the largest ginger beer I 've ever had . |
| 3 | The crowd came together again and hid Filmer and his flower and I felt the tension in my muscles subside , and realized I had n't known I had tensed them . |
| 4 | I realized I had n't told him anything about Cal except about the villa and Harry . |
| 5 | Sometime in the afternoon I recovered a little , but I felt faint as I stood up , and realized I had not eaten anything all day . |
| 6 | I realized I had not told anybody where I was going . |
| 7 | I realized I had never known any other world apart from Lowood or Gateshead . |
| 8 | I 'd been out to meet someone , I was on my way home , I realized I did n't want to be going there . |
| 9 | realized I did n't like it |
| 10 | He realised I had finally caught him … |
| 11 | I realised I had not mentioned Elsie at all , and I was glad . |
| 12 | He 'd been glaring and smashing down glasses on the table and muttering under his breath and I wondered what on earth I 'd done to make him so disturbed , and then I realised I had n't done anything . |
| 13 | But then I realised I had n't played one bad shot and I thought ‘ what have I got to fear ’ ’ . |
| 14 | we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons |
| 15 | About4 weeks ago I realised I had only put this in the hallway after the title season , and promptly took it down . |
| 16 | And it got worse when I realised I did n't know where they were going for their lune de miel . |
| 17 | I just realised I did n't like him as much as I thought , that 's all . |
| 18 | I got I did n't know I got |
| 19 | I did n't know I got I did n't know that I got such a deep voice . |
| 20 | And the first man who pursued me did so to gouge a small fortune out of my father , to marry his true sweetheart and set himself up in business . |
| 21 | And the second man who pursued me did so to gain a large fortune , to spend on his long-term mistress and their children , and to laugh at the silly girl and her father who gave it to him . |
| 22 | At Frankfurt Airport I found I had just missed one plane to London and there was not another for three hours . |
| 23 | He completed his art degree at the Berkshire College of Art — ‘ but , at the end , I found I had n't got any answers to my questions ’ — and went as a postgraduate to Reading University to study with Professor Anthony Betts , ‘ the only man I 've ever met who could really teach ’ . |
| 24 | I put my chin up and tried to stiffen my upper lip , but found I did n't seem to have any muscles in it . |
| 25 | If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed . |
| 26 | Some of the words he used I had never heard of — and I am not unfamiliar with words — but he savoured them , rolled them over his tongue and finally ejected them into his speech with a delight at their novelty , their colour and their music . |
| 27 | Suitably bowdlerized , said Viola to herself with a grim smile : if she knew Walter , there was a good deal of slap and tickle involved which did n't get into the account . |
| 28 | Her fingers began to move over the sheet of paper , but when she had finished drawing the circle of standing stones , she found she had also sketched in the figure of Julius . |
| 29 | Ace took her on to a small but discreet restaurant where the food was delicious , but she found she did n't have much appetite . |
| 30 | Robyn clutched the receiver and found she did n't have the first idea of what she would say when he answered it . |