Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I went to the bus I realised I only had one bag instead of two so I rushed back but no-one had seen the bag in the pub or the shops . |
| 2 | Day 14 ) Not only has Dave been on a raft the last week but today — honest Dave , I 've waited two months for that 50 bucks you promised me not to reveal this , but it has not arrived — he got off the raft and walked around Upset . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the NRPB found it probably did significant harm . |
| 4 | And although it was customary for the same actor to double as Mr Darling and Captain Hook the way St Ives played them there seemed little difference between the two — he romped in the nursery and he sky-larked aboard the Jolly Roger . |
| 5 | Right , erm I told them just throw these out ! |
| 6 | Thirdly , they would need , in some sense , to be rational to have an effective means-ends reasoning that told them how to implement each desired goal . |
| 7 | It was my dreaming son who told me how to do this . |
| 8 | She told me once to do some lines and I goes , ‘ It 's not worth you telling me to do them , because I wo n't do them ’ , and she goes , ‘ Well , I think you should do them ’ , and I goes , ‘ Well , I 'm not going to , so I do n't know what you 'll have to do with me ’ . |
| 9 | And er then by the time they actually came I just felt awful . |
| 10 | Told you not to drink much . |
| 11 | Jacqui , I told you not to do that . ’ |
| 12 | I told you before to get some mince and put potatoes in and that , see |
| 13 | And when she came she actually bought three . |
| 14 | ‘ Furthermore , I told him either to provide substantive proof of his allegations or be prepared to be sued for defamation of character . ’ |
| 15 | He told him not to do that , he said just pay when you got some and |
| 16 | He opened pale , hurt eyes when Carrington told him not to take more drink excepting tea , and swore it had not entered his head . |
| 17 | The probationers told him to remember that every minute he was getting a little better , and Ward Sister told him not to make any effort , and not to try to take anything by the mouth . |
| 18 | ‘ Told her not to have any of that , did n't I ? ’ growled Pringle . |
| 19 | Juliet noticed he too had small spots around his nose and mouth , and an idea began to form . |
| 20 | " We saw some prisoners being beaten , " explained Joseph , turning to Paul Devraux , " but he told us not to feel sorry for them . |
| 21 | Santerre hastened to open it but told us not to bring any torches in . |
| 22 | Soon as the royal visitor had gone , he called us in and told us never to do such a thing again . |
| 23 | What 's , what made you actually choose this position ? |
| 24 | As a matter of fact , I nearly asked you not to bring this round . |
| 25 | He begged me not to take that job at Warrington . |
| 26 | He grabbed at my hands and held them to his chest and begged me not to say such a thing . |
| 27 | work , they showed me how to do that and I just love copper |
| 28 | They cheered when Peter 's wife threw his incessantly chirruping portable phone out of the window . |
| 29 | Erm , she 's lived most of her life in the Cambridge and Northampton area but she 's spent six months down in Plymouth , and erm , her previous job before working for T N T was she actually helped set up a baby unit in a private nursery , but claimed she only prefers other people 's children . |
| 30 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |