Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] i [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face was infuriatingly bland as he answered , ‘ Did n't you tell me that night when I gave you a lift home that your life fairly buzzed with — shall we say — events ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I hit the fish and stright away though it was a good one , but my son Tony has never caught a pike so I handed him the rod , ’ said Lee . |
| 3 | We never run out of conversation , although it knocked the wind out of his sails when I told him the news and he suggested I contact a faith-healer friend of his . |
| 4 | We talked a bit then I gave him a lift back to his hotel . |
| 5 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |