Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We parked near the boathouse on the west shore , a ruined , mud-filled RAF building , where I pushed and heaved my three companions afloat , waving a cheerful farewell . |
| 2 | And that 's when I felt that I wished I had of went for a career in the trade union or I felt that had I done that , I would have been satisfying something that was there . |
| 3 | Jean-Claude 's working table stood under the window upstairs where we slept and stored our few clothes . |
| 4 | The Crown described how Maher held a gun to Mrs Kennedy 's neck when the men first arrived , bundling her and the three terrified boys upstairs to the bathroom , where they bound and gagged them . |
| 5 | The LNWR remained in the original section of the Saltley Works , where they built and repaired their own rolling stock until 1865 . |
| 6 | His father is first traced as opening a tailor 's shop at 34 Milk Street , Bristol , in 1803 , where he lived and continued his trade until 1831 . |
| 7 | Brandishing a handgun , he forced the 23-year-old boyfriend into the boot , where he bound and gagged him before dragging the terrified woman into his own vehicle . |
| 8 | Blindly , Alan ran to his room , where he beat and punched his bed and cried aloud in a rage like a child . |
| 9 | Now in the lock museum I 've taken some locks th that I collected and took them over there they used to do speed locks butted locks sidecar locks er then , as the motor trade changed from all wood frames to metal frames , other types of locks , I took there but this is what is amazing me , they , at the lock museum they highlight all the Willinghall locks which are the padlocks , which are locks er wardrobe locks , cabinet locks and all the smaller type of locks but there was the biggest industry , I mean Walsall locks are still in existence now , they made er er locks for , for , for cars , the Bloxwich lock , that was their biggest trade was er , was er the bigger locks . |
| 10 | When we were shown into the chargé 's office , I studiously avoided shaking hands or having any eye contact , determined to alert him to the fact that I understood and respected their religious customs , in the hope that it might make a difference . |
| 11 | From then on I decided to leave all that I had and collect nothing but Avant-garde . |
| 12 | Thinking about this now , I know that what I was saying in wanting my periods back was that I wanted to be a woman , that I wanted and liked my female body , that my years of confusion and self-dislike were beginning to be over . |
| 13 | Well , they thought they were superior because their trade was classified Grade I and Met was only Grade 2 , so they got paid more than I did and considered they were a cut above me in every way . |
| 14 | The first time I just heard a sort of brassy actor 's voice with a bit of Northern in it , so I apologized and said it was a wrong number . |
| 15 | Someone had left the scullery window open , so I closed and fastened it . ’ |
| 16 | But she was still enjoying her new position as mistress of a farm and house , and although she respected and liked him , she did not want to marry him . |
| 17 | But in the prayers , although she knelt and bowed her head , her attention was on the people in the church . |
| 18 | Charlotte had seen him turn in the doorway to speak to Mrs Lane , whose placid smile indicated that she knew and welcomed him . |
| 19 | In the main , it was a time of misery which unknowingly strengthened her character and at the same time introduced her to a friendship which resulted in her opening her eyes to another way of life , a life that she recognised and knew she could fit into ; for it was during the first summer holiday that she was invited to spend a day with Annabel at her home . |
| 20 | Claudia thought briefly about leaving but Dana sent her a look of such mute appeal that she sighed and followed her twin . |
| 21 | Sometimes Alan said , ‘ He did n't wake at all last night , did he ? ’ with such pleased pride that she smiled and shook her head . |
| 22 | Thrilled to the core by his admission that she disturbed and aroused him , she was at the same time terrified . |
| 23 | It seemed a lifetime since they had made love but the mere sound of his deep voice brought it back so vividly that she shivered , aware that she wanted and loved him more than ever . |
| 24 | CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who worked to raise the extra £2000 needed in 1988 — the many ways that you devised and involved your class members in helping with was FANTASTIC . |
| 25 | When you type in a document , saving it from time to time , Word does not destroy the very last version that you saved but renames it as a back-up copy . |
| 26 | Jill wanted to get Bill a birthday present , so she went and found her piggy-bank ; she shook it , but there was no noise ; she would have to make Bill a present This example comes from work in artificial intelligence ( Charniak , 1972 ) which is concerned with the attempt to translate the significance of ordinary utterances into an explicit representation that might be used by a computer to produce " intelligent " responses . |
| 27 | We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal . |
| 28 | We 're following up much of the documentation that we found and hope it could lead to other things which I can not reveal . |
| 29 | Basil 's love of nature expressed itself so forcefully in his responses to people that they shared and accepted them whatever his mood . |
| 30 | and I thought come into my head , it 's probably complete rubbish but it seems logical at the time which was , if you got rid of er , a lot of the various taxes that they paid and put everything on to VAT , apart from the fact that you 'd be a few , just by upping the rate of VAT they would collect the extra monies , you 'd save a lot of the money you 'd pay in administration costs by , all the various different departments er |