Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] and [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought of all the warm beds that I could have been in and I kneaded my fingers that were going numb with cold . |
| 2 | Most hate me night , when I 've been out and somebody said you have evening , go and see somebody in evening and then I go , do n't mind in day time come back |
| 3 | ‘ I checked with Betty this morning as to whether you 'd be in and she said you were making one of your special cakes , so I guessed you would ask the girls up to tea . |
| 4 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 5 | the Beverley sisters were on and they said they used to wear very daring clothes and the B B C banned them from showing their navels , cos you 're not supposed to show your navel on television and you could n't say the word , oh yeah Lonnie Donegan was on and he said that he was banned from singing this song er in eighty forty was such a little drip and in it he says we beat the bloody British and they would n't let him sing that because he swore so he had to sing we beat the ruddy British |
| 6 | Yeah , sections er , Longmans were in and they had them . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw your light was on and I thought you ought to know . |
| 8 | Now he was down and he hated it . |
| 9 | Charles found it a strain and was relieved when the meal was over and he felt he could decently leave . |
| 10 | It was noticed , too , that he had taken the precaution of having some shoes with built-up heels made , so that when the ceremony was over and he took his wife 's arm to move slowly down the aisle , he appeared to be the same height as her , or very nearly . |
| 11 | ( Even Mrs Abercrombie , once when Amy was out and I changed her sheets , cried like a baby from shame . ) |