Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end all the things I was most frightened of — that we would let my father down , that he would lose control , that he would die in agony — did not come to pass . |
| 2 | It 's funny how often my family were sarcastic about me and the things I was doing . |
| 3 | The sort of things I was doing seemed to be difficult for difficult 's sake ; it was like , ‘ If anybody likes it , then it has to be crap ! ’ |
| 4 | Do you know when she left on that trip she left behind a list of about 28 things I was to do . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm definitely less stressed because I do n't have to do the four things I was no good at — timesheets , billing , chasing debtors and doing my expenses ! ’ |
| 6 | One of the last things I was able to do was to help in the preparations for a Service of Reconciliation to be held at the Burma end of the Burma-Siam railway line , both in the preparation of the details of the service and the plans for its publicity . |
| 7 | ‘ Of all the things I was taught at school , this sticks in my mind more that anything , ’ said Christine Cooper when she wrote to tell us of her reaction to an article in MKM. that was last spring when we published a newsletter from Christine Morey telling of her adventures in Romania . |
| 8 | ‘ I am assuming the responsibility for all of my co-workers , both for those things I was aware of and for those things that I discovered in the last few days since the name of Olivetti began circulating . |
| 9 | When I started to think about these things I was in a position to interpret this way of living and eating as a variation on the spending patterns of poverty described in Booth 's and Rowntree 's surveys ; but now I think it was the cheapness of it that propelled the practice . |
| 10 | One of the things I was asked to write about this week I think was a radio , to , to write about er what I felt about radios , you know , er , erm , so anything could be thrown at you , and obviously I have my areas that I particularly interested in and I think sometimes I get a bit complacement and I 'm writing about a , I find particularly interested in and a bit lazy , so its quite good to be stretched . |
| 11 | Erm Oh dear this is going to be a long list of things I was supposed to do but did n't . |
| 12 | I mean one of the things I was taught when i my training for work with children , was that erm , it 's alright to use big l long words , for children , as long as you explain to them what the words mean . |
| 13 | One of the main things I was taught from this was not to begin a sentence with And . |
| 14 | I have a twin brother and it seemed that he was allowed to do all the things I was n't . |
| 15 | " It 's one of the things I was telling you about . |
| 16 | This is the some the th one of the things I was going to suggest about I was going to leave it till next meeting , is that we we try and organize ourselves so that we are not su Last year I found myself sitting there frantically writing names on raffle tickets , knowing I was going out to play in about ten minutes , but there was nobody there to take over . |
| 17 | I have a neighbour with a toddler who was outgrowing several of the things I was looking for ; the pram came from her , and a few other things as well . |
| 18 | ‘ Last time we were here , ’ Athelstan quipped , ‘ you warned me , Sir John , not to open my mouth and say things I was not bidden to . |
| 19 | That 's one of the things I was trained for . |
| 20 | It was n't the kind of sound an engine made — or a dishwasher or a television or any of the things I was used to seeing round the house . |
| 21 | You must 've got an extra sheet than me because one of the things I was moaning about this morning erm , maybe you 've got a different |
| 22 | ‘ So she met someone who could seemingly give her all the things I was n't able to . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't think I could have done that if I had still been drinking or doing the things I was doing about ten years ago . |
| 24 | There were things I was not happy with . ’ |
| 25 | Well just It 's one of the other things I was gon na a It 's still about the farm actually , I was gon na ask er about things like H your tasks your was there anything like things like the harvesting would you have people coming in to help you ? |
| 26 | erm I would keep going so that , that does n't worry me but it was all these other things I was trying |
| 27 | No wonder I like things I was looking at these tights , yeah , it 's just one pair , and they were about eight pounds |
| 28 | things I was n't supposed to know |
| 29 | She has often been criticised for not doing , or doing imperfectly , things she was not trying to do . |
| 30 | Then she got into her thick outdoor coat and pulled on a small brown felt hat , picked up her bag and a list of things she was going to buy and went downstairs , still without seeing her mother . |