Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It was not until the middle of May that I discovered what it was that had so stimulated my friend .
2 He 's an American guitarist from Washington and he told me he thinks he has your ES295 .
3 ( They showed me how deep they had advanced into Russia and I showed them what we were going to do in the West .
4 I would n't leave Madley if they offered me my own travelling dressing-room .
5 I phoned Alan and he gave me his love and support .
6 From memory he drew a picture of what he had seen and asked Mr Litmus if he knew what it was .
7 It 's only appeared in Harlow and she told me it would get in the Bishop 's Stortford one but it has n't so far .
8 My parents ' solution was to take Ann into their bed , and Robert and I did what we could to look after them .
9 This extravaganza was directed by Max Reinhart and it gave me my first experience as an impresario , for I was commissioned by the MGM office for Canada to ‘ organize the promotion ’ of the film in our area .
10 It was about a fortnight after I arrived in Punta Arenas that he showed me his journal and I was able to take a translation of those entries .
11 I gave them our greetings from Q.P. and they gave me theirs to return to you .
12 It is as if they are saying , ‘ We believe in Jesus because he proved who he was by working miracles . ’
13 Startled squaddies received Abba tapes and videos from the would-be Santa Claus as he reassured them they were not forgotten .
14 Startled squaddies received Abba tapes and videos from the would-be Santa Claus as he reassured them they were not forgotten .
15 Bob and I told her we would help her all we could , I do n't think any of us realised what was in store , though ! ’
16 So cos I said to Lynn as I said what I 'll do , I 'll go slow then one of you 'll have to put it out cos there 'll be so much work to wrap up I should be taking it home with me to do it .
17 It was down at Riverside that I had what you might call my first ‘ exotic ’ sexual experience .
18 Coun. Richmond said : ‘ They said they were looking to form trade links with Darlington because they liked what they saw here .
19 They acquitted Simon Berkowitz after he told them he was given the shock document , stolen from the Liberal Democrat leader 's solicitors , in a pub .
20 Davies was also skilled at constructing local earthworks to prevent flooding by the Severn and his earned him his first big contract from the Montgomeryshire Public Works Engineer , Thomas Penson ( presumably the same Penson of Oswestry who worked with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway and was responsible for the design of stations including the recently refurbished Gobowen station and Shrewsbury 's joint station ) .
21 ‘ Is that what she was doing in London when she told him she was in Wales with her sick mother ? ’
22 ‘ They ca n't believe it in Hull when I told them you wo n't do Wogan , ’ she phoned in .
23 ‘ They all had it in for Jonathan and they did what they could to harm him , but they were glad enough of his money , of his custom in their shops and of the work he provided . ’
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