Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun pl] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on , ‘ Matt lived here alone for years before I came on the scene . |
| 2 | The fear of a ‘ few stern five minutes ’ with his father , who wanted him to leave Battersea Grammar School for the neighbouring public school St. Paul 's , and had arranged for him to have special lessons in Latin verse and in Greek , kept him steadily at school work , although he knew he ‘ could do better at lessons if I wished ’ . |
| 3 | Tourists clicked away with cameras as I hauled myself inelegantly over the top . |
| 4 | Well , I called in there today for cigars and I saw this young woman ; and you remember the one that was in the sweet shop , she was so nice and obliging ; well I thought I was looking at her twin . |
| 5 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |