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

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1 Er and that er in my view anyway demonstrated that we 'd got it about right in terms of our assessment of the effects of the Southern Bypass .
2 Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that .
3 But they were waiting and , into a pause , he mentioned that he 'd met them over at Jimmy 's .
4 Later I found that they had put me in prison because of my madness .
5 When on Monday before Christmas 1991 I stepped on the scales and found that I 'd done it , I almost died of happiness .
6 To his surprise Riven found that he had joined them , and Darmid 's sword was naked in his hand .
7 When we arrived at the hotel I found that he 'd booked us both into the same double room .
8 His Dad would kill him if he found that he 'd taken them .
9 Adele phoned and she said to phone you .
10 that was the first time we had an inkling there was anything , and that was the Sunday before we moved and he said do you mind if I come and bring the shed up and then I can stop in there and I go and have , a , anyway , he came with Alan and she made you a cup of coffee did n't she ?
11 ‘ Invalid and invalid as in having no effect , ’ Fernando grumbled as he went to pour her a drink from a jug on the table .
12 ‘ Better get moving , ’ he thought He stopped as he turned Had he imagined it , no , he was sure something had flashed in the moonlight It must have been a good quarter of a mile away , towards the middle of the estuary .
13 After a while I realized that nobody had asked them if they wanted or needed to learn management skills .
14 Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done .
15 I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one .
16 But now she realized that she had seen him before .
17 Suddenly she realized that she had forgotten she was relying totally on speed speechreading .
18 He realized that she wanted to believe him .
19 Then I realised that whoever had done it could be hiding somewhere near , waiting to attack again .
20 He had never questioned their presence , but now he realised that it had oppressed him .
21 The IRA announced that they had killed him , and police found his body near Crossmaglen on Sept. 17 .
22 Demonstrating what a simple change at the top can achieve , Compaq Computer Corp , which had sales of $3,200m last year and had been heading back towards the $2,000m mark under the previous regime , last week announced that it had made it through the $4,000m sales barrier for 1992 , with profits up 34% in the most recent quarter .
23 Charity glanced at the clock as she poured and announced that she 'd missed it , Peregrine asking if it mattered a hoot anyway , the wireless these day being so hopelessly uninformative , with nothing more important to impart than news of patrol activity on the Maginot Line .
24 When God the Father announced that He wished to marry her , she would have preferred the Manhood of Christ ; nevertheless , she was married to the Father in the presence of the Son , the Holy Ghost , the Virgin , the Twelve Apostles , St Katharine , St Paul , and numerous other saints and virgins .
25 Immediately after this he announced that he intended to marry her .
26 suddenly it all ended when a SAC , who was n't even a suspect , admitted that he 'd done it during a fit of depression ; with a pair of pliers , not a knife !
27 He said he knew the tablets would not have harmed him and admitted that he had taken them to make his wife see how much he needed her .
28 ‘ When I tackled Didi about it she admitted that she 'd taken it upon herself to bribe one of the hotel chambermaids , a girl she knew , to do both .
29 Reluctantly she admitted that she wanted to see him all the time .
30 She probably believed that she had converted him .
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