Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone knew how important punctuality was to Laura ; she believed if you arrived late it could only be because you had not started out early enough . |
| 2 | It roared if anyone went near it . |
| 3 | The crunch came when I found out she was sleeping with a couple of other boyfriends , and I discovered I did n't actually care . |
| 4 | I spoke to Michael at Adel and asked if he remembered how he felt that day forty years ago . |
| 5 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 6 | Marc , naturally assuming the head of the table , frowned when he saw where she had placed herself , but said nothing . |
| 7 | It was furnished with an ancient iron bedstead and a wooden table so decrepit that it collapsed as I walked past it . |
| 8 | A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar . |
| 9 | There was a particular café which the others frequented , but he knew if he went in he would be greeted dutifully , the buzz of talk would die down and one by one his schoolmates would leave . |
| 10 | Think it 's used to you in that I do n't know what , I do n't tell Ron , well he knows how I felt cos I said course I 'm , god he said , is that a performance , he said I have n't sat on your knee for ages , I said no I just feel like it , before we went out and er , I said well I do n't think there 's anything the matter do you , I said with him back there saying make sure Mr Hudson has the notes , and he said no , he said , he said he would n't leave it seven months he said |
| 11 | ‘ I cried because I knew when I walked out on Ramsay Street , it would be a hundred times more difficult to see my friends , ’ she confessed . |
| 12 | ‘ We just could n't find a lot of music we liked when we started so we just thought ‘ let's try and make something we like , ’ ’ says Ed . |
| 13 | Colleagues wept as they told how she planned to meet up with a friend for a two-week walking holiday . |
| 14 | I did when I found out I got two hundred and fifty poonds for it |
| 15 | He smiled when he saw where I was . |
| 16 | I said if you had n't I 'd get you to go back for a chat with him . ’ |
| 17 | When asked to show what it was he offered a bottle opener , but Miss Sherwin said as he did so he dropped a polythene bag containing 12 LSD tabs and a small amount of cannabis resin . |
| 18 | I said when you came in we made it at school |
| 19 | That 's how much that would be your share if we shared six pizzas between two of us and it 's going to be the same as I said when i said well you share with your mum and Natalie . |
| 20 | ‘ It was only some stupid piece of metal , ’ he moaned when he remembered where he was . |
| 21 | All the time his eyes were laughing down at her and she suddenly flushed when she realised how she must look , lying there on the grass . |