Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I tend to get carried away when I 've drunk a wee bit too much . |
| 2 | Well I should 've won anyway because I 've got sixes and fives . |
| 3 | ‘ Your appeal against the above offer of permanent accommodation made available to you on 12-9-91 has been considered carefully but I regret to inform you that the appeal has not been allowed and you should sign for the tenancy at the local housing office by 2-12-91 . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd never have come here if I 'd known … ’ |
| 5 | He is trapped there and I have made it my promise , Tallis 's Promise , to release him . |
| 6 | For the first time in all my life I had done right because I wanted to do right . |
| 7 | There 's a job to be done here and I intend to do it . |
| 8 | The situation could easily get worse if something is not done immediately and I suggest moving the travellers away from the centre of town to the outskirts onto a piece of disused land for example until a short-term site has been rented or a permanent site set-up . |
| 9 | It 's only been cleaned once since I 've had , and it 's been down er , since nineteen |
| 10 | Once his tongue was loosened , I knew I was going to be told more than I wanted to know about Jean-Claude 's past . |
| 11 | Some of us have to work for our living , I 'd never have got anywhere if I 'd moved at your pace ! ’ |
| 12 | I was born here and I try to stick up for Britain — but things are bad . ’ |
| 13 | I have come to see you because that Mr R said to my son ‘ If you do n't like it here then go back where you came from and where you belong ’ and I was so upset at that because my son was born here and I have lived in this country for over twenty years and how dare he say that , because my son comes from here . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm being treated fairly and I want to know what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 15 | But we had walked further than I had realized , and I called to her to come back . |
| 16 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
| 17 | I 've had them stretched once , I wants them stretched again cos I 've got a beautiful ring up there and I never puts them on . |
| 18 | Pennett was offered a one-season trial on Johnson 's recommendation , and says : ‘ It has so far gone better than I dared to hope . |
| 19 | One was my convict , and the other was the man who had run away when I had seen him near the shelter . |
| 20 | Needing the number of a firm in Guildford ( Candy Domestic Equipment ) I had waited for five minutes for the inquiry people to answer , been cut short when I attempted to give the address and then handed out two minutes of silence . |
| 21 | d' ya know it 's funny , on a Wednesday when I go , when they 've gone home and I 've tidied up a bit |
| 22 | But I 'd have gone nowhere if I 'd kept playing . |
| 23 | The feeling of fear had subsided somewhat and I remembered looking into the rubble-strewn backyards and thinking how sad it was that they were now in ruin , as last time I was at the station they were occupied . |
| 24 | It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this . |
| 25 | Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure . |
| 26 | The 6ft 4in hitman said : ‘ I do n't think my season has really started yet but I hope to rectify that now . |
| 27 | Our collecting had begun successfully although I had failed to realise how cold it could be at night in the forest . |
| 28 | The fry that have been born usually hide in these plants , although I have lost more than I have saved only rearing four Swords and two Mollies . |
| 29 | We had done a lot of hard motoring through three countries and , although we had by no means seen all of the Scandinavian birds , we had achieved more than I had expected on a first trip . |
| 30 | Ca n't say I 've learnt much although I 've started it again and again in the last two years . |