Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] [vb pp] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went on to say that although she 'd done what she could from her Oxford home , and encouraged her friends to do the same , eventually she just had to pack and go to Orkney . |
| 2 | Yet love him she did although she had told him she hated him . |
| 3 | However , after a couple of dances had elapsed , Clara thought she spotted the civilized young man who had assisted her on the Channel crossing ; once she had spotted him she turned rigidly away , so deep was her horror of imitating Janice 's conduct , but she lost nothing by it , for within a couple of minutes he presented himself , courteously , at her elbow . |
| 4 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 5 | There was something about cutter work — glamour , adventure , battling the elements , or just plain escapism — call it what you will , but once you had experienced it you had great difficulty in settling down to the more prosaic existence ashore . |
| 6 | He wanted $4500 for the job — once he had seen what it entailed — whereas because of the limited budget everyone else was on scale , amounting to a few hundred dollars . |
| 7 | What she dreaded was the prospect of facing life without Nathan once he had made her his . |
| 8 | Michael , if I 'd lost him I 'd have gone out to look for him — he died . ’ ’ |
| 9 | Watch me and wonder what would have happened if I had n't sent you away last night , if I 'd done what I longed to do , if I 'd let you make love to me … |
| 10 | So that was If I 'd done it you see , that was spoiling them . |
| 11 | cos I , I went down to sort it out and like , if I 'd had yours I could have , they could have mended it there and then . |
| 12 | almost if I 'd ate it you know , about half an hour ago |
| 13 | And I 'm sure I would have left the club readily and earlier if I 'd known what he was going to say later . |
| 14 | With a wry smile , Ellie admitted , ‘ It would n't have been so hard if I 'd known what he was talking about . ’ |
| 15 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 16 | That 's what he said , if I 'd known what I know now , he said I would n't of paid it ! |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'd known what you were going to do , I 'd never have caught him . ’ |
| 18 | If I 'd known what you intended to do with it , I 'd never have told you it existed . ’ |
| 19 | Do n't you see , if I 'd known what she was really planning , I 'd have asked more questions ? |
| 20 | If I 'd known what it was I would have chopped up that snow-plough before the snows arrived . ’ |
| 21 | " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? " |
| 22 | ‘ You did n't believe me when I said I had n't distracted Simon and you would n't have believed me if I 'd told you it was your child I might be carrying , ’ she replied , her voice shaking a little despite all her efforts to project a calm image . |
| 23 | ‘ If I 'd told you it was dinner you would have made an excuse . ’ |
| 24 | If I had believed what they said about me , I would have crawled away and given up . |
| 25 | The first thing she asked was if I had done what I promised |
| 26 | If I had touched her it might have been a very different thing ! |
| 27 | As we talked , I felt that if I had pressed him he would have loaned it to me anyway , but the Land Rover was necessary for the research programme and it would have been irresponsible to put John 's work at risk . |
| 28 | If I had known what he intended , I believe I would have run . |
| 29 | If I had told them him they would have found out my name . |
| 30 | The idea struck him as somehow absurd , as if I had told him I did n't have a head or a heart . |