Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I failed and the French caught me I would hang . |
| 2 | If I won and the French caught me I would hang . |
| 3 | Port Arthur ( Lushun ) , at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula , held out until early 1905 , after eight months of a siege into which the Japanese threw everything they had . |
| 4 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |
| 5 | and the inevitable happened it it got hit and the next time we saw it it was it was galloping across the field with it 's one of his front paws |
| 6 | A great man in those days who was trying to be encouraging told me I had a terrific eye for English weather . |
| 7 | It was a hard act to follow , but the poor did what they could to provide respectable funerals for their dead . |
| 8 | United gave everything they 'd got … they matched the big boys in effort and endeavour … down a bit on speed and power but that 's what you 'd expect … |
| 9 | I used the term loosely , but Trippy knew what I meant . |
| 10 | Young Gareth did n't want them to give up , they said , but Mr Vickers senior told him you 'd be all right even if you had got lost . |