Example sentences of "[num ord] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 nineteenth I phoned her
2 After a thrilling final-set victory , the 43-year-old architect said : ‘ I had a bit of luck to win the third set and after Ian took the fourth I thought I would lose . ’
3 ‘ At first everyone thought I was gon na sound like Prince .
4 At first someone thought it might be a salmon but how could a salmon get into Loch Craig ?
5 At first I thought him very plain , that is , for about three minutes : he is pale and thin , has a wide mouth , thick lips , and not very good teeth , longish loose-growing half-curling rough black hair .
6 At first I thought they was bits of paper or summat that someone chucked in , but when the big boat went past , they all flew off .
7 As for Dana 's poems , at first I thought they were pretty feeble .
8 At first I thought they were police cars . ’
9 At first I thought they were muggers , but then there were only two of them and it was the middle of the street .
10 The father was a wild-haired rough-looking young man , very cheerful , and with such a strong local accent that at first I thought he was speaking Gaelic .
11 At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car .
12 ‘ At first I thought he had just blown up or even broken down .
13 At first I thought he must be out cold .
14 whatever you know , cos at first I thought he was hot in his cot and
15 ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid .
16 At first I thought I was out shopping with Marie , cos of all the people and cars and that , but then I remember I 'm lost .
17 At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it .
18 At first I thought I 'd been commissioned to rewrite The Archers theme .
19 At first I thought I would die of hunger , as I could not eat the Yahoos ' dirty meat or the Houys ' grass and corn .
20 At first I thought I could not have children because of my age .
21 At first I thought I might be having an out-of-body experience .
22 At first I thought I would have to wait .
23 At first I thought I was dead , but after that everything is a blurr .
24 At first I thought I had been pushed too wide .
25 When I had them first I thought I 'm never going to use them you know they 're so clumsy and they 're so big and now I rather enjoy them .
26 At first I thought it was the naval guns out in the Channel .
27 At first I thought it must be April Fools ' Day .
28 ‘ At first I thought it was a pigeon , but as the feathers went past the window I realised it was something else . ’
29 His grey hair was cropped so short that at first I thought it was bald .
30 At first I thought it was just another question for translation .
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