Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first someone thought it might be a salmon but how could a salmon get into Loch Craig ? |
| 2 | It was removed , apparently because someone thought it might become the butt of jokes . |
| 3 | and then someone said Barbra Streisand and then someone said she ca n't be cos she 's nice |
| 4 | Someone said I ought to think about getting a good night 's sleep . |
| 5 | And someone said you ought to get yourself a pair . |
| 6 | Wraith Grant , who spent £26,000 to win £18,000 before losing his tour status in 1991 , summed it up : ‘ If someone said you could be a millionaire in two years ' time , what would you do ? |
| 7 | Mind you it 'll probably be fine and anyway as someone said it 'll be good to widen the group a bit more and launch some journalistic careers into the bargain ( -> ) . |
| 8 | Someone suggested they should all bathe in champagne beforehand and the bath was filled with some cheap bubbly . |
| 9 | Someone suggested I might have some Chanel No 5 as an alternative , but I did n't , and if I had , it would n't have gone very far . |
| 10 | Someone suggested he might be ‘ shocked ’ that a Democrat from Republican eastern Utah was occupying his office . |
| 11 | Someone suggested he should go out and read the Riot Act , but he declined . |
| 12 | From time to time he would visit his family in Germany and when he left in July 1939 everyone assumed he would return . |
| 13 | At the annual meeting in March Mr Saatchi warned that profits would fall this year ( although nobody expected they would fall nearly as much as they have done ) and there would be disposals . |
| 14 | So if somebody died they would they would the body or or make the coffin and |
| 15 | I mean nobody thought I could do that . |
| 16 | Nobody said we must have polythene . |
| 17 | Nobody said we must have polythene |
| 18 | But I mean I think Gill sort of worries the fact I think she 's , I mean nobody said she 'd be in there till Christmas . |
| 19 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 20 | Because even if somebody said I would like that training if it 's not available you ca n't just turn around and say well tough it 's not available you ca n't |
| 21 | The Tories , I resigned on principle when somebody suggested I could join a women 's committee and I said I thought |
| 22 | They looked out for Barbara Coleman on the way , but there were taxis about and no one doubted she would have called one . |
| 23 | Myra always said Geminis were good with ideas , and if this one worked it could solve her immediate problems . |
| 24 | I catch a bit of radio while I 'm changing cassettes just north of Perth and hear something called I 'll Sleep When I 'm Dead by Bon Jovi which is n't a patch on Uncle Warren 's song of the same name and makes me more than reasonably annoyed . |
| 25 | ‘ With one bound I would throw myself on the large white bearskin , which I adored , and cover its great head with kisses . ’ |
| 26 | In one bound he would be free of all financial worries . |
| 27 | It is also said that he leaves the defence undermanned , but neither charge was proved on Saturday as Barcelona rode adversity in an absorbing match that emphasised , as one knew it would , how hurried and imprecise so much of the British game has become and how necessary it is that we cherish such exceptions as Liverpool , Norwich and Nottingham Forest if the art is not essentially to be driven out . |
| 28 | Nothing was proved beyond doubt , but no one felt they could take chances . |
| 29 | On being introduced he made an effort not to avert his eyes , as one felt he would have done as a young man . |
| 30 | Heffers ' sales were up 6 or 7% on last December : ‘ Christmas was n't marvellous , but it did n't turn out as badly as one feared it might , ’ reported Mark Wait . |