Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are unlikely to be any Scottish Conservative Back Benchers either , not only because there are so few of them but because none of them has participated in this debate , apart from a brief intervention by the hon. and learned member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) that could hardly have been described as serious participation . |
| 2 | ‘ Your reflections , ’ Hope cried out to the apparently enraptured merchant , ‘ set off my own — as do all the most acute thoughts , scattering from the hand like seeds , each of which can take on a life of its own , and I confess that I became absorbed in those great matters of morality and commerce raised by your eloquent conversation . ’ |
| 3 | I slid down until I became entangled in some bracken . |
| 4 | Such is the entertainment value of working out your own routes that I remain baffled by those who think the West Highland Way is a good idea . |
| 5 | Now I am filled with remorse , loathing and longing , because I love my wife and children but I remain attracted to this girl and ca n't get her out of my mind . |
| 6 | Now I am filled with remorse , loathing and longing , because I love my wife and children but I remain attracted to this girl and ca n't get her out of my mind . |
| 7 | I got injured in this game as well . |
| 8 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 9 | I do n't know what , I mean some people may , you know , may not even perceive you know the concept of sin so I got rid of that |
| 10 | Er I got rid of that thing . |
| 11 | Oh I got rid of that one . |
| 12 | and then I got rid of that , that dining table did n't I ? |
| 13 | Would you recommend that I got rid of some of it then by paying my poll tax or doing something with it or use the money to live off ? |
| 14 | I was out and under the bonnet when I got stopped by this policeman . |
| 15 | Then , as the weeks went by , I got filled with this sense of pride . |
| 16 | I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place . |
| 17 | I got done for that . |
| 18 | ‘ I got recognised by this real old stomper in the sit-down Chinese in Cinderford … ’ |
| 19 | I got charged with that and the attempted theft . |
| 20 | I got caught with all these drugs in a car by the same police ( I do n't know what I do , but it 's the same police every time I get arrested ) and I got charged with possession . |
| 21 | Yeah , but married couple there did have a couple of people there that got married while they were in the T A but they were n't allowed , they never allowed to sort of buddy , buddy together I tell you why I got put with that woman . |
| 22 | Then I got arrested for some petty thing , shoplifting . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I got trapped into that statement . |
| 24 | ‘ My wife and I got married in that church ’ |
| 25 | I came from Jamaica over twenty years ago and I got married in this country and I have stayed here ever since and although perhaps I might want to go back to Jamaica it 's not home to him . |
| 26 | I went , until I sank exhausted on some steps opposite a church . |
| 27 | I seemed possessed of some extraordinary mad courage . |
| 28 | Once I 'd broken into this solicitor 's and all there was there was this big safe , y'know the type I mean , a big square box that was on this big slab of polished wood . |
| 29 | I thought I 'd gone to all that trouble to lure you into my net , sort out the money , only to send you back into his arms . |
| 30 | Oh I , I 'd gone over several times , oh yes . |