Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you . |
| 2 | One of them asked as we got to the landing . |
| 3 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 4 | of them revealed that they had been the victims of marital rape . |
| 5 | A chilly breeze was moving and several of them trembled where they sat . |
| 6 | These Awards are intended to encourage schools and local agencies to work together in involving young people in sport , and keeping them involved when they leave school . |
| 7 | The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me . |
| 8 | ‘ You bastard , ’ one of them shouted as he raced after it . |
| 9 | ‘ You never knew how messed up I became after we broke up . |
| 10 | I asked whether they did not find it inconvenient , living so near the French border , not to speak French , but they said not . |
| 11 | I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father : |
| 12 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 13 | In an intervention during the Home Secretary 's speech , I asked whether he had consulted or heard from the Prison Governors Association about the Bill . |
| 14 | I mentioned at the beginning the idea of a classless society , now I do n't know what you think of the er the idea of a classless society , it 's something that the th th Prime Minister erm er er talked about when he , when he took office and I asked whether you think it 's possible to have , we if you think a classless society is possible at all , whether you think it 's desirable . |
| 15 | she spoke to and said we 've discussed it cos I asked whether she 'd done that , she said she 'd spoken to and said we 've discussed that we should share the work more equally and said no I 'm happy with the way things were and left it that way |
| 16 | I asked that they take a different route each time , as far as possible , and to occasionally drive him there . |
| 17 | I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk . |
| 18 | I asked when they 'd gone . |
| 19 | So I asked if we wanted anything ? |
| 20 | I asked if they knew the way to the Sanctum . |
| 21 | When he told me that he had inherited the cardinal 's robes of his predecessor , Cardinal Heenan , and I asked if they fitted , he said , ‘ No . |
| 22 | So I asked if they wanted anything and she said a bed at the cottage hospital |
| 23 | I asked if she had ever been to hear Billy Graham ; a bit unlikely I thought . |
| 24 | I asked if she had made a separate tension swatch for the stocking stitch , to which she replied yes and that although she used stitch size 7 for the Fair Isle and 5.2 for the stocking stitch , it had matched exactly ( ? ) . |
| 25 | As one of the most respected figures in women 's tennis , and a member of the Player committee , I asked if she felt changes were necessary to the women 's game at the moment . |
| 26 | I asked if she remembered Old Red , and described meeting him in the subway , but not his current reputation , for that would have been less than tactful , as I hoped one day to marry them off , and unfair , since he had been so pleasant to me . |
| 27 | I asked if she needed a ride . |
| 28 | ‘ After she 'd stroked it , I asked if she liked dogs . |
| 29 | I asked if she liked living in this country . |
| 30 | As the woman was weeping , I asked if she cried often about this . |