Example sentences of "[prep] [coord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then that 's a fiver , and then you 've got the worry of and you got you got to go shops because when it 's so hot things go stale you 've got to have |
| 2 | And he , and I remember ah , er er , I mean I was only , well I was sort of and he had his feet up on the table , he was smoking a cigarette and he , and he had a laid back attitude . |
| 3 | Anyway , he gave them a few examples of the jobs he was looking for and they told him he was unqualified . |
| 4 | There were very few human beings I cared for and I cared nothing for cactuses . |
| 5 | Like this , you see looking for and I said she 's gone on a bike ride ! |
| 6 | My mum come up to see me and asked me what the bandage was for and I told her I 'd burnt myself . |
| 7 | I knew roughly what I was looking for and I found it on the floor under a seat frame from which the seat had been removed . |
| 8 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 9 | It did n't get any better and somebody told me about and I took her down there , oh Mrs she 's picked up mange , I said mange , I know she said you feel just like when your child 's got nits in their hair |
| 10 | we 'd never , like I mean , I can remember in Plymouth dad saying when we get there , erm we 'll buy a television , we 'll have a television and we did n't know what he was talking about and he said it 's a wireless with pictures , you know , and our minds were boggling we just could n't understand it , and then of course that was another bit of bribery got us to come . |
| 11 | Cos Dora rang and she said could er somebody get her twenty pounds worth and I said what do you want it for ? |
| 12 | But in the hospital you were smilin' like and I knew I was mistakin' . |
| 13 | The people who were lived behind Ann there 's a yo young couple in there I think he beat her up , I mean that I wanted to go round me , because I know what it felt like and I wished somebody had come and help me . |
| 14 | She was n't entirely sure what she was looking for but she remembered what Amy had said about her husband 's church in one of the group sessions at St Sylvester 's . |
| 15 | He had n't got the information I was waiting for but he rang me back at about a quarter to ten . |
| 16 | mm , I shall er get the other lot in and do that , do that first thing in the morning , get every thing cleared up , and then if you give me your pull overs , I can hand wash those and put them in the spin drier so you 'd better sort them out do you think you 'd of put some tassels in that pelmet ? , you know where the I 've got some spare one 's no , do n't you remember I went into and he gave me a piece of the trimming and I can take the tassels off |
| 17 | Which did you succeed most with and which did you fail badly with ? |
| 18 | He was gentle and easy to be with and she liked what Jack called the mad Jewish grin . |
| 19 | yeah there was an actor erm and he was playing Russian roulette with and he put it up to his temple , pulled the trigger the blank went off , bloody blew his brains in . |
| 20 | ‘ But without doubt he was the greatest player I have been in the same side with and he helped me improve myself no end . |
| 21 | ‘ They carry nothing and wear nothing to identify them , where they come from or who sent them . ’ |
| 22 | But she had money from and I gave her |
| 23 | She says , Ali Carver , she said they 'd been to that last Saturday night with a couple from and she said they paid fifteen pound just them |
| 24 | I remember when I started my training I work with this girl and I said where 'd you come from and she said I come from the most boring town in Britain , I says where Grantham ? , she says yeah , I says is it boring , she says yeah huh , it is |
| 25 | " I love the idea of that sort of gift , because it 's so special and you always remember where it came from and who gave it to you . " |
| 26 | He had used them before and they knew what to do . |
| 27 | Martin Kernahan says they 've done the RAC rally before and they fancied something different … their car is built in spain and the rally is all on tarmac so it should be good |
| 28 | He was , then , a big , overgrown , shy man of twenty-eight who had never loved anyone before and it made him feel happy and strong and confident . |
| 29 | There was an agony inside him which he had never felt before and he closed his eyes briefly . |
| 30 | Jean-Claude had never tasted steamed puddings before and he liked them . |