Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [conj] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you what I , the hedging I liked too , is if you can have a hedging that comes , you know , some of the garden centres sell them that you got something every month of the year |
| 2 | I 'd spend hours cooking meals for Gary , then eat them before he got home so I 'd have to cook more . |
| 3 | Then overnight they redraft them because they did n't really matter in the first place . |
| 4 | She 's just , that 's just pulling their mind you I did say to her the last straw was Christmas day , can you imagine like , I mean me and him did n't have to , I did n't have to stay in and cook dinner , I done it cos she was there we 'd all be together , she did n't fucking come home . |
| 5 | Because I I mean I because she had asked me originally to keep it but I keep mine all separate until you asked me for it . |
| 6 | She was coming to the end of months on the barren atoll of Pity Me when she heard the moth rattle against her window , between tacked-up scarlet and black batik fabric and the glass . |
| 7 | I confess that I was completely hooked on Lincoln 's work , but like most other people I could not agree with his conclusions or refute them as I had no knowledge of Rennes-le-Chateau , its area or history . |
| 8 | ‘ I say them two or three times and it became more obvious each time I say them that they had a real understanding of what it was they were trying to do musically . |
| 9 | Forgive me if I seemed confused . |
| 10 | Woe betide you if you got three or more wrong . |
| 11 | More fool you if you did n't . |
| 12 | As a child it had been embarrassing and as both teachers and playmates had looked askance at the familiarity she 'd reverted to the ubiquitous ‘ Mum ’ in their presence , but woe betide her if she had lapsed into this form of address in Margaret 's presence ! |
| 13 | Her eyes swept across his face , and suddenly she had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him that it was n't important at all , that she was , inside , what he 'd called a real woman , one who wanted a home and children to fill it , and most of all a husband , a man who would take her in his arms and kiss her until nothing mattered except him , kiss her as Nicolo had , make her want him as she 'd wanted Nicolo … |
| 14 | He could tell by the tone of her voice that today she would be counting , and woe betide him if he failed to reach the kitchen before his allotted twenty seconds were used up . |
| 15 | He could look at her , yearn for her , but never touch her because he had no right to the adoration he saw in her eyes . |
| 16 | Forgive him because he did n't know what he was doing . |
| 17 | One said it was pointless to put him on a waiting list , but letters from a grain merchant 's and from Littlewood 's Pools promised to file his application and interview him when he returned home . |
| 18 | Her eyes swept across his face , and suddenly she had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him that it was n't important at all , that she was , inside , what he 'd called a real woman , one who wanted a home and children to fill it , and most of all a husband , a man who would take her in his arms and kiss her until nothing mattered except him , kiss her as Nicolo had , make her want him as she 'd wanted Nicolo … |
| 19 | Would he take Doreen in his arms and kiss her as he 'd kissed her , Lucy ? |
| 20 | And yet the shaming thing was , she wanted him to hold her , kiss her as he had before . |
| 21 | I want to buy a Christmas tree and decorate it like we used to at school but Marie says we ai n't got enough money . |
| 22 | She did n't know what made her say it but she felt proud , a lovely , running excitement went through her , like water . |
| 23 | In better days , however , it merely served to guarantee the privacy of the sovereigns and as a diversion for the Prince Imperial who enjoyed running up and down it when he came to play with his parents . |
| 24 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 25 | Again I thought , well , the world 's there whenever I want it and I had been presented with an incredible opportunity . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You could catch trout and smoke them if you had to , ’ I said . |
| 27 | I said , Yes I stop me and we stopped the waggon half past two in the morning on top of the a load going to erm Holland or somewhere . |
| 28 | We were to wait for the oyster-fishing season in the Bay of Cancale without giving the boats notice and stop them as they sailed past Barfleur Head … |
| 29 | The natives were treacherous people , as everyone knew , ungodly and faithless , and their early shows of friendship were nothing but a ruse to lull the pioneers into a false feeling of security , so that they could ensnare them in their false enchantments , pounce on them unawares and kill them while they slept . |
| 30 | If , for example , a patient expressed the wish that the doctor kill her if she reached a particular point of mental and physical deterioration , or if the request was that she be left to die when she was not terminally ill , then the doctor would be legally obliged to ignore the request . |