Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Corrections I joined Picture Group in 1981 and for some reason I ended up doing a lot of work for them in the ghettos , guns , drugs and things like that ; it became my forte and I came to feel at ease in this kind of environment . |
| 2 | I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right . |
| 3 | I consulted my conscience but it did n't put up much of a fight . |
| 4 | He got my cable and he 'll meet us fur dinner . ’ |
| 5 | I got my wings and I 'm gon na do my share , but as I got almost two years here , I found myself worrying about some poor tailgunner that was n't feeling well as he went on the airplane . |
| 6 | So I got my cushions and I laid here and he got his cushions and he were laid there and he says to me , are you taping this ? |
| 7 | I got my degree before we married . |
| 8 | A call of nature interrupted my pleasure and I went out to the necessary house behind the tavern , nothing more than a hole in the ground enclosed by a shabby wooden palisade and a door which bolted from the inside . |
| 9 | I met my wife when I was seventeen and she was fifteen . |
| 10 | He met my mother when he was in his early thirties and she must have been in her teens . |
| 11 | When we first met my fiancé and I used to make love every day and often in really unusual places — in fields , on the beach , in the car and so on . |
| 12 | ‘ So she became a writer in English , but without Englishness presumably ? ’ asked my friend when we met again . |
| 13 | I asked my parents if they would allow me to stay the night , saying that Valeria was alone in the house and I would keep her company . |
| 14 | In the meantime I asked my vet whether he would let me have some sedatives to put into her food . |
| 15 | So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs |
| 16 | I asked my guide if they made the sort of paper that was used for books ; she said they made every sort of paper . |
| 17 | ‘ A good time ? ’ asked my mother when we returned . |
| 18 | The two leaves and the gates had gone long since , for it possibly dated from the sixteenth century — nevertheless there was a distinct something about it and Mr. Hibberd , the antique dealer often asked my mother if she would consider selling . |
| 19 | I always got on with my daughter , but she 's in Canada now , so I asked my son if I could stay with him for a bit . |
| 20 | He asked my advice and I said she should be found suitable private accommodation . |
| 21 | I wept and I hugged my father and I even hugged Diggs , smelling his hard-blue uniform fabric as I did so and almost feeling him melt and believe me . |
| 22 | Women who through their racism , collusion and a profound lack of political intelligence , made my sisters and me completely invisible . |
| 23 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 24 | We come along and they passed my load and they turned his load away . |
| 25 | I checked my watch as I dialled : 9.15 , which meant the admin shift should be into their first tea-break by now . |
| 26 | I checked my stride and she shouted again . |
| 27 | One family gave me a day off every month , told me I had to be back before nine in the evening and checked my bag when I left to see if I had n't robbed anything . |
| 28 | Werewolf avoided my gaze as he sipped wine . |
| 29 | ‘ When the car had gone past me I applied my safety-catch and I saw Private Aindow standing in a firing position ’ . |
| 30 | One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put . |