Example sentences of "[det] [be] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Erm I du n no this is somebody else 's paper so This is before I had a I worked it out as I I th I thought it 'd work out a three- four-five triangle .
2 This is before I left , I I , I have n't done .
3 Well this is and I noticed erm sort of do my in this particular one , she said she 's interested in North American Indians
4 He did explain what this was but I did n't catch all he said and I wonder if you could give me a little more detail ?
5 Anyway , a few of us had a drink in the hotel that night , and apparently there was a fight ; this was after I got drunk and got put to bed .
6 The result of all this was that I returned to Europe and settled in Paris with her .
7 Her interpretation of this was that I did n't like him because I was jealous of their relationship .
8 This was before I did my Leaving .
9 This was because I thought that the universe had to return to a smooth and ordered state when it became small again .
10 One question , and that is that I noticed on page three , er , you 've got your revised estimate with effect in ninety four , five , you 've got nothing .
11 Erm Tom has a different er starting number of crackers but that is because I filled some more up .
12 I only have a pound left and I was paid on Friday and that is because I bought food and very basic toiletries .
13 It does have some impact I 'm sure that you 've been the training session and you thought it 's really good , really got a lot out of it and you 're quite surprised to see someone sitting next to you did n't like that much at all , you thought hmm wonder why that is because I found the content really interesting and it could have been the content matter did n't really sort of do anything for the people , it could have been the way it was put together , put over and the way it was actually structured .
14 My mother also had it and when I had previously attempted to diet and had successfully lost weight there was little improvement , if any , to the appearance of my ugly dimpled thighs , that is until I went on my low fat diet .
15 I , no , the reason I got that is cos I said to Nicola I 'm not working less than three pound , cos I 'm gon na over four pounds there .
16 That 's before I went in the army .
17 and waited six months to get home , that 's before I got married
18 That 's because I had fluid on one of my lungs .
19 Well that 's because I had n't been in there and you can be
20 ‘ Ah , that 's because I knew you were cheap , ’ the boyfriend said .
21 That 's because I told her what they said to me in erm erm
22 That 's because I came to live here .
23 That 's because I mailed it myself .
24 That 's because I did n't have time to sit and colour with him so he decided he 'd do it all blue himself did n't you ?
25 That 's because I did n't buy any .
26 It looks like 16mm film because it 's Kodak Gold and that 's because I wanted it to look like good-quality home snaps as opposed to a kind of beautiful , arty shot .
27 no that 's because I wanted it before
28 missed out the E , no that 's , that 's because I learned
29 That 's because I needed to get somewhere .
30 That 's cos I told them .
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