Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The next I knew was when the boy came for me and told me that there were two dead bodies in the Little Vestry . |
| 32 | In those early pre-TV Saturday afternoon matinee days at the Ideal cinema in Carrickfergus , only two movies broke the mould for me and lodged themselves forever in the imagination : The Wizard of Oz and Darby O'Gill and the Little People . |
| 33 | But later , I realized that it had been quite good for me and stopped me getting big-headed . |
| 34 | I only once went into his garden , a beautifully kept one , even in war-time , when he kindly picked a bunch of tulips for me and showed me some new potatoes he was growing in pots in the greenhouse . |
| 35 | And after two and a half hours , the doctor made the decision for me and gave me the epidural . |
| 36 | He wired all my lamps for me and fixed my washing machine . ’ |
| 37 | As the taxi jolted through the streets of Butterfield , she linked her arm through his and kissed him . |
| 38 | Adam drew her arm through his and led her away , for she was half-blinded with tears . |
| 39 | Isobel stared at him , then laughed , drew her arm through his and pulled him towards the door . |
| 40 | He repeated the words after me and wrote them down . |
| 41 | In a Welsh farm family the grandmother was bedridden , and child-care fell to the grandfather : ‘ cause he was in the house , he was the one that looked after me and kept me in order . ’ |
| 42 | But the dogs chased after me and attacked me , and I was soon knocked to the ground . |
| 43 | But I have two lovely daughters and two sons , and they 've always looked after me and loved me . |
| 44 | And then of course , the other characteristics that go with religion , and that he had emphasized in other books on Totem and Taboo , like guilt , the feeling that you ought to obey the moral commands of the parents , because after all the parents were n't just benevolent entities who looked after you and rewarded you and praised you , but they were your judges and censors as well . |
| 45 | His ‘ Leith , you do n't … ’ could n't have been very important either , otherwise , knowing him , he 'd have charged after her and made her listen . |
| 46 | She began to march towards the door , but Theda ran after her and grasped her arm . |
| 47 | Matilda went after her and found herself in what seemed to be a dark narrow tunnel . |
| 48 | Why had n't Shamrock 's owners looked after her and loved her as we had done ? |
| 49 | He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together , kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders . |
| 50 | This had been doubly hurtful , for it meant that she not only did not want to work for and look after him but preferred his lifestyle to her own , and by implication ( for she was a lazy woman ) that meant that she considered what he did not to be work at all , merely a pleasurable means of making a great deal of money . |
| 51 | Three of the remaining four were working together until Sunbury when Anderson and Ferrari missed the rollers , allowing Pereira to break away but Andersen chased after him and passed him before the finish . |
| 52 | She leaned across to pull the door shut after him and felt his warm breath on her cheek . |
| 53 | Without time to do more than yell in protest as he set off , Sarella launched herself after him and did her utmost to keep pace . |
| 54 | I ran after him and grabbed his arm to stop him . |
| 55 | He put one hand out ; she put out hers and gripped his forearm , looked up briefly and made a noise which might have been " thanks " , and went on working at the strap of her shoe . |
| 56 | Suddenly they all surged towards me and flung their coins into the canvas sheet I was guarding and one old codger decided to go home . |
| 57 | Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice . |
| 58 | As I landed , four of the men came towards me and took me by the arms . |
| 59 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 60 | Father spun round , took three steps towards me and smacked me on the ear . |