Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as Orton pointed out in the diary , as usual nothing came of it — not even after telling a man who tried to get in their way to ‘ piss off ’ . |
| 2 | But it was difficult to see why they would , given that everyone seemed to agree with the current policy . |
| 3 | After that everyone went to bed , but nobody slept . |
| 4 | So that if everyone if if people who wrote the dictionaries did n't know people 'd still be going round thinking that everyone said fore head or break fast . |
| 5 | I expect that everyone came to church here , this evening because they knew that it was a communion Sunday , and the sacrament of Holy Communion would be celebrated here this evening . |
| 6 | After that everyone tried to help Karen . |
| 7 | Somewhere inside the building , an electric bell shrilled but after that nothing happened . |
| 8 | Blaming it on the Company would be just a fallback — you would n't believe me if I said I was n't drinking of that but you might believe me if I say we 'd prefer the good old British way : that nothing happened and there 's no blame at all . |
| 9 | Immediately some commentators claimed that she and Prince Charles had succeeded in mending their marriage , while others sniffed cynically that in private nothing had changed . |
| 10 | You might find it 's a little bit strange me stood up here talking to you about temporary labour , part-time workers , when you 've heard what Asda 's gone through and said temporary labour situations all morning . |
| 11 | It also explains his failure in that no-one knew which was his real priority . |
| 12 | One day in February 1943 I returned to my billet to find the usual envelope addressed in my mother 's round handwriting . |
| 13 | ‘ In 1943 I joined Northumberland , New Zealand Shipping Co vessel , and crossed the Atlantic to Panama , through to New Zealand and back again . |
| 14 | I remember the first time I used the frail I got a clout o' the skull that I 'd remember . |
| 15 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |
| 16 | When I first moved to Hackney in London 's East End as a medical student in 1971 I saw the graffito : ‘ HACKNEY — AN ASYLUM WITHOUT WALLS ’ . |
| 17 | When we did the rehearsal again and Steven got it right I asked myself , has he played this scene before ? |
| 18 | That 's right I said , you know , I ca n't understand you ! |
| 19 | No , no , it 's right I said erm the back end is such and such a registration Ford Orion but the front end 's off a Ford Escort ! |
| 20 | Oh that 's right I got stuck there the other the other day |
| 21 | Yeah , well that 's right I got them . |
| 22 | Oh aye that 's right I heard it on the radio . |
| 23 | Yes you 're right I 'd forgotten that boat trip . |
| 24 | So I 'm right I thought oh my God ! |
| 25 | Oh yes I , that 's right I did , I got something from you to say I could |
| 26 | ‘ You 're damn right I did ! ’ |
| 27 | After winning the European Indoor I thought that sponsorship and help would come rolling in . |
| 28 | When I examined my own horse 's stable I found only traces of hay . |
| 29 | Just the first kit , yes I shall probably do that there put it in without an envelope looks like there might , I might have so an odd I got some more of the envelopes at home I might have a small one , but er |
| 30 | It 's possible I knew subconsciously all along what I was going to do with the gun . |