Example sentences of "[pron] i [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I I heard something over the weekend , that that erm , mentioned er an American drug company , that has come up with whatever drug and it 's moved from being a million pound concern , into a multi-million pound concern , because of these discoveries , |
| 2 | So naturally I had to get it with and it was heavier th I do n't know how much it weighed , I I I got it by the way , in my barn in farm in Indiana , one of the last relics of Brothers . |
| 3 | Yeah , well I , I I saw it in the paper . |
| 4 | I tried once or twice to reverse our roles , but he again made it clear that he did not want to talk about himself I said nothing about the glove . |
| 5 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 6 | I told you I saw her in the mornings standing at the bus stop . |
| 7 | The president was admitting to voters that ‘ everything I told you in the campaign was not true , ’ said Republican Senator Phil Gramm . |
| 8 | This is the reason for the ungrammaticality of : ( 40 ) the only book missing readable is Twyford 's Lives of the Slovak Saints By contrast , the examples of ( 41 ) are fully acceptable : ( 41 ) the only readable book missing is the one I told you about the only missing book readable is the one already mentioned The same contrast is seen in ( 42 ) beside the two cases of ( 43 ) which are both grammatically acceptable ( although not of course quite identical in meaning ) : ( 42 ) *one journalist striking accessible is Jana Flynn ( 43 ) one striking journalist accessible is Jana Flynn one accessible journalist striking is Jana Flynn The restriction is general , applying even if the particular adjectives concerned are ones which can normally appear postnominally . |
| 9 | Ca n't see No I , I did n't I did n't probe him I said what about the money though ? |
| 10 | These are n't my lecture notes they I cribbed them off the social psychologist and made copies last night . |
| 11 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 12 | That 's what I told you in the boat . ’ |