Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father , Sir Tom , was the second most famous man of the British stage , of any stage for that matter ; a towering and famous figure , one of the great actors of all time , who accepted the adulation as his due and who had expected me , like the rest of his children , to follow in his footsteps . |
| 2 | ‘ Bebeto was more reluctant than I was , but the president and I managed to persuade him , ’ said the midfielder . |
| 3 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 4 | Next day , McMartin 's parents had noticed that he was taking a great interest in news of the murder and he had told them some things about the incident . |
| 5 | A groan was his reply and he began kissing her again , this time letting his lips travel down her throat towards the open neck of her blouse and leaving a hot trail of sensation in his wake . |
| 6 | So er there was this poor girl sitting on this seat and I 'd seen her there and so , there was a nice lady sat they said er they took the Redditch train off the thing and put this Shrewsbury on . |
| 7 | James had stated in the prologue to ‘ The Black Jacobins ’ that he had written the book with the independence of Africa in mind and he had considered it more than fortuitous that a number of other books by black writers had been published around the same time . |
| 8 | He was obviously Garry 's brother-in-law and he had mistaken her for Dana . |
| 9 | I spoke to the mayor and we decided to give them a proper Christian burial in the village cemetery . |
| 10 | SO WE CONTACTED YOUR DIRTY TRICKS DEPARTMENT AND THEY AGREED TO SEND YOU ! ! ! |
| 11 | and he 'd remembered this spiel and he 'd got it word perfect and he 's reeling it off as his one objection |
| 12 | George Michael was on with Jacqueline Bisset and he confessed that she had been his pin-up and he 'd loved her from afar for years . |
| 13 | and they would actually send and I know why because erm John Lewis in London erm Jackie wanted some fabric and she 'd seen it up there and Harrods and erm she found out she did n't have her card with her , just her Barclaycard said would you post this we wou we 'll have to charge you , like , two pound |
| 14 | One of the colleges he listed invited Katrina up for an interview and she seemed to like it there . |
| 15 | Mr Sugden was the owner of the car and he had insured it . |
| 16 | You , erm , I use buses and cars and I use a bike as well , er , er I think that , we used to have a car and I stopped using it , I used it , we had it when the kids were small and I found it really good for getting them around and it really was necessary to young mothers but their big now and I do n't have to chauffeur . |
| 17 | They 'd put it in the boot of the car and she said chuck it ! |
| 18 | They were reading it down the tape and I had to tape it all . |
| 19 | It must be the one they had found in the lock and she had handed it to Darren to relock the door . |
| 20 | I give him two barm cakes and we had one each and before we 'd finished , started our second half of our one , he 'd ate the two , give him a custard and he 'd ate it |
| 21 | It was a great statement of friendship and I wanted to thank him , but appreciated he would be offended . |
| 22 | Things did go wrong … she 'd trusted in the powers of justice and compassion before , and she 'd lost her mother … she 'd trusted Mortimer with her friendship and he 'd betrayed her … trusted Guy with the whole of her heart and soul last night and all the time he 'd been laughing behind her back at the ‘ sexy redhead ’ from Chesters … |
| 23 | I remembered a night by the river when daylight faded , darkness fell and the moon rose at once with a new light and I had thought I understood everything and that everything was good . |
| 24 | He was deathly pale and obviously still in the first shock of grief but it had taken him differently . |
| 25 | James 's face had reddened with confusion but he managed to give him a nod which said ‘ Go on . ’ |
| 26 | You either got tuck boxes from home or you had to supplement it with your own earnings , which , ten shillings a week . |
| 27 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 28 | Maybe he and Carrie had discussed her marriage and she had told him things , secret things that were intimate to the marriage bed . |
| 29 | She had a bad cold and he 'd dressed her in layers of clothes so that her coat buttons bulged and her boots were tight and hot . |
| 30 | I did n't know she had this cold and she 'd had it for ten |