Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adj] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am delighted and surprised it has happened so quickly , ’ Mr Janner said . |
| 2 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 3 | I mean , what I want is that she shouts and I shout and she shouts back , then I say I 'm sorry and put my arms round her , then we kiss and make love maybe , and in the end we 're both real people again . |
| 4 | ‘ I was upset and raised my voice . |
| 5 | ‘ I was upset and raised my voice . |
| 6 | Though I was tired and begged you to leave off . |
| 7 | I said I was sorry and hoped she 'd soon be better and to tell her not to worry , that of course we 'd manage . |
| 8 | I was early and made my way slowly through the deserted canyon of skyscrapers on this hot afternoon . |
| 9 | Erm I must say that on the clothing scene , because I did criticize it in my earlier statements , er that when I was so young I thought it was so frumpy and I was so pleased when I was married and got my own income that , you know , I could go elsewhere and choose something . |
| 10 | I was furious and punched it , its skin was surprisingly rough and split my hand open . ’ |
| 11 | He showed no desire to get up and greet me but I was merciless and dragged him inch by inch over the cobbles till he was lying at my feet . |
| 12 | The handbook also recommends making a diary of feelings when alone , with one column headed : ‘ Times I was alone and enjoyed it ’ and the other : ‘ Times I was alone and did n't enjoy it . |
| 13 | I was so needy at the time that I think I would have gone off with the first person who told me I was attractive and showed my affection . |
| 14 | When the recapitulation came , of course , I was ready and played it . |
| 15 | It must be a bit like being a lapsed Catholic , he thought ; you knew you were right but felt you were wrong . |
| 16 | A dish of apples stewed with dates , a cold , sago pudding if you were desperate and wanted your ribs sticking together . |
| 17 | She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see . |
| 18 | I have never felt such rage for M — even that day when she was drunk and hit me in front of that hateful boy Peter Catesby . |
| 19 | She was stricken and missed him terribly , but she would n't show it in public . |
| 20 | They declared that she was insatiable and begged them all to participate . |
| 21 | In a long conversation to another close friend near the end of June , Antonia said she was upset and worried she was n't seeing enough of her Minister . |
| 22 | He hated it when she was tactful and allowed him space to meet women . |
| 23 | But since she was comfortable and occupied she felt no need to take the advantage of her freedom . |
| 24 | She was surprised and sat herself down more carefully than was necessary on the stone seating . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , someone thought she was important and garrotted her . |
| 26 | He had said she was beautiful and called her Felipe 's woman , but obviously the count was not about to enlighten her on that particular score , and as she was not revealing her knowledge of his language she had to let it go . |
| 27 | She was jealous and saw herself as a failure . |
| 28 | She was rambling and knew it , but could n't stop . |
| 29 | He says she was abusive and accused him of abducting her child . |
| 30 | We were helpless but spurred our mothers into action with our cries for milk or affection , and through our lives we learn how to get what we want from our parents , partners or children . ) |