Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became slightly unnerved by the frequent reassurances I was given by fundholders that they would n't do anything to ‘ upset the applecart ’ or disadvantage their colleagues ' patients . |
| 2 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 3 | As I began to serve more regularly I became more accepted amongst the older stalwarts of the service , my naval experience and general seamanship picked up on fishing craft and yachts standing me in good stead . |
| 4 | There I became horribly fascinated by the place , the ‘ sick child ’ of Germany , with its decay , its division , its degradation . |
| 5 | I got so committed to the story down there , and I 've got so many friends among the Muslims , Serbs , Croats , peacekeepers and peacemakers that it would be very hard to let it go . |
| 6 | HIS betrothed vilely poisoned by the Duke , his father dead of discontent while in the same nobleman 's employment , his virtuous sister threatened with seduction by the same man 's son — 't is little wonder Vindice feels a trifle miffed . |
| 7 | God , I was nearly in an accident last night , that reminds me , coming , I 'd just turned off the Wrexham road , er going along the Paisword one |
| 8 | I switched on the engine , closed my eyes and … felt like I 'd just stepped onto a corporation bus . |
| 9 | As a student , with everybody into punk in a big way , I 'd regularly paid over the odds for Chuck Mangione imports . |
| 10 | I 'd even gone to the trouble of finding a real piece of rattan jog — the dried bark which gives a deep red colour to the dish — in the fifth Punjabi deli I 'd tried . |
| 11 | I held up the intact bottle of rice wine I 'd finally recovered from the depths of my parka . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd already gone on a beginners ’ sailing weekend , and although it was very rough — not beginners ' weather at all — I really loved it . ’ |
| 13 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
| 14 | Well I 'd already spoken to the man who was running the course , the lecturer and he told me I could go on it , but his secretary said it was booked . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I 'm certainly wishing I 'd never heard of the wretched letters , that 's for sure ! ’ she exclaimed , recovering her spirit . |
| 16 | I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life . |
| 17 | I think a lot of it was to do with the fact that I 'd never driven in the dark before . |
| 18 | Mrs Ellerton said : ‘ I 'd only flicked through the book and that one mistake jumped off the page at me . |
| 19 | at party yeah I was in the toilet yeah and this bloke comes in and goes oh and I 'd only got like a hit 's worth left |
| 20 | It was coming at me like a bullet , head shaking , lips curled back , teeth long and yellow and by far the biggest I 'd ever seen on a rabbit , live or dead . |
| 21 | I saw the biggest , steepest cylinders of water I 'd ever seen from the relative sanctuary of the beach , and Pottz finally landed the world title . |
| 22 | It was the first time I 'd ever thought of the baby as " he " . |
| 23 | I 'd hardly gone into the room when there was a cry as a woman found you slumped in a seat . ’ |
| 24 | I hardly approached the book unwilling to hear ill spoken of science ; but I came away struck by the rapidity with which most cases of scientific fraud have been exposed and penalised . |
| 25 | I felt oddly disturbed by the new hair-do . |
| 26 | I felt totally drawn into the piece as I recognised struggled I 've had with my own mother and my feelings of shame , and fear , talking about sex — the terrible silence that develops which no one attempts to break down for fear of the pain ‘ that ‘ conversation would bring ’ . |
| 27 | I felt very moved by the sincerity of worship , the music , the servers — such dignity . |
| 28 | ‘ I first came across Virginia Woolf through Orlando when I was a teenage person and it was the first time that I felt really addressed by a writer , ’ she says . |
| 29 | I had nearly got to the front door when Father appeared at the top of the stairs . |
| 30 | I suppose the problem was that I had never been told about it officially — that is , by an adult — and so I had somehow blocked off the information , not connecting it with myself , with my own body . |