Example sentences of "[vb past] i [verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Houy master was very interested in me , and as soon as I could speak the language , he asked me to explain where I had come from . |
| 2 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 3 | ‘ You heard me say how it felt as though I were in a bad dream , unable to wake . |
| 4 | I have seen my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford being poisonous or venomous , but neither poison nor venom did I detect when he raised a fair , sensible and extremely important matter that needs to be debated frankly and fully on the Floor of the House without the sort of ignorant , absurd and childish platitudes that we have so recently heard . |
| 5 | Only later did I wonder why it had been so important to tell Helmut I was returning to London . |
| 6 | I did I wonder how it works |
| 7 | he must of done Arthur , he moved and pulled everything , he 's ever such a good boy , he 's says to ya , I do n't know why he says but I can eat as much as I can , said I never get fat , I said I know why you do n't get fat |
| 8 | She said honest to God Jean she said I said I know how you feel . |
| 9 | It grieved me to see how they had stripped the great Rhododendron and the lesser Kalmias . ’ |