Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ladder is broken ; it has rusted through because I left it out in the rain . |
| 2 | Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time . |
| 3 | ‘ I have been around too long to take anything for granted so when I saw which way the wind was blowing I just buckled down and got on with playing . ’ |
| 4 | had to have one for a short while , she was quite young and I , we 'd only just moved here and I took her to the vet the used to be in Sandhurst , they said it was a bee sting , they put purple stuff on it |
| 5 | The doors were padlocked anyway and I got what I wanted for my purpose from looking at the outside . ’ |
| 6 | I did n't wait to be told twice and I made myself scarce . |
| 7 | On evening walks down Loreto , a lane of high stone walls , trying to decide on a restaurant , I would stop and run my hands over the ashlars , marvelling at the purity of each one as I have marvelled at the completeness of a sculpture by Brancusi ; each of them so tightly locked together that I found it impossible to fit a fingernail between them . |
| 8 | Well I should imagine my would be insulted now when I gave him all those things ! |
| 9 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 10 | He looked at me gone out , absolutely gone out and I clouted him and he 's what 's the matter ? |
| 11 | Nobbs wrote Reggie Perrin because ‘ he was from the world I knew , we were from Kent , my father got the 8.16 to Cannon Street every day , ’ but he wrote Henry Pratt because ‘ it was the early '80s , Thatcher had taken over and I knew her politics would create a more divided nation . |
| 12 | ‘ When we were putting together our demos , ’ says singer Mike , ‘ we heard ‘ The Only One I Know ’ by The Charlatans and I was really pissed off because I thought it was exactly what we were trying to do … and they 'd got there first . ’ |
| 13 | But he phoned yesterday and seemed a bit put out when I told him you were ill . ’ |
| 14 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
| 15 | Enid : My father said I would be sent away if I told her . |
| 16 | These are some of the questions and comments I 've heard recently and I thought it was time to give some answers . |
| 17 | I do n't think the snake had fully wakened up when I caught it , and I was careful not to jar it as I ran back to where my brothers and Blyth were lying on the grass . |