Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
2 | 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 |
3 | The doors were padlocked anyway and I got what I wanted for my purpose from looking at the outside . ’ |
4 | I did n't wait to be told twice and I made myself scarce . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Well I should imagine my would be insulted now when I gave him all those things ! |
7 | 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 ? |
8 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
9 | Enid : My father said I would be sent away if I told her . |
10 | These are some of the questions and comments I 've heard recently and I thought it was time to give some answers . |