Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 2 | And when I 've expanded and I 've told you then I then come back to my ending and I say , okay so what I 've done I 've told you about three aspects of flying , about the safety of it , ab about the costs involved in taking part in flying and about the enjoyment you 're gon na get out of flying and I hope that I 've persuaded you that you will come along on Saturday to take part , and that 's the ending . |
| 3 | I had a little money saved and I began to use it up . |
| 4 | I said what he 's given and I 've repeated it back to him . |
| 5 | This was the most overwhelming experience I had ever had and I wanted to understand it . |
| 6 | Er I think our position is that we provide as you know , air defence through a layered system er of air defence aircraft and missiles and the simple truth is that in the light of the changes in the strategic er setting , particularly er as it affects U K air defence , we have decided that the provision of a medium defensive layer , that is the M sound system to which you refer , is not a high priority at the moment and the programme is therefore being postponed and I have to emphasise it 's not been abandoned . |
| 7 | It was actually obvious that a burglary had occurred but I refused to take it in . |
| 8 | I spoke not to an individual child but to the head of school in Hatfield where the scheme was piloted and I have to say he was , he neither rhapsodised nor condemned . |
| 9 | B , retired persons that was the right answer , right , B , retired persons was the right answer , now some of you put D , anyone not gainfully employed and I did think I 'd explained it clearly |
| 10 | one of them thingies , one of them jacks , and then you 've got one of them , I do n't even , I do n't know what they 're called but I 've seen it before |
| 11 | ‘ I am devastated by what is going on — I have not got much time left and I want to spend it here , ’ said Gladys , who got the Queen 's Medal for her work with the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service . |
| 12 | After the original hearing Jones said : ‘ The decision has been taken and I want to get it over with . |
| 13 | If at the end you feel there are points we have n't covered and I forget to invite you , would you say you would like to make a concluding statement . |
| 14 | As I gained confidence in their genuine goodwill I found that my sense of humour returned and I enjoyed making them laugh . |