Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ooh you 've never seen nowt like it , you know when your tomatoes are stuck on and then you shovel them off and I thought they were like that ! |
| 2 | Carella explained his idea to me , and I thought it was worth following up . |
| 3 | They send them a post card through and I thought it was about February , but Win reckons it 's the end of March their booster time . |
| 4 | And I checked we were on the causeway . |
| 5 | I saw he had been drinking , and I knew I was in a very dangerous situation . |
| 6 | But it suddenly took a flier and I knew I was in trouble . |
| 7 | We bore left , and I found we were in t |
| 8 | George Burley 's door , two along from mine , was wide open , and I found he was in residence , dressed but asleep , quietly snoring in his armchair . |
| 9 | Gary player and Henry Cotton were two strokes behind us and the boss and I decided we were among the right sort of company . |
| 10 | And you thought it was about hair . |
| 11 | Everything was wonderful , he said , and she knew it was for him . |
| 12 | It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned . |
| 13 | Yet they all seemed to stand in that wind Ruth could n't feel , and she knew she was in the presence of men greater than kings . |
| 14 | Maria was aware of a fatal softening somewhere within her , and she knew she was in danger of forgiving him — everything . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes … ! ’ he said deeply , and then his mouth closed over hers , burningly sensual as his hands moved slowly up to tunnel into her thick black hair , and as her mouth opened beneath his the hunger swept them both again , their breathing quickening as the kiss took fire and his mouth was fierce , hot , demanding , his hands moving over her body as she heard his heart thudding violently at his chest , and she knew she was in danger of losing her mind with the sweet , hot rush of excitement . |
| 16 | He looked at her then in a strange and thoughtful way , and she felt it was with approval . |
| 17 | It had a Birmingham postmark and was addressed to ‘ Robert Hilton ’ and she assumed it was for her son . |
| 18 | and she said it 's on Saturday night so I 'm sor , you know , I 'm sorry it 's short notice and erm she said I 'll ring Marie and find out , I said well you know ring her but I said I ca n't make any promises I said , I know mum should have been out Friday night and I do n't know what else she 's got on |
| 19 | It was called ‘ Billy Bayswater ’ and she said it was about me . |
| 20 | He asked her why , and she said it was in the interests of the company . |
| 21 | So erm mum went down one day and he was there and she said he were with my sister 's boy , they were both sleeping rough . |
| 22 | Yeah probably about sixty five expect there some where there in tra and she said she was in the fourth year , did n't she ? |
| 23 | And she said I 'm on the phone , will you talk to that person on the phone . |
| 24 | We left there , we left about half five , six in the morning did n't we and we were getting lost in and we knew it was in the village in that town but we could n't find it and we kept getting lost so we all pulled her up and he went back and he said to this man can you tell me where the |
| 25 | and they kept I was in stiff I could hardly move them I mean if I touched them now I mean that one 's not too bad I ca n't touch that one very much when you can see them , my scars and all there If I touch that , that 'll be very gingerly ach aches like hell ! |
| 26 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 27 | No , we asked him and he said it was with his work mates |
| 28 | ‘ Then I spoke to one of my contacts and he said it was on the money . |
| 29 | ‘ He said the surgeons asked him how he learnt to do such a good job and he said it was in the army . ’ |
| 30 | But when I became spokesman in opposition myself and he was the Foreign Secretary and we were sparring partners again , I made a nice remark about him and he said it was like being nuzzled by an old ram . |