Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so he drifts towards vanishing point : ‘ One may argue about everything endlessly , but from me nothing has come but negation , with no magnanimity and no force . |
| 2 | ‘ These 'ere smugglers is a dangerous bunch from wot I 've 'eard ! ’ |
| 3 | Experience next to thee I owe , best guide , not following thee I have remained ignorance . |
| 4 | Lastly , everyone I 've spoken to on the subject would shorten the length of the bass by cutting off the V-shaped cleft in the headstock , which adds nought to the decorative aspect of the bass . |
| 5 | Everyone I met kept apologising for the shabby state of the buildings and I had the feeling that if I went back in ten years ' time it would look like the set for some grand-scale horror film , all broken banging shutters and cobwebbed windows . |
| 6 | Of course , everyone I had met today had this wide-eyed look ; the wounded , the jeep drivers , and the Commandos occupying the weapon pits . |
| 7 | EVERYONE I have spoken to about the New Zealand tour of Wales agrees that , if they are going to be beaten by anyone , it will be by one of the clubs rather than by the national side . |
| 8 | Everyone I have spoken to about him — without exception — brought up his reading , the breadth of it , the compulsion , and the evangelical enjoyment he took in passing on what he had read the night before . |
| 9 | and erm , ha , got home , did n't wan na go out , there was me I got changed , I put on those new leggings I was all in black I thought I looked rather nice , you know , and Gary said what you all dressed up for ? |
| 10 | The day you joined up , she came to tell me I 'd driven you to it . ’ |
| 11 | It were me , me dad , me dad and mother , me I 'd got two I 'd got er one brother and two sisters . |
| 12 | Tell me I had done the right thing . |
| 13 | Just in front of me I had seen a large shell-crater , an old one . |
| 14 | The last time I had seen him , on the night of the fire , he had held my hands , told me I had saved his life , and looked at me as if he loved me . |
| 15 | When my master found me I had dismounted and was squatting on a patch of snow , busily emptying the contents of my stomach . |
| 16 | When I got home I found , among the mountain of letters ( mainly telling me I had filled in a blue form when it should have been a yellow one or asking for information I had already given ) , one from the BBC asking me to get in touch with the Punters office in Bristol as soon as possible . |
| 17 | Above all it was the thought of Lily that tortured me I had promised to write every day . |
| 18 | When I received your ‘ phone call telling me I had won I was dumbfounded . |
| 19 | Dick told me I had got it all wrong . |
| 20 | Once when I had thought Nour loved me I had delighted in a garden full of roses surrounding a villa where his aunts lived . |
| 21 | She says to me I 've explained to her how to do it and she says yo I 'll give you a bit of paper you just write down the answers ! |
| 22 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me I 've lost my bottle ? ’ he rasped . |
| 23 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me I 've lost my job ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've only had twelve hours ’ flying instruction and flown one solo — never even frightened a German — but people keep telling me I 've saved Britain . |
| 25 | Then , as her face fell , he added , ‘ However , since Kirsty 's been staying with me I 've made a point of packing up just after five . ’ |
| 26 | Chris you were right about Casualty last night it was a repeat , she says to me I 've seen it before , I says no you have n't |
| 27 | The thing is I I me I 've taken all my up here today . |
| 28 | Has anyone rung up and told me I 've won a million pounds ? |
| 29 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 30 | Then suddenly Dick 's telling me I 've passed it . ’ |