Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't happy with myself and I felt like no-one really listened to me or understood me , ’ she revealed . |
| 2 | The otter either heard me or got my scent , because it suddenly looked up , then stood up and moved out of sight round the other side of the rock . |
| 3 | Well I mean they 've never really spoken about it one way or another , encouraged me or discouraged me , which I think I 'm grateful for . |
| 4 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 5 | If anybody has any absolutely yes I 'll be quite happy I mean to me chairman of the trust or with management committee to meet anybody if they feel that they 've got some concern they wish to discuss I 'm quite happy to do that all I can say is that nobody has actually wro wro wrote to me or rang me to say they 'd like to meet to discuss that and I 'm quite happy to do that . |
| 6 | Was it me or did it look like the game was in slow motion then ? |
| 7 | Erm did n't say you 'll go back and work out a plan of attack for me or did you ? |
| 8 | It was like every time I got a letter or an insinuation from him that he cared , or that he really loved me or wanted me to be with him , it shocked me because he was n't good at showing that . |
| 9 | Masai on the government payroll contentedly drew their salaries and accepted whatever titles were bestowed upon them , but either did nothing or interpreted their duty to be that of spokesmen for their compatriots labouring under some inconvenience inflicted on them by the government . |
| 10 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 11 | It 's too easy to tell a child not to make a fuss , it 's a big playground and to go and play away from whoever has hit them or kicked them or fallen out with them . |
| 12 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 13 | She loaned them money , saved it for them or doled it out when necessary , all the transactions being written on the souvenir programme of whatever show she was appearing in . |
| 14 | Blake could n't say whether the creatures were pursuing them or had their own sinister reason for haunting this part of London . |
| 15 | Suppose she 'd managed to acquire personal things of Harry 's , his sunglasses , a pen , even a belt , and wore them or carried them with her , as young people do . |
| 16 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 17 | What did you decorate them or did you just leave them plain ? |
| 18 | When machines went funny you just oiled them or prodded them or , if nothing else worked , hit them with a hammer . |
| 19 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 20 | Someone must have blown them or snuffed them , because the darkness was sudden and almost complete . |
| 21 | He still drank , began to smoke , and only took notice of his wife and child to shout at them or hit them , usually when he was drunk . |
| 22 | Depending on how influential people were , Mickey either nodded at them or gave them a hearty greeting . |
| 23 | If they guarantee to put the mattresses all up in the dry they asked you to do yours or did they say they would do it ? |
| 24 | We introduced ourselves and told them we had brought them some food which they could share with their friends . |
| 25 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 26 | well I mean I 'm not surprised they do n't wan na take a picture of our garden cos it 's a mess but er I 'd have thought he would have taken a picture of yours and sold you one . |
| 27 | David grinned in that unassuming way of his and made his class line-up for my autograph . |
| 28 | He turned my face to his and kissed them away — overpowering me with such a potent mixture of excitement and tenderness and yearning that I almost swooned . |
| 29 | As the taxi jolted through the streets of Butterfield , she linked her arm through his and kissed him . |
| 30 | She put her face to his and kissed him . |