Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Some of them became my friends and have remained so until the present day , but the sheer earthy mass of them made me realize how my few months of married life had changed me .
2 Me got them buttons
3 All of them met their husbands here at the lodge . ’
4 ‘ I went to several used car dealers and found that the way most of them described their cars was a far cry from the actual condition they were in , ’ he recalls .
5 After he 'd coated the segments in salt and chilli he passed them round , and everyone smacked their lips and screwed up their faces in pained delight .
6 Many of them used their homes as collateral for their loans and stand to lose more than just their jobs if Monktonhall fails .
7 The Amiga 's technical superiority counted for little when there were hardly any games for it , and hardly any of them used its facilities .
8 Nothing disturbed its cadences as she spoke , except the low accompaniment of the Sheikha 's schoolgirl daughter , who translated gently and continually for me .
9 Except for a white , Ford van , similar to the van that had been parked near to the Coroner 's Court , nothing caught his suspicions ; he watched the van drive past .
10 All the promises of help from the LTA failed to materialise , but nothing clouded her ambitions or her aspirations .
11 When I asked her things like that , she did n't want to tell me on other occasions , she said I know that I ca n't tell you .
12 I asked my parents if they would allow me to stay the night , saying that Valeria was alone in the house and I would keep her company .
13 I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen .
14 I asked my friends to move away , and Rupert came and sat down near me .
15 I asked my colleagues .
16 I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right .
17 I flung my arms round her and we walked the very long way to the terminal in the pouring rain and it did n't matter at all . ’
18 I flung my arms round my astonished aunt 's nick and burst into tears on her shoulder .
19 I flung my arms round Stephanie and kissed her .
20 I flung my arms wide .
21 I wiped my lips and got up quickly .
22 I wiped my eyes and felt a bit better , knowing that Granny was taking my message with her to heaven .
23 I have n't actually seen Charley since his return , as he called on Hamish while I was at work , but at lunchtime today I conveyed your presents for Christopher and Lydie to Jenners Rose Street restaurant and placed them in Inga 's hands ( a handy reminder to me of their birthdays , too ) .
24 When I processed my attitudes towards money , the reasons became quite obvious .
25 And I made them jigs and whatnot. when they come to do it at Dolgarrog when they come to want them doing I said to the to the the chief engineer I said , he told me about they were going get these commutators done here machine .
26 But I made their locks for H M S Gothic .
27 I made his socks on my Singer KE2400 single bed machine which I have had for years .
28 I made it years and years ago , when Carrie was a small girl .
29 Well now that , that 's the thing we did appreciate , because er in those days no , no house had got its own bath it was a case of a tin bath on the hearth , but when I joined the club when I was working in the , when I was thirteen I , I left school cos me being having no father I was able to l leave school when I made me attendances , oh that 's something that might interest you I was thinking about .
30 I made my feelings on that subject clear , Khan . ’
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