Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not one of them got what they were promised . |
| 2 | There had been no retaliation by the MacIans , but they all knew they were ready for it if any had come , and who to thank for the readiness ; and no-one mentioned who they had to thank for the threat . |
| 3 | Everyone stopped what they were doing . |
| 4 | The first tournament I went to was at Tucson , Arizona , and I became what they call a ‘ parking-lot caddie ’ . |
| 5 | Well , I asked them you know , and they said |
| 6 | I asked what she had been knitting in Pattern A before and she recalled that she had been using a pattern where she had used the ‘ enlarge ’ and had asked it to start on R8 . |
| 7 | I asked what she meant . |
| 8 | I asked what he meant by this . |
| 9 | I asked what he meant . |
| 10 | An unusual bird flew past , so I asked what it was — and an inner voice told me . |
| 11 | She added , ‘ After hearing the word ‘ agriculture ’ used on a number of occasions , I asked what it meant . |
| 12 | I asked what it was and one of my companions said : ‘ It is the torso of a man who was [ this morning ] cut into three pieces . ’ ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 14 | We had n't actually heard anything about this library experience but when I asked him he would n't say anything . |
| 15 | Well yes , we did , we rang on Tuesday , we had a bit of a trouble getting through , I think we rung about seven times before we got through but er he , well , well he did n't say anything to me , everything I asked him he said yes to , but Steve |
| 16 | And I asked him I said , what does this reading week mean , and he went , oh , just do what you want , really . |
| 17 | I know I asked her I feel confused now . |
| 18 | ‘ Back there , ’ Arghatun gestured to his rear , ‘ when I asked who you were . |
| 19 | The first time I saw Mlle de Montijo was at a reception given by Princess Mathilde for the Duchess of Hamilton ; I was struck by the beauty , the grace of this foreign girl , and I asked who she was . |
| 20 | Now June June 'd say what granddad said , Ask 'd June 'd say , I asked you I asked her . |
| 21 | We talked about the moths for a bit , and then someone asked what she had done with the mask . |
| 22 | I , I made them I started making them quite a while ago . |
| 23 | Last time I made one he ate nearly all of it himself did n't he ? |
| 24 | The 12 year old who started an account of a woodwork project by writing " When I made it I used glue and a tenon saw " failed to appreciate that it had not been established textually . |
| 25 | But even as I made it I knew my accusation was ridiculous . |
| 26 | See and they got a Monday this week , a Tuesday next week , Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , that 's how I made it you see . |
| 27 | Shows you how I made it you see , but now |
| 28 | The person on the SIS switchboard was , I am sure , Liz of old , but when I announced who I was there was no acknowledgement of recognition on her part . |
| 29 | ‘ I mistook what you said , Isabel . ’ |
| 30 | When his initial interest waned , the teacher paid no more attention to him : ‘ Then I realized what he was interested in me for and we ended up just walking past each other , completely ignoring each other . ’ |