Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To illustrate the way many of them operated he cited the case of a widow who in 1894 borrowed £50 from a London loan bank on the security of her furniture which was valued at £250 . |
| 2 | Everyone agreed they looked well suited … particularly Rod . |
| 3 | Everyone agreed you had to bring in the nukes eventually . |
| 4 | As the neighbours started to emerge later in the day , everyone agreed it had been a great San Juan . |
| 5 | Neither of them mentioned what had taken place outside the school and neither of them would . |
| 6 | I listened to 6 sports reports on Saturday and not one of them mentioned who scored for Leeds . |
| 7 | The extra performance on the Tuesday in aid of the new cancer day-care ward at Whiston Hospital raised three hundred pounds and special thanks go to Betty who came up with the original idea and everyone involved who organized the marvellous spread for the soiree afterwards . |
| 8 | Now near the Dutch frontier , Harry felt it might be an idea to cross from Germany by climbing into a wagon in a marshalling yard , but after a tedious wait when nothing moved he returned to his cycle and was soon in sight of the red and white border posts . |
| 9 | As our pick-up ti me approached we mustered under our patrol commander and soon moved back to base , tired but satisfied that we 'd done a good job . |
| 10 | When I rang up to say I were coming I asked them did they want Easter eggs or did they want fa er a box of chocolates or bars of chocolate we |
| 11 | I asked what had happened — ‘ Had their been a shuffle ? — or had one of us died in the night ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I asked what happened . ’ |
| 13 | I asked him did you have a sweet ? |
| 14 | I asked you did n't I ? |
| 15 | The first time I asked he engaged his brain , the second time he wavered a bit as if understanding he should be doing something , though not what he should be doing , and the third time he translated it successfully . |
| 16 | I asked I asked my clerk t to get me file something and he says , |
| 17 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 18 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 19 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
| 20 | In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ‘ We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ’ and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . |
| 21 | Then I realized what had happened . |
| 22 | I wept buckets , but it was n't until later that I realized what had happened . |
| 23 | Now I realized what had been so odd about it : amid all the festivities and celebrations there had been no sign whatsoever of the bride around whom the whole affair was revolving . |
| 24 | She was breathing quickly , and I realized she had run by a quicker way to get ahead of me . |
| 25 | I realized she relied on the extra money . |
| 26 | Yet his great blue jowls appeared sufficient fortification against the world ; while so immense was his dignity that it was some while before I realized he spent his nights in the arms of my recently widowed mother . |
| 27 | I realized he had managed to overcome what he called his weakness . |
| 28 | I realized he had been listening until he heard Catherine say she could not marry him . |
| 29 | He stood up while we watched and I realized he had magnificent horns , far longer than any I had yet seen . |
| 30 | ’ . Initially I was puzzled , until I realized he thought I had cut off my shirt sleeves , for in his force ( noted for its disciplined enforcement of a correct uniform presentation ) , all uniform shirts had long sleeves . |