Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no-one used that label in the ninth century ; nor did Charles ever call himself king of the West Franks : his own royal title was simply " king by the grace of God " . |
| 2 | Again in January I revealed that press tycoon Conrad Black was to marry . |
| 3 | ‘ I made that mistake once , but you should widen your interests , cut down on the travel and delegate more , ’ she told him , her expression serious . |
| 4 | Erm tt there 's er one point I would like to make , when I , when I made that comment about she 's only the wife , and I 'll just clarify why I said that and this is it 's amus a few years ago some , somebody who was , we were taking a policy out with right was , came to me and was , was talking and making arrangements to , to come and see us and he patronisingly said erm and your husband 'll be there , and I patronisingly said back , and you 'll be bringing your wife , because of the way that he came across to me and I , I mean |
| 5 | " Forty times I made that ride there and back — in the bus , not the jeep like you two , " he told us . |
| 6 | I liked your ideas ; I made that clear before , did n't I ? |
| 7 | " I made that excuse for him last year when he 'd been with us six months . |
| 8 | I was in , I was in the industry for thirty years before I realized or find out that it 's an Arabian craft . |
| 9 | Four , it 's remotely possible that someone used that flake to frame her . ’ |
| 10 | After I 'd persuaded Hawkbit here to join us , I was just starting to talk to a few more , when I found that Toadflax fellow had followed me down the run . |
| 11 | Ben Gunn had told me his boat was hidden near the white rock , and I found that rock farther along the beach . |
| 12 | So marked were my anxieties that I buried that experience for several years . |
| 13 | Weather gets nastier here — my week in 21–28 October was warm and wet , so I lazed and read and ate — read a lot and ate a lot which , given the state of the bathroom scales , enriched both mind and body ( HA HA ) so I have been trying to eat and drink less . |
| 14 | So I think the , the whole idea of the , the seminar was to kind of basically get ourselves organized but have it in a kind of er seminar format . |
| 15 | Oh , how I hated that dress ! |
| 16 | I turned and overflew the field again at a lower level . |
| 17 | I enjoyed that drive , and when it ended was more anxious than ever to shake some sense into Margaret . |
| 18 | When John Clifford , who began his working life in a mill , wrote home after preaching in New York , he told his family that , ‘ Mr J. D. Rockefeller came and spoke to me , thanked me , and said he would like to take hold of my skirts when I ascended and go up with me . |
| 19 | Apart from the worry over The Family Reunion , I perceived that lie was under considerable strain . |
| 20 | I am able to say to my right hon. Friend that I raised that matter with President Yeltsin very forcibly indeed . |
| 21 | I raised that matter on the Adjournment of the House . |
| 22 | I figured there were a whole lot of answers inside that building and I figured that like or not there had to be a back entrance to it somewhere . |
| 23 | And so I figured that Complete must mean continue on . |
| 24 | I returned and put it round her shoulders . |
| 25 | But two days ago I had to move to my sister 's old bedroom , because some men are mending my bedroom wall , and last night I heard that whistle again ! |
| 26 | AS SOON as I heard that voice the decades fell like playing cards . |
| 27 | ‘ I heard that cry in the house again , Martha . |
| 28 | I loved that last one of yours in the Journal . |
| 29 | I knew every corner and I loved that house so much . |
| 30 | Erm , well , if you tell her I rang and give her my love . |