Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat on our stools and I smiled at him , thinking he was going to ask me about my dress or where I lived or something , and he said , ‘ Who 's your favourite philosopher ? ’ |
| 2 | Mallards , coots and moorhens could often be seen and heard waddling about the housing estate where I lived or sometimes even boldly marching up the high street . |
| 3 | Where I lived and that ? |
| 4 | On the minus side , they knew what I looked like , where I lived and what I drove . |
| 5 | I used to go along to Greenbank Hospital 's geriatric wards , where I sang and played to the old folk . |
| 6 | In the end I decided it did n't matter much where I went as long as it was up . |
| 7 | ‘ I once gave a speech where I said that most of recorded music was like stuffed birds in a cage , that do n't sing . |
| 8 | What is more , the journey via New York and Los Angeles included a first leg of the marathon journey on a British Airways Concorde , where I enjoyed that extraordinary experience of arriving in Manhattan — thanks to the five hours time difference — more than an hour before the 10.30 am departure time from Heathrow . |
| 9 | So it was indeed a classic nightmare where I dreamt that I was the only person searching for the child , and the only person who saw that this vast Argosy was down near the coastline , and I landed in a most difficult position near the aircraft and found nobody else about . |
| 10 | I went along to the dining car where I found that Zak had already positioned some of the actors at the tables for the cocktail-hour double-length scene . |
| 11 | I read through my brother 's Readers Digest , where I learned that Stalin was a bad name . |
| 12 | Following the path with my thoughts wallowing in nostalgia , I soon found myself back where I started and crashing into the people I had heard through the mist . |
| 13 | I made my way to an hotel lounge in the Diamond , where I sat and read a leaflet I had picked up in the church . |
| 14 | We parked near the boathouse on the west shore , a ruined , mud-filled RAF building , where I pushed and heaved my three companions afloat , waving a cheerful farewell . |
| 15 | And that 's when I felt that I wished I had of went for a career in the trade union or I felt that had I done that , I would have been satisfying something that was there . |
| 16 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 17 | I am often asked what if I had an accident or I collapsed and there was no one around to help . |
| 18 | Where she belonged and wished to be , she would direct . |
| 19 | Moira Russell returned her smile , and went to another door in the room , where she tapped and went in . |
| 20 | Where she met where she met him then ? |
| 21 | She spent a pleasant few minutes thinking of her small business where she designed and made exclusive wedding gowns for a rapidly growing circle of customers , but Dana 's early-morning phone call refused to be dismissed . |
| 22 | He took her hand and led her into the atrium , where she turned and went into his arms . |
| 23 | This is confirmed by more detailed research evidence , for example Wenger 's ( 1984 ) study of elderly people living in rural North Wales , where she found that married and infirm people had distinctive patterns of personal support , where the spouse was the main helper for every task mentioned . |
| 24 | Another important exception can be found in Grieco 's ( 1987 ) data on the use of kin networks to secure employment , where she found that relatives as distant as cousins were as likely to be involved as close kin in arrangements which brought a number of male and female kin into the same workplace or firm . |
| 25 | When her kindergarten time was up , her parents engaged a modelling tutor to come in twice a week , and she was so good that at the age of 7 she was admitted to the Dover School of Art where she stayed until she was eighteen . |
| 26 | She visited hospitals and schools , even a school for the deaf , where she boasted that she was President of the British Deaf Association . |
| 27 | My son was brought up at Court , where she remained while I was on active service . ’ |
| 28 | Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides . |
| 29 | ’ I just get guys saying , ’ Hey man , I love that film where you bit that guys neck and then you shot him in the head and his brains went spilling all over your face . |
| 30 | I had to knock up the girl in the Post Office to find out where you lived and — here I am . |