Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that , when she went to the headmistress with what I was supposed to have done to her as we were changing after a singles tennis game , of course everyone believed her . |
| 2 | When I did get to the bike I saw it was virtually in pieces and realised that Darren had been attempting the job himself . |
| 3 | Meeting Jack in his butch horn-rims gave me a feeling of intense familiarity , and the first time we banged glasses together in mid-kiss I knew it was sight at first love . |
| 4 | I thought he had seen the enemy aircraft and , as he winged over into a steep dive I followed him without question . |
| 5 | ‘ As a midwife I thought I knew how to communicate with mothers , but my skills with deaf women were abysmal , ’ she says |
| 6 | She said : ‘ Because I was a midwife I knew what was happening in my body so I was able to rationalise it , but it was still a shock . ’ |
| 7 | She said : ‘ Because I was a midwife I knew what was happening in my body so I was able to rationalise it , but it was still a shock . |
| 8 | Did you like that story I told you today ? |
| 9 | ‘ Now , I must go and read the children that story I promised them , and then I 'll have to pack my case , ’ he added , clearly considering the subject closed as he patted her hand before rising from the couch and walking away towards the twins ' bedroom . |
| 10 | All through my wild days my mad existence I kept my promise do n't keep your distance bom bom bom . |
| 11 | Just say that 's what you set out to do , to stick with me in case I knew something , and that when the mission was accomplished , you brought him home . ’ |
| 12 | You probably all knew this … but just in case I thought I 'd let you know . |
| 13 | Oddly enough , in the next murder case I found myself investigating , Geoffrey was to play a small , terminal part , the effects of which were slightly to take the gilt from my findings . |
| 14 | He was a guest on This is Your Life , and I introduced him first as Peggy Ashdown , and then had to concentrate hard in case I called him Paddy Ashcroft … |
| 15 | My small table and chair were always placed on the dinner table near her left elbow , and Glumdalclitch stood near me , in case I needed her help . |
| 16 | He went on , ‘ I dared not come on too heavily in case I frightened you off . |
| 17 | I would n't want to try smoking just in case I liked it cos I would n't want to . |
| 18 | With my accent I thought I 'd be smashed to pieces or fucked in half after five minutes in here . |
| 19 | I knew he 'd fought James on it tooth and nail , and though in all honesty I felt I 'd won him round to some extent since , the prejudices remained beneath the surface of benignity , waiting only for some unwary blunder on my part to crack the surface and let them burst through . |
| 20 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 21 | Chairman I asked you Item seven two when the talking of laying and reassurance that this will not include the of the above . |
| 22 | ‘ I remember how ‘ Monsewer ’ Eddie Gray used to do a sketch about diving into a letterbox , while one of the funniest people was a taxi driver I knew who used to put a mask on and squirt people with a water pistol . |
| 23 | Here 's prince I finded it prince |
| 24 | To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper . |
| 25 | But the comm-screen exposes faces in the harshest detail , and for an instant I saw something move at the back of his wet old eyes , like a creature threshing in a net . |
| 26 | For one instant I saw you , erect on tiptoe , ruling your orchestra and transfigured by the expression of a conqueror . |
| 27 | For a loathsome instant I felt her awkward quivering weight on my back as she found her feet , and her voice saying … |
| 28 | For an instant I thought I saw his face behind the mask — it was only an instant and then it was gone , but I nearly fainted . |
| 29 | For a fraction of an instant I thought I had ceased to exist myself . |
| 30 | On my way through Kelvingrove Park I flipped my once-precious packet into a wastebasket and walked on . |