Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked while cutting up a British Telecom van — rather niftily I thought . |
| 2 | That was the point I made when responding to the intervention of the hon. Member for Swansea , East , when I mentioned section 12(1) of the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 3 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 4 | Just occasionally , textual fossils come into their own again , as I experienced when writing this book . |
| 5 | The single most difficult thing I found when using the Grafpad was to remember whether I was drawing on the screen or mapping the attributes . |
| 6 | Von Schirach pointed out that ‘ this unlimited , almost religious veneration , to which I contributed as did Goebbels , Göring , Hess , Ley , and countless others , strengthened in Hitler himself the belief that he was in league with Providence ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ People say I must regret joining United , but I 'm still pleased I came because working for Dave has been a great learning experience , ’ said Marwood . |
| 8 | As tea had been decided upon , I arrived as planned at 3.30 p.m . |
| 9 | It also feared that a coalition with the anti-fascist forces might create similar problems to those which the Labour government of 1929–3 I faced when relying upon Liberal support to carry out a legislative programme . |
| 10 | Ten years later I discovered while watching the same film on TV that the shadow was n't part of the film after all : it was Um Al-Marhoom 's shadow [ Um Al-Marhoom is what we in the Middle East call the woman who is left without children after the death of her only son ] , trying to sell some boiled chickpeas to us children . |
| 11 | The wish to defend European freedom and democracy was central to Britain 's attitude towards the EEC and , as I have said , comprised one of the chief arguments which I deployed when campaigning for a ‘ Yes ’ vote in 1975 . |
| 12 | Now that it was really beginning , now that I was going to be near him , I felt as strung up and as energized as Zak , and no doubt suffered the same compelling anxiety that things should n't go wrong . |
| 13 | I felt as taken aback as he looked . |
| 14 | You can imagine the eager anticipation I felt when following the death of our much loved 16 year old dog , I saw an advertisement quoting ‘ Basset Hounds For Sale ’ and the contact , which could have been anywhere in the UK , was only a few miles away . |
| 15 | I debated whether to call on him to kill him for his slanders before I came here to try to see her , and ask her to have me back — if you think I would make her a suitable husband , that is . |
| 16 | I debated whether to introduce myself once the committal was over . |
| 17 | I was gon na but I , I thought , I thought if sees me when I come in , cos I had make up all down my face cos I 'd been so upset , I got so angry with the whole thing |
| 18 | I certainly felt much more at ease moving around this institution by myself than I did when visiting some English prisons and institutions . |
| 19 | I said I think that 's wonderful I said cos do you know how long I 've been out the union now , three months , well I reckon I 've saved thirty pounds , you 've got thirteen quid back |
| 20 | As I said when answering the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) I have written individually to the chairmen of the 100 largest companies urging them to pay close attention to settling their debts on time . |
| 21 | Oh well we 've been walking when we 've gone into town but I mean just between you and me but when I got home Bev said pop into town I 've got a parcel to post and I said well I ca n't I said because according to Des well nothing happened |
| 22 | The main feeling I had when going back was of déjà vu , of stepping back two years in my life . |
| 23 | It was lunchtime so I bought a packet of Jaffa Cakes and more lager , which I drank while waiting for the ferry to start boarding . |
| 24 | As I considered whether to smash her and throw her down on the mountainside , I caught her scent . |
| 25 | While they were bringing me food , I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their death . |
| 26 | It was too dark to see anything and I wondered whether to call out . |
| 27 | I wondered whether to call and say I understood , I forgave her ; we 'd meet next week some time . |
| 28 | ‘ I wondered whether to risk coming in or not . |
| 29 | Although Mrs Whitehouse recounts stories of the ‘ embarrassing ’ moments she experienced when discussing certain matters with her pupils , it appears from her accounts of this period that the school-based sex education programme she was involved in was , for her , a positive and satisfying experience . |
| 30 | It 's just that I — I ca n't eat any more , ’ she admitted while becoming aware of the misery growing within her and feeling perilously near tears . |