Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ When I saw death coming towards me I began to think it had been a bad business for me to kill that guy . ’ |
2 | The day you joined up , she came to tell me I 'd driven you to it . ’ |
3 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
4 | When I received your ‘ phone call telling me I had won I was dumbfounded . |
5 | He said , ‘ My caddie told me I had to get it . ’ |
6 | Dick told me I had got it all wrong . |
7 | Chris you were right about Casualty last night it was a repeat , she says to me I 've seen it before , I says no you have n't |
8 | Then suddenly Dick 's telling me I 've passed it . ’ |
9 | ‘ Tell me I 've got it all wrong ! |
10 | ‘ Do n't tell me I 've scared them all away , ’ Lindsey joked . |
11 | I was not so much gratified with the interior of the country as I had anticipated but the people tell me I have seen it in an unfavorable season , in consequence of no rain having fallen for 3 months . |
12 | There was nothing I had to tell him . |
13 | The reason why the ’ three wise men ’ report was produced so quickly is that the three people whom I invited to deliver it — Mr. Alexander , Mr. Rose and Mr. Woodhead — had behind them a lifetime of experience and close involvement with primary schools , and they were able to distil that lifetime 's knowledge very rapidly . |
14 | The old peasant woman whom I visited told me how bad things had been before the Liberation — that she had had 8 children , of whom all but three had died . |
15 | tell them I 've found it and they 'll take the cancel thing off and |
16 | I told them I 'd squared it with you . |
17 | Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me . |
18 | I , I made them I started making them quite a while ago . |
19 | But in touching them I tried to bless them , in a spirit of reverence . |
20 | Yes I I 've tell her I 've only got these now . |
21 | to confirm that I I 've heard it somewhere I mean |
22 | I I 've seen them in shops . |
23 | I I 've written I 've writ I 've wri it 's minuted , it 's minuted er er it recorded as well . |
24 | Well that , sorry I I I 've lost it , so let's . |
25 | Certainly , I I 've told you |
26 | I I 've had it for years . |
27 | I I 've let it in |
28 | Leave it till I see you cos I I 've left it in my coat pocket . |
29 | I I 've got them written down . |
30 | So erm I I I 've got them in the back of of what type of strategy you should . |