Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [vb past] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Torridon my fingers froze as I attempted to sketch Ben Alligin . |
| 2 | I had nothing to do but paddle , and my fingers blistered as we canoed around Laguna Grande while the Australian , crouched in the bow with his bazooka lens , shook his head and tutted at each audible paddle stroke . |
| 3 | My worries melted as I looked at her . |
| 4 | My lips quivered as I entered the small , plastic roadsweeper 's hut which now acted as the home team 's changing room . |
| 5 | ‘ I lost toe nails , and my legs felt like they had been welded together — but at least I 'm still breathing , ’ said 40-year-old Arthur . |
| 6 | However , I had a funny reaction when the taxi arrived back in Baldersdale — my legs went and I could hardly walk . |
| 7 | I fought it open and my feet crunched as I went through . |
| 8 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 9 | ‘ My parents died when I was twelve . |
| 10 | My parents died when I was twenty , my sister moved up to Lancashire and became a nurse and got married , and that was the family gone . |
| 11 | ‘ My parents died when I was a baby , you know , and for the last three years I 've had to work for my food . |
| 12 | ‘ My parents died when I was a teenager , you see . |
| 13 | My parents died when I was only eight . |
| 14 | my parents took as they went quietly |
| 15 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
| 16 | When my parents went and I was left alone I cried for most of the night . |
| 17 | ‘ Now I know how my grandparents felt when they heard that Derek was to hang from journalists at their door . ’ |
| 18 | My responsibilities vanished but I think they suspected that if I were sacked there would be a public fuss so they had to proceed by stealth . |
| 19 | What my pals wanted and I put that on to the pitch . |
| 20 | ‘ The way I left was very , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 21 | ‘ The way I left wasvery , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 22 | One of my boyfriends said that it 's as if I was from another planet . |
| 23 | A lot of my mates said if they were going out with someone and they got pregnant they would run . |
| 24 | I do know that some of my colleagues tried but you will not read about that in the newspaper clippings of the period . |
| 25 | I do n't know what view of these events my uncles took as we woke them early and followed them around as faithfully as any spaniel — maybe that was why they often nipped off to the pub in the evenings . |
| 26 | The noise of their hooves boomed as they came closer . |
| 27 | Her fingers shook as they traced the familiar outline of chest and shoulders , strong back , flat stomach . |
| 28 | She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly . |
| 29 | She drew a breath as he offered her the platter of bread , and her fingers shook as she lifted a slice from among the pile . |
| 30 | Reluctantly she got up and her teeth chattered as she took a dressing gown from a hook behind the bedroom door . |