Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that people were prepared to offer me a sequence of positions in which I only had to do research without having to lecture . |
| 2 | My swimming partner and I greatly enjoyed taking part in the event . |
| 3 | I just wanted to say thank-you for Arthur 's meat . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ No , I just wanted to say goodbye in person . ’ |
| 5 | She said I just wanted to commit suicide . |
| 6 | And I just wanted to play guitar for whatever reason . |
| 7 | At this time George was in educational work and with no parish responsibilities I somehow volunteered to make tea at a keep-fit class which the local W.I. wanted to start . |
| 8 | Later , Broderick admits that he was drawing on his own feelings about the death of his actor seven years ago , just as his career was taking off ( ‘ He watched everything I did , he was my big influence , and when I finally started to get work , he never got to see it ’ ) . |
| 9 | They wanted to get on but that made me swear if I ever got made Sergeant , I would never treat a man the way I was treated . |
| 10 | I always had to have mine with me , you got no babysitters then , you 'd got nowt . |
| 11 | Wavebreaker was registered in the Channel Islands , and thus sailed under a defaced British red ensign with the Bahamian flag flying as a courtesy ensign from the main spreaders , but I always greeted arriving charter guests with their own country 's flag — though such a gesture was considered bad flag etiquette by nautical purists , it was good for our final tip — and so Thessy now hoisted the Stars and Stripes to the mainmast 's spreaders and a smaller Stars and Bars just beneath . |
| 12 | I always wanted to play football in England and now I have the chance . |
| 13 | I always wanted to have gallery openings on the same day but Annely Juda did n't . |
| 14 | I always wanted to study art there , but it 'll have to be London now , I suppose — if it 's anywhere ! |
| 15 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
| 16 | I still had to do homework when I got back home because nobody knew how quickly the floods would disappear so there was still the possibility of school tomorrow . |
| 17 | After midnight , there would be a family get-together at my parents ' house ; I still wanted to take part in it , however far from home I was . |
| 18 | While preparing myself for what was coming I also had to keep track of what was actually happening , trying to picture the scenes I was living through , but could n't see . |
| 19 | I also wanted to understand socialism and class in the light of the political indications of women 's liberation . |
| 20 | When we heard of the decision to construct a new reservoir on the Durham/Northumberland border , Ann and I carefully noted opening day in our diary ; and on the appointed morning we rose at dawn and sallied forth , bustling by ash-covered Consett Iron Works , the light of battle glinting in our trout-starved eyes . |
| 21 | Then I decided I really wanted to do music again , started taking care of myself and now things are a lot better . ’ |
| 22 | CHRISTOPHER : Well , I really wanted to study art . |
| 23 | I really wanted to study French at university , since I was interested in languages . |
| 24 | I am sure that it is an unpopular thing to say , but I really did enjoy School Practice . |
| 25 | I even had to hand letter it to get it to get it to look like itself . |
| 26 | ‘ I simply wanted to draw attention to the nonsenses in Labour 's policies . |
| 27 | A couple of blobs landed on the canvas as a result and I then had to make use of this fact deliberately in order to get some sort of overall pattern . |
| 28 | I vaguely remembered reminding mum last night that I was looking for the rest of Uncle Rory 's papers . |
| 29 | I actually had to curtail part of the business the first time . |
| 30 | ‘ I never seemed to have time to do the ironing , ’ she said . |