Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was what we were told about them that made us frightened . |
| 2 | ‘ Was there anything at all about them that struck you as odd ? ’ |
| 3 | Ward was still asleep when I turned right and headed eastwards towards the Andes , the mist a white vapour , the rice fields , the cacti , the occasional trees , all having a weirdness about them that matched my mood and added to my growing fear of what lay ahead , beyond the mountains I could not see . |
| 4 | He said he 'd had other complaints about them and barred them from the dances . |
| 5 | He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details . |
| 6 | He took 15,000 pesetas off me and said he 'd come to my apartment later that evening . |
| 7 | ‘ He — I knew what would happen — last time he — he started — he got Gary off me and left him — in his cot , he was screaming , he were scared-he was rough you see he gets rough when he 's drunk , he does n't think — ’ |
| 8 | Carefully took it off me and washed it himself cos last time I lost it down the plughole you know ? |
| 9 | When they reached the kitchen Lucy collected the cups and saucers while Jean rinsed the crumbs off them and stacked them in the dishwasher . |
| 10 | ‘ Jeff told me he 'd had a word with you about me and told you I had lots of experience teaching English to foreign students and that you wanted me to come and do the job . ’ |
| 11 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 12 | Their fate should , therefore , be in some sense at least exemplary : opportunity was certainly offered to them , they had choices , at eighteen the world opened for them and displayed its riches , the brave new world of Welfare State and County Scholarships , of equality for women , they were the elite , the chosen , the garlanded of the great social dream . |
| 13 | Such countries were allowed to buy non-military materials , provided that they paid cash for them and transported them in their own ships ( the " cash and carry laws " ) . |
| 14 | Now , a number of years later , I have seen some of God 's plans for them come about and realize how much he has cared for them and kept them safe . |
| 15 | ’ Blenkarn received the goods but never paid for them and sold them to Cundy who knew nothing of his fraud . |
| 16 | There were several questions I would have liked to have put to them , but had I done so I would have altered the environment for them and made them hyper-conscious of their limitations . |
| 17 | I composed a note for them and left it in the hall beside the phone . |
| 18 | She loaned them money , saved it for them or doled it out when necessary , all the transactions being written on the souvenir programme of whatever show she was appearing in . |
| 19 | ‘ Will your family still be here ? ’ asked Nina , glancing from Rachel to David and back to Rachel again , a slightly bemused look on her face as if she did n't really understand what was happening between them but wished she did . |
| 20 | The capricious blaze , devouring the easiest fuel , hissed between them and drove them apart , and Isambard came leaping through it , grinning like a demon and bringing with him a shower of sparks and the smoky , scorching odour of hell . |
| 21 | With a small smile playing round his lips , he drew their two hands with the intertwined fingers into the space between them and leaned them lightly against his chest . |
| 22 | Instead he silently walked the few feet between them and put his arms round her . |
| 23 | It was never going to be a career for me but kept me in beer money and taught me about how to deal with the public . ’ |
| 24 | Erm did n't say you 'll go back and work out a plan of attack for me or did you ? |
| 25 | And he hung it there for me and made me feel its proportions . |
| 26 | Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance . |
| 27 | He sent for me and demanded my resignation , and we had the worst row I 've ever had in my business life . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Wolves forward Paul Cook spoke up for me and said he was out of control . |
| 29 | When he returned , he sent for me and said I must be stark crazy . |
| 30 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |