0 0 953434 0 0 I don't think I'll ever sound like a native speaker and I don't really think I need to. CK 1 0 0 953543 0 0 I never for a moment imagined that I would still be doing this kind of thing at my age. CK 1 0 0 953638 0 0 I think it's highly unlikely that we'll ever get any help from the national government. CK 1 0 0 954671 0 0 Why don't we have enough food for everyone? I thought you went shopping this afternoon. CK 1 0 0 1027338 0 0 Since Tom is leaving for Boston tomorrow, today is our last chance to give this to him. CK 1 0 0 1029442 0 0 Tom could hardly believe his ears when he heard that Mary was coming back home to stay. CK 1 0 0 1029638 0 0 Tom asked Mary when she was going to buy a new pair of shoes for her youngest daughter. CK 1 0 0 1030098 0 0 It doesn't make much sense to me that Tom would be allowed to go, but Mary wouldn't be. CK 1 0 0 1040693 0 0 The police spent hours searching Tom's place, but they couldn't find the murder weapon. CK 1 0 0 1040704 0 0 It occurred to me while I was waiting for Tom that maybe I shouldn't have invited Mary. CK 1 0 0 1092144 0 0 Tom's mother is a nurse at the hospital that's across the street from where Mary lives. CK 1 0 0 1095602 0 0 Tom can't decide whether to buy a new computer now or wait for a couple of more months. CK 1 0 0 1096174 0 0 It didn't surprise me at all that Tom didn't do what he'd told Mary he was going to do. CK 1 0 0 1096210 0 0 I imagine that Tom will eventually find out that Mary has been talking behind his back. CK 1 0 0 1884513 0 0 Tom found someone's business card in his pocket, but couldn't remember where he got it. CK 1 0 0 1885890 0 0 How long do you think Tom will work for us before he quits and goes to another company? CK 1 0 0 1887751 0 0 I think we should all be worried a little bit about the way Tom has been acting lately. CK 1 0 0 1954718 0 0 Tom can't quite believe that Mary is really going on a date with him this Friday night. CK 1 0 0 2006576 0 0 Tom wears a modified fishing vest to hold all his harmonicas when he performs on stage. CK 1 0 0 2060295 0 0 Tom got his learner's permit yesterday, so he's out with his father practicing driving. CK 1 0 0 2220870 0 0 I don't think I've ever done anything that would cause my parents to want to punish me. CK 1 0 0 3023219 0 0 We were worried that Tom might not make friends in Boston, but he seems to be doing OK. CK 1 0 0 4350299 0 0 Generally speaking, men find it more difficult to talk about their feelings than women. patgfisher 1 0 0 4495754 0 0 I had more questions, but Tom seemed to be tired of my questions, so I didn't ask them. CK 1 0 0 4662667 0 0 After I got married, my French got better since I started speaking French with my wife. CK 1 0 0 4707560 0 0 Tears of joy streamed down Tom's face when he saw his baby daughter for the first time. patgfisher 1 0 0 5172850 0 0 I wish I was smart enough to invent something that sold well enough for me to get rich. CK 1 0 0 5821653 0 0 How do you know you wouldn't have done the same thing Tom did if you were in his shoes? CK 1 0 0 5887824 0 0 Tom backed his car up to check, but the raccoon he had run over was dead as a doornail. peterius 1 0 0 5901257 0 0 Once Tom gets here with some tools, we'll have everything we need to get this job done. CK 1 0 0 6104187 0 0 Instead of focusing on the ways we're different, let's focus on the ways we're similar. mailohilohi 1 0 0 6108319 0 0 I bought myself an expensive guitar even though I don't yet know how to play very well. CK 1 0 0 6708252 0 0 Tom was very good at playing the guitar before he broke three fingers on his left hand. CK 1 0 0 7813891 0 0 I used the new corkscrew that Tom gave me to open the bottle of wine that Mary gave me. CK 1 0 0 7818420 0 0 When the phone rang in the middle of the night, I immediately knew something was wrong. CK 1 0 0 8185686 0 0 When we started out, we realized if we didn't have a good product, we wouldn't succeed. CK 1 0 0 8185892 0 0 Tom started to answer the question and then realized that it was a rhetorical question. CK 1 0 0 8873459 0 0 Tom didn't have the key to the office, so he waited for the janitor to open it for him. CK 1 0 0 954610 0 0 When I study a foreign language, I like to study with a native speaker of that language. CK 1 0 0 1024510 0 0 Tom loves coming here since he thinks this place serves the only fast food worth eating. CK 1 0 0 1027421 0 0 In retrospect, Tom realized he shouldn't have been dating both sisters at the same time. CK 1 0 0 1030143 0 0 Even though it's against company policy, Tom and Mary kiss and hug every time they meet. CK 1 0 0 1092421 0 0 Tom was drinking at a bar with Mary at the time the police think that John was murdered. CK 1 0 0 1092878 0 0 Tom stared at Mary for a moment wondering if there was something she wasn't telling him. CK 1 0 0 1093859 0 0 Tom had always wanted to climb Mt. Fuji, but until now, had not found the time to do so. CK 1 0 0 1095713 0 0 Tom called Mary and asked her to meet him for a drink at the bar across from his office. CK 1 0 0 1934740 0 0 I've been trying to explain to Tom that he can't keep coming in here without permission. CK 1 0 0 2042928 0 0 I told Tom the reason I didn't want to do it was that I didn't think it was a good idea. CK 1 0 0 2042929 0 0 Tom wanted to give you a surprise party, but I knew you'd hate it, so I told him not to. CK 1 0 0 2045887 0 0 You're not as beautiful as my ex-girlfriend, but you're a lot more fun to hang out with. CK 1 0 0 2331766 0 0 I had to change clothes because what I was wearing wasn't appropriate for the situation. CK 1 0 0 2451052 0 0 If I'd studied French harder when I was in school, I'd probably not be so bad at it now. CK 1 0 0 2957451 0 0 Tom leaned out the window of his car and pressed the button on the intercom at the gate. CK 1 0 0 3715185 0 0 Tom couldn't understand why his daughter would want to have her tongue and nose pierced. patgfisher 1 0 0 3732775 0 0 The police detective said that all of the doors and windows were locked from the inside. CK 1 0 0 3736583 0 0 Tom wants Mary to know that if she ever needs help, all she has to do is ask him for it. CK 1 0 0 4050505 0 0 Tom got out of the bathtub and dried himself with the new towel that Mary had given him. CK 1 0 0 4533392 0 0 Tom shaved off his beard and dyed his hair blonde, hoping people wouldn't recognize him. CK 1 0 0 4662666 0 0 Even though I've studied French for a long time, I'm still not very good at speaking it. CK 1 0 0 4885357 0 0 I'm surprised Tom's still alive. I thought he would've drunk himself to death years ago. patgfisher 1 0 0 5350355 0 0 Sometimes, it's hard to tell when Tom is being serious and when he's just joking around. Hybrid 1 0 0 7009815 0 0 Tom couldn't believe that he was going out with one of the best looking girls at school. Hybrid 1 0 0 7027964 0 0 Tom is colorblind, so he couldn't tell if Mary was wearing a green dress or a red dress. Hybrid 1 0 0 8069822 0 0 Tom started driving when he was thirteen, even though he didn't have a driver's license. CK 1 0 0 8185882 0 0 I'm sure that Tom will come back as soon as he realizes that he left his briefcase here. CK 1 0 0 8261204 0 0 If you want to be fluent in French, you'll need to study much harder than you have been. CK 1 0 0 8264299 0 0 If I'd only known there was a possibility that would happen, I'd have been more careful. CK 1 0 0 8437820 0 0 Tom didn't know that Mary thought that he should invite John and Alice to their wedding. CK 1 0 0 8440010 0 0 Tom was walking on the sidewalk on the other side of the road and didn't seem to see me. CK 1 0 0 8442720 0 0 I wanted to try that new restaurant on Park Street, but Tom wanted to go someplace else. CK 1 0 0 8567575 0 0 I've asked that question many times, but no one has ever given me a satisfactory answer. CK 1 0 0 8567576 0 0 I've asked that question many times, but nobody has ever given me a satisfactory answer. CK 1 0 0 953254 0 0 English is quite often the language of choice when speaking to an international audience. CK 1 0 0 1027913 0 0 Tom told Mary that he was going to kill himself, but he didn't have the courage to do it. CK 1 0 0 1028438 0 0 Tom killed Mary because he found out she had started the fire that had killed his family. CK 1 0 0 1029847 0 0 Tom and Mary gave exactly the same answers on the test which made the teacher suspicious. CK 1 0 0 1042560 0 0 The police found Tom lying on the floor with a bullet hole in the middle of his forehead. CK 1 0 0 1092797 0 0 Tom thought he could reach the airport on time if he drove a little over the speed limit. CK 1 0 0 1095109 0 0 Tom couldn't go on the picnic with us today because he had an important business meeting. CK 1 0 0 1095471 0 0 Tom certainly had a point when he said we should allow more time to complete the project. CK 1 0 0 1095580 0 0 Tom can't help wondering whether he would have been better off if he had gone to college. CK 1 0 0 1106113 0 0 Tom ate at a new restaurant the other day, but he doesn't remember the restaurant's name. CK 1 0 0 1144603 0 0 Since Tom couldn't make a decent living as a nightclub musician, he had to get a day job. CK 1 0 0 2331642 0 0 I had an appointment at 2:30, but I was caught in traffic and couldn't get there in time. CK 1 0 0 2396313 0 0 People say that I dream every night, but if I do, I can't ever remember any of my dreams. CK 1 0 0 2582721 0 0 Tom and Mary were speaking in French, but switched to English when John entered the room. CK 1 0 0 2585802 0 0 I had an appointment at 2:30, but I got caught in traffic and couldn't get there in time. CK 1 0 0 3000819 0 0 Tom and Mary got married three years ago, but only stayed married for about three months. CK 1 0 0 3008842 0 0 Whether you're able to speak French or not is completely irrelevant to this conversation. CK 1 0 0 3148344 0 0 Tom and Mary ran off to Boston and got married after knowing each other only a few weeks. CK 1 0 0 4101786 0 0 I shoot the rabbits in my garden with a squirt gun to keep them away from the vegetables. fadi 1 0 0 4495753 0 0 The bartender walked over to where Tom was sitting and asked him what he wanted to drink. CK 1 0 0 4497360 0 0 Tom kept tailgating the car in front of us even though I told him it was unsafe to do so. CK 1 0 0 4737271 0 0 Tom keeps enough money for a taxi fare home tucked in his sock when he goes out drinking. patgfisher 1 0 0 5161137 0 0 Tom, Mary, John and Alice are friends. They've known each other since they were children. CK 1 0 0 5642603 0 0 I don't want to go anywhere today. It's cold outside and I have to get up early tomorrow. marcj794 1 0 0 6115513 0 0 Tom wanted to build his own house, but gave up after realizing how much work it would be. Hybrid 1 0 0 6524425 0 0 I wonder whether or not Tom bought that house on Park Street he was looking at last week. CK 1 0 0 6886168 0 0 Tom was a vegetarian until his doctor told him he should probably start eating meat, too. CK 1 0 0 7010736 0 0 Tom's mother had trouble getting him to take the medicine that the doctor had prescribed. CK 1