Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think with twins - even if they 're not nice looking just the fact there 's two of them everyone thinks they 're wonderful because there 's two of them . |
| 2 | Lord Northcliffe once wrote , God made people read so that I could fill their brain with facts and later tell them whom to love and whom to hate and what to think . |
| 3 | And let them them deal with it . |
| 4 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 5 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 6 | And so he drifts towards vanishing point : ‘ One may argue about everything endlessly , but from me nothing has come but negation , with no magnanimity and no force . |
| 7 | Has n't cost me nothing has it ? |
| 8 | put them in the " recovery position " ( i.e. on the floor , face down , but with head bent back and face tilted down , making sure they can breathe easily ) ; — call a doctor or ambulance immediately ; — if you can , give details of the drug taken when you phone ; — ask the ambulance operator if there is any first aid you can give ; — stay with them , until help comes ; — give them nothing to eat or drink . |
| 9 | You do n't owe them nothing do you , I hope ? |
| 10 | Should of brought me them to see the |
| 11 | Me me me eat it . |
| 12 | Me me eat . |
| 13 | ‘ Thee I invoke , oh our Emperor , ’ he prayed , the formula glowing neon in his mind 's eye , ‘ that thou wilt infuse these cards this hour ; that thereby I may obtain true insight of things hidden , to thy glory and to the salvation of humanity — ’ |
| 14 | To gaze on thee I left the smoaking Pail ; |
| 15 | In thee I defy all men , their worst hates , |
| 16 | Fine songs such as ‘ Mean To Me ’ or ‘ I Ca n't Get Started ’ appear to be close to perfect here but such trifles as ‘ With Thee I Swing ’ and ‘ You 're Too Lovely To Last ’ are just as charming because the singer gives them the same sensitive treatment . |
| 17 | Experience next to thee I owe , best guide , not following thee I have remained ignorance . |
| 18 | Experience next to thee I owe , best guide , not following thee I have remained ignorance . |
| 19 | Till dieted by thee I grow mature in knowledge , as the Gods who all things know . |
| 20 | And , indeed , as befits someone who 's hovering on the edge of idolatry , even her vocabulary has gone a little pagan ‘ Till dieted by thee I grow mature in knowledge as the Gods who all things know ’ , and then what I think is a brilliant touch on Milton 's part , the very next line says to us ‘ Though others envy what they can not give ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ when I got my teacher 's job , the aunt told me I owed her a lot of money . |
| 22 | It seemed to me I owed him some explanation . |
| 23 | ‘ From what you told me I assumed it . |
| 24 | ‘ I also pointed out that if you scratch me I bite , ’ he reminded her softly . |
| 25 | Do n't tell me I imagined that too . |
| 26 | He was terrified of the Sultan , but for his own safety decided the best policy was to cling to the Tughluk 's fingertips ‘ and every time he said any encouraging word to me I kissed his hand , until I had kissed it seven times . ’ |
| 27 | I concede that it will do for judging in retrospect the spontaneity beyond the margins of my rationality , as when jumping like an instinctive animal for the side of the road , and for such primitive choices as the child 's refusal of another helping ; but I continue to insist that at the centre of me I differ from the child in having escaped being restricted to choice between spontaneous goals . |
| 28 | ‘ When the car had gone past me I applied my safety-catch and I saw Private Aindow standing in a firing position ’ . |
| 29 | You were looking at me I knew you were going to say that |
| 30 | As the wave of relief flooded through me I saw Mr Bailes climbing over the wall from the next field . |