Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [conj] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine the situation where employers are now obliged to notify employee members of that rise in contribution and also reminding them that they have the right to withdraw their authorization . |
| 2 | The patient , whom I shall call Maxine , first came to see me because she had a phobia about water — a phobia which was becoming so exaggerated that she could not even bear to put her hands in water and had to rely on creams and lotions to cleanse her face and body . |
| 3 | In any event he came to see me and we discussed the matter , and I said exactly that to him : that if he had appealed to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary , it seemed to me a very remote prospect that anything I could do would be of the slightest effect . |
| 4 | Manningham , a burly fifty-year-old with an aggressive manner and a paunch , met them as they descended the far side of the bridge . |
| 5 | ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it . |
| 6 | Suddenly , out o' the blue , 'e asked me if I knew the Tunnel Mob . |
| 7 | As the two of us struggled with an awkward table at the 3p.m. closure of a day in Christian Aid Week 1992 , my companion asked me if I knew the answer to number 13 in Duncan Innes ' C.A. Quiz . |
| 8 | They often asked me if I had a baby in my tummy because they saw no evidence of my menstruation … |
| 9 | I flew the Corsair down to Stansted and after landing the chap in charge of fuel allocations asked me if I had a cheque card . |
| 10 | Then he asked me if I wanted a drink . ’ |
| 11 | A nagging doubt began to affect me when I observed a signpost to Cape Town . |
| 12 | Sometimes parents fail to give the true reason why something upsets them because they think the youngster is not old enough to know about such things . |
| 13 | This made me and I bet a few more Steffi fans very angry indeed . |
| 14 | Pardon me while I tuck the arse back into my trousers ) . |
| 15 | Last year , remember , she did up some of the bedrooms and had them decorated , her brother decorated them and also she did the erm the tables , remember , she stripped back some tables and varnished them and she made a lovely job . |
| 16 | She opened her eyes wide and amazed , and then lowered them as she made a rapid calculation . |
| 17 | The young man ordered two large ham sandwiches and Flavia devoured them while he drank a glass of beer . |
| 18 | Fortunately , the British can now buy them and they form a basis for this kind of pizza . |
| 19 | I said to the farmers we s you should cut grass and you get nitrates into the water and I said to the farmers er er about their slurry throwing erm a muck across the land , we know the problems that causes , I said if we came out with fertilisers which were would you buy them if it costed a bit more . |
| 20 | He had so many wives that there was no counting them and the wives had so many young that even Frith could not count them and they ate the grass and the dandelions and the lettuces and the clover and El-ahrairah was the father of them all . " |
| 21 | He thought of Jos , Emily and Alice as his friends , and yet how could he trust them until he knew the truth of the incident ? |
| 22 | She was coming to the end of months on the barren atoll of Pity Me when she heard the moth rattle against her window , between tacked-up scarlet and black batik fabric and the glass . |
| 23 | George had brought him along to meet me when he joined the organisation . |
| 24 | I confess that I was completely hooked on Lincoln 's work , but like most other people I could not agree with his conclusions or refute them as I had no knowledge of Rennes-le-Chateau , its area or history . |
| 25 | ‘ I say them two or three times and it became more obvious each time I say them that they had a real understanding of what it was they were trying to do musically . |
| 26 | If he caught them before they reached the Isthmus of Corinth he killed the suitor ; and he always did , because he had divine horses given him by his father Ares . |
| 27 | Mock me and you mock the crown ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It worries me and I spend a lot of time thinking about it what we should be doing , what we can do . |
| 29 | The preacher 's fiery words pursued them as they passed the house of Crutched Friars and turned left down an alleyway towards the Tower . |
| 30 | Mr Davidson , who runs a pizza takeaway on High Northgate , Darlington , said : ‘ They stopped me because they thought the engine numbers were filed away and the car was stolen . |