Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are n't you going to wait for me to give you a lift ? ’ |
| 2 | Polls suggested that up to one in four Conservative MPs wanted her to go before the next general election : growing numbers of backbenchers were prepared openly to declare that the time had come for her to call it a day . |
| 3 | Would you object to my paying her a visit ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted to speak to you before I saw Ursula , ’ she concluded , ‘ because she might object to my giving you the private detective 's report on Maurice 's finances . ’ |
| 5 | It is a frightening experience , and I have never heard of anyone doing it a second time . |
| 6 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 7 | But the pretence of searching for it gave her a moment to think . |
| 8 | Her eyes sought out his to divine what the real mood was : Hope jammed her gaze with a glazed and bland smile . |
| 9 | hammer drill , he says to me do us a favour so I said what ? |
| 10 | That was like that was like your man big Albert when they were out and this fucking fella says to him do us a favour mate and he says aye , no problem I 'll do it if I can he says well would you go out sta put your take your trousers down , show us your arse |
| 11 | But he says to he phoned him the other day on my down this morning ha so just to say , you know , that was crime of the century ! |
| 12 | I am writing to you to offer you an appointment in the grade of Curator Grade G on a casual ( ie temporary and non-pensionable ) basis to work in the , a department of the National Library of Scotland . |
| 13 | In point of fact the reverse ruled : I was constantly having chits thrust at me giving me a blow-by-blow account of " Charlie 's " state of health , but I was never made aware of the seriousness of Eddie 's wound , and somehow I did not know until I visited him in hospital later that morning . |
| 14 | It was still there , though , and looking at it gave him a shock . |
| 15 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 16 | Everybody looked at me , waiting for me to show them the robot animal . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe she waiting for someone to show her the town . ’ |
| 18 | But since the pain I have to experience to learn the concept is necessarily my pain , this explanation leads to our asking ourselves the question , ‘ What possible reason could I have to think that other people ever have what I mean by ‘ pain ’ ? ’ — a question which invites the answers , ‘ None ’ ( solipsism ) or , alternatively ‘ An argument from analogy ’ . |
| 19 | It has occurred to me to wonder what the previous experience has been of youngsters who savagely assault old people , whether they have ever been close to an old person . |
| 20 | I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling . |
| 21 | To know that she was needed by someone gave her a heady sense of power . |
| 22 | The case-officer assigned to deal with me thought it a gift from the gods — I could see that , though he did his best not to show it . |
| 23 | I 've been finding that normally I can get up early in the morning , give Heather a ring or if she 's staying with me give her a shout , you know for her work . |
| 24 | Contact with her brought him a brief feeling of reality . |
| 25 | The Lord Chancellor said that the new conveyancing scheme , ‘ seems to me to show what the Law Society can do by way of setting appropriate standards of service to the public . |
| 26 | Oh they , on the last interview I went to they said you no need to have had experience |
| 27 | In reality this is inaudible under water so do n't rely on it to give you a reminder . |
| 28 | And what 's that sitting on my give me a hand for my bed you know . |
| 29 | I think talking to them helped me a lot to get over those first few months . |
| 30 | It just remains for me to wish you a prosperous and happy one . |