Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes erm I do n't know if I mentioned you a question properly er right there were young lads in there they be young lads in that lodge do this and they jump up and they make a decision quickly . |
| 2 | What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ? |
| 3 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
| 4 | The older man 's bushy grey brows rose as he shot her a penetrating glance . |
| 5 | Here ref , what would you do if I called you a plonker ? |
| 6 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
| 7 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
| 8 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 9 | Would you mind if we paid her a visit instead ? ’ she appealed . |
| 10 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 11 | Would you mind if I bought you a coffee or something ? ’ |
| 12 | He frowned as he handed her a cup of tea . |
| 13 | Travis frowned as he handed her a mug of soup . |
| 14 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 15 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 16 | Just tell him what we want him to give us , you know if he gave us the advance nod on something then we could either you know deal it exclusive or we 'll put it all round , you know , whichever they prefer . |
| 17 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 18 | I know cos she showed me a picture once . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , you must admit — ’ she began as he handed her a glass . |
| 20 | Merrill protested as she handed him the file . |
| 21 | I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it . |
| 22 | I do n't think there is any question about that , and I feel like we gave him a good shot at staying alive . |
| 23 | Lucy swallowed as she sent him a nervous glance . |
| 24 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |
| 25 | Dino Tremiti , the number-two driver , was sitting next to Mike , his eyes amused as he gave her a very comprehensive survey . |
| 26 | Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle . |
| 27 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 28 | She was always quiet , which I liked because it gave me a chance to talk without interruption . |
| 29 | I oppose the carry-over motion for the Bill , as I did when we debated it a year ago . |
| 30 | I did n't care if she called me the son of Frankenstein . |