Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [noun prp] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can wait until Mme Wyatt sees me for what I am , understands what Gillian sees in me . |
| 2 | ‘ But in May 1945 I did not know that they would be killed and I did not know until Count Tolstoy drew it to my attention in 1979 , 1980 and 1985 . |
| 3 | Dot decided she would n't invite herself to stay but would wait till Mrs Hollidaye asked her . |
| 4 | I nearly wet meself laughing when Mrs Jenkins told me , I thought it was so funny . ’ |
| 5 | Mountbatten 's task was not simplified when General MacArthur saddled him with the additional responsibility of taking over Indonesia and Indo-China , previously within the American sphere . |
| 6 | This is what farmer Ray Bouston found when MEB workmen told him that twenty-two of his charolais beef cattle were dead . |
| 7 | Their sense of tradition is also very strong and instead of dying out in 1951 when enthusiasm was beginning to wane a little , it was revitalised when Stanley Robshaw took it in hand and set it firmly on its feet again . |
| 8 | ‘ What does Jonathon do when Uncle Philip hits you ? ’ |
| 9 | First , we should understand that the political hacks were peeved when he won the overwhelming support of his colleagues to represent them on Labour 's shadow cabinet and they were really gutted when John Smith gave him the Scottish Office to shadow . |
| 10 | The sun had not yet risen when Eddie Aikau said he was going for help . |
| 11 | But Feathers was to split when Hermione Farthingale decided she did not wish to continue with the group . |
| 12 | He said he would now wait to see if Darlington firemen wanted him to take the matter to the home office . |
| 13 | Nick might have laughed when Mr Gillman told him " I did n't know she was married " or even , " Married , is she ? |
| 14 | The Mastermind television quiz game turned its attention to Formula 1 motor racing when Michael Swartz took it as his specialised subject recently . |
| 15 | The twins have based their entire lives around the Nuffield Press , a place they enjoyed until Robert Maxwell took it over . |
| 16 | His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself . |
| 17 | An argument developed because Mr Brown told her that the new chauffeur the company had just taken on could use her car while she was away , as the car that had been ordered for him had not arrived . |
| 18 | Richard and Kate kept asking until Hubert Molland shut them up . |
| 19 | She had n't known until Sir Philip mentioned it at dinner last night that I 'd been thinking about marrying her . |
| 20 | And the recovery will only fully happen when John Major loses his . ’ |
| 21 | What this approach makes especially clear is that while we might want to say that the meaning of ( 17 ) remains constant across different occasions of utterance , the proposition that it expresses if Joe Bloggs utters it is different from the one it picks out if Sue Bloggs utters it . |
| 22 | Angela Cartwright , as chairman of the local Party , explained the procedure for calling a Special General Meeting if Grunte was to be de-selected , and the meeting adjourned after Carole Swan said she would take soundings among members of the Party after the conference . |
| 23 | The furore erupted after Mr Bell said he could not make any of five dates offered for public debates by Teesside Poly chaplain Cathy Rowling . |
| 24 | Emboldened by Carters support , the Shah ordered the publications of the scurrilous attack on Khomeini which precipitated the first of the riots against him and , within a year , had led to his fall , by early 1979 , after what he saw as US failure to support him , and as he now looked for a refuge form Morocco he was less certain . |
| 25 | The man was disabled eight months after the soldiers died when UVF men shot him in the back . |
| 26 | Even more basic , though , was the pressure on a Celtic team playing for their dignity and self respect and who did so in such a convincing manner that all diagnoses of the final result came back to the same conundrum , where does the level of commitment shown against Rangers go when Liam Brady needs it most ? |
| 27 | We only bet when Mr Harvey tells us who to back , and nine times out of ten he 's right , so I 've nearly doubled my savings . |
| 28 | I think if Mr. Statton says you 'll be so tired would you like to go and get your reading book and get a hanky and |
| 29 | The ground floor consisted of a key-cutter 's stall and some small shops , just as it did when Abu Khadra knew it . |
| 30 | Martin Ling hit the first … the second showed Swindon at their best … the old class was showing as Andy Mutch made it 2 all … who 's a clever boy … |