Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yet no-one thinks to ask me about this . |
| 2 | Mummy me want to eat them in that high chair , you staying out here ? |
| 3 | In a most interesting essay in the recent volume of Essays on the Depopulation of Melanesia the great psychologist W. H. R. Rivers adduces evidence which has led him to believe that the natives of that unfortunate archipelago are dying out principally for the reason that the ‘ Civilization ’ forced upon them has deprived them of all interest in life . |
| 4 | But nothing has prepared us for this divine outburst . |
| 5 | They have asked me to write to congratulate you on this well deserved honour , and I am very pleased to do so . |
| 6 | Luckily they seemed to want , even need , to talk , so it was n't necessary for me to try to head him onto other subjects as I had felt might possibly have been the case . |
| 7 | No-one has set me above this people . |
| 8 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 9 | Machinery unfit to do I 've stopped it for that . |
| 10 | I 've lots of ideas for these , but as they are all quick to make I 've left them for next month when you have finished your special presents and they are neatly folded and packed away in all their glory of tissue paper and gold and silver ribbons . |
| 11 | Erm I mean tell me in more depth how it works |
| 12 | I mean to arm myself from this day on — be warned , lest you are tempted to trespass on my confidence . |
| 13 | Cos I got help her with that . |
| 14 | I hate to see it like that . ’ |
| 15 | I hate to burden you with this . |
| 16 | I tried reversing it to five-one-five . |
| 17 | and it was on full power and I tried to save it after this thing came off . |
| 18 | I tried to press him for some specifics , but he was n't saying much . |
| 19 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 20 | I tried to tell them at first , but now I just smile and say nuffin' , like Brer Rabbit . ’ |
| 21 | I tried to help them in other ways , too . |
| 22 | ‘ I want to thank you for all you did for Mam . |
| 23 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 25 | Now I want to see you in four weeks again . |
| 26 | I want to see you in proper uniform today , Sharpe , today ! ’ |
| 27 | Okay , what I 'm going to do now is I 'm going to split you in , into groups , I want to split you into two groups , we could have up to you , and the dividing line will be you and then at the back there . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
| 29 | I want to ask her about this issue . |
| 30 | Now I wan I want to ask you about that . |