Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] and [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finally finds contentment in living a basic life and repaying Joe what he owes him and he soon realises that he could have been happy staying with Joe in the forge . |
| 2 | the colours and everything and the order you want them , but the little figures erm , she buys them and she just paints them , and that 's how she could make er the ones for Shirley er for me , erm she gets little soldiers and she can paint them in the camouflage dress |
| 3 | Now , I do agree with that , that if you phone up and somebody phones you and they just talk to you and then for about five minutes later , the person at the other end of the phone says , ‘ I 'm in a meeting ’ , and you just thought ‘ Well , why on earth did n't you say that in the first place ? ’ , so there is another side to that one . |
| 4 | The least thing upsets her and she frequently strikes out at me . |
| 5 | What attracts them and what exactly do they do ? |
| 6 | You know Alec er , Alec comes up and informs me and I always say well Alec how are things , urgh , do you want the good news or bad news first sort of thing |
| 7 | Using a line disturbs all the rabbits ; it touches them and they then dash for home . |
| 8 | I suppose it amuses me and I never needed to be amused before , not when he was here to do it . |
| 9 | But ask Shaun Hutson what terrifies him and he quickly replies … his mum . |
| 10 | What I can not do is go around and do a full enquiry to find out what the position is , an enquiry indeed might be difficult , because you may have found these people but actually pinning down er to who does it and what actually happens may be more difficult . |