Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 2 | When I first heard the first noise I thought what the bloody hell 's that and I turned the sound down . |
| 3 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 4 | At the first meeting in the department I did what every other Transport Minister appears to have done over the previous ten years : I hired Professor Sir Alec Cairncross to advise me . |
| 5 | It takes a load off their mind they know who the new owners are going to be . |
| 6 | In today 's programme he gives us an exclusive interview , the first since his heart attack four months ago . |
| 7 | I mean I tried it out at work I show you the this is what they used at work . |
| 8 | In response to the unasked question she handed them the last cans . |
| 9 | ‘ No wonder they call us the black Irish ! ’ |
| 10 | We pay every week to get into the game ; this money goes to the manager and team , and in return they owe us a good afternoon 's entertainment . |
| 11 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 12 | Jonathan always thinks that what he says is so fantastic that he 's got to say it twice in case you missed it the first time round . |
| 13 | Well , I know in the interview you did with Patsy Kensit she gave herself a 4 so I 'll have to go for 2 . |
| 14 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 15 | Although mainly a director of low budget productions , he told me that before the war he concerned it a poor year if he did not earn six thousand pounds , quite a sum for those days . |
| 16 | Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney . |
| 17 | ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’ |
| 18 | Late that night I ask myself the age-old question . |
| 19 | During the night I visited him every three hours as my vet had told me that if his leg had broken completely it would n't be fair to leave him suffering . |
| 20 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 21 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 22 | Yes , all that rhythm , one day you have it the next you do n't , and er Lawrence has certainly got it today , you can tell by just looking at a bowler running in , if he 's easy and relaxed , Lawrence I suppose never really looks relaxed when he 's belting into bowl , but he 's clicked he 's , he 's right at the crease . |
| 23 | Er what a lovely wife she says what a lovely man you are . |
| 24 | I was surprised how well behaved the cat was on the bank for it hardly moved , out with the camera , click and back she went none the worse for her mistake . |
| 25 | Oh yeah , I love the , the mixed of border you call it the mixed of border no , yes ? |
| 26 | On the second day they gave her a rubber ball attached on a long elastic thread to a wooden bat . |
| 27 | They agree that theological discourse does not make sense in the terms of ordinary language , but whereas for one this effectively consigns theology to the dustbin , for the other it gives it the same sort of status as speaking in tongues . |
| 28 | After a while he gave her a sidelong glance under his enviable black lashes . |
| 29 | One night he brings me a huge bar of Old Jamaica chocolate and watches while I eat the whole lot . |
| 30 | This morning I boiled her a nice fresh egg , and she ate the lot . |