Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drama provides another major resource in overcoming passivity , in stimulating children to become actively involved in thinking about language , and in helping them to enjoy literature at school so that they will continue to read and to act and to attend theatrical performances for the rest of their lives . |
| 2 | I entertained Heather to lunch there as well . |
| 3 | , I got loads of observations here . |
| 4 | I got loads of plants now . |
| 5 | I seen Andy in town today walking round with his erm headphones in . |
| 6 | I want success for Chelsea more than anything and we need to win another major trophy . ’ |
| 7 | I entered Dover at nightfall just as the sky darkened and rain began to beat down on my plumed cap . |
| 8 | ‘ I studied marketing in Singapore so as to branch out from accounting to marketing . |
| 9 | This is an issue to which I shall return later in this chapter , when I consider relationships between siblings specifically . |
| 10 | I do n't paint from dark to light or light to dark in any special sequence , but as my eyes flit over the paper I add bits of colour here and there . |
| 11 | Most of the summer I wear shorts to work etc . |
| 12 | Usually I wear T-shirts inside jumpers like , thing is , 'cos I did n't like , my drawers fell down , I do n't bother to , bending down to get them . |
| 13 | How come I get honours in tap then ? |
| 14 | If entry of my name , etc , in the directory automatically means I get copies of Nonesuch then please forget it . |
| 15 | ‘ In the winter I visit Mummy in Norwich instead . |
| 16 | As I stood up , I heard cries of astonishment all around me . |
| 17 | ‘ Dear Batty , I needed money for booze so all I did was rip off a few thousand cup final tickets supposed to be for our lot and flog 'em to some scum supporters . |
| 18 | I lost weight during Christmas sometimes . |
| 19 | I suppose I lost track of time too , ’ Belinda explained lamely , too consumed with riding out the worst of the tingling as feeling returned to her leg . |
| 20 | Or wait till tomorrow night or , Joan phoned this morning and oh I s I saw Tom in town yesterday . |
| 21 | But suppose I am trying to use the machine , and I try coin after coin unsuccessfully , and I utter ( 23 ) ; I might then very well communicate : ( 24 ) Some , and perhaps all , ten cent pieces are rejected by this vending machine and indeed I could say this without contradiction . |
| 22 | This is why you know , I , I think you should keep di I keep diaries from years ago because I know you do n't like nostalgia , and I do n't , but it 's interesting |
| 23 | Cos he do n't want me going there cos I fell arse over tip earlier ! |
| 24 | Mr Crick went on , ‘ But I think bulls like music better than cows . |
| 25 | I think reprisals against people only distantly or circumstantially connected with those who have done others wrong are to make the people doing the avenging feel good . |
| 26 | In reply to your points in the letter to Graham Dann ( 12 March ) , we are certainly doing our best to find sponsorship , and I enclose copies of letters recently sent to public companies in search of support . |
| 27 | I had lunch with Eliot just after Christmas 1939 . |
| 28 | I had years of hell there . ’ |
| 29 | Can I wear Nuform on Tuesday then ? ’ |
| 30 | I have visions of bosses all over the land going hot under the collar as they see yet more of their staff enjoying the antics of this old salt — it could take over where Leisure Suit Larry left off . |