Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Books can be dangerous because the reading and writing of them involves us in an exercise of intellectual freedom . |
| 2 | That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall . |
| 3 | Some story about a raid , that was it , them finding ST with a stainless steel jig screwed to his pate , them sticking him in a sack , jig and all . |
| 4 | Boys pouring into the room below , laughing , chattering , me seeing them through the crack . |
| 5 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
| 6 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |
| 7 | And Dr Carrington had particularly asked me to disconnect him from the ventilator . |
| 8 | ‘ Here , let me shield you from the wind . ’ |
| 9 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 10 | Now the thing that worries me is that the N R A and our linkage with them is I do n't think it 's early days for them and they have n't got the the power and the erm law behind them to enforce it as the way which I think most of us would like to think of have a erm erm an organization tha that can in fact start bringing the law in that if people fail to do what they say erm so that aspect I think I now Chris also mentioned this erm tilting in West Sussex and again that mentioned in the structure plan , because I six mill a year but in ten years that 's two and a half inches . |
| 11 | The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss . |
| 12 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
| 13 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 14 | In December 1757 he tried to excuse himself ‘ as my abode is at such distance from the place where the Royal Society hold their weekly meetings as to render it not only inconvenient , but unsafe for me to attend them in the winter season. , A month later Ellis countered with , ‘ I scarce think it possible that Mr. Miller should have no one friend in the Society to send him word and , indeed , I had told Rivington to tell Miller I would be glad to discuss the matter at Fulham , and Miller ignored it . ’ |
| 15 | Let let me introduce you to a nurse , a nurse called Nicola . |
| 16 | Let me introduce you to the world of press releases . |
| 17 | Let me introduce you to the class . |
| 18 | Erm , if erm , if one of them contradicted me in the class , I burst into tears , I think you 'd think something was seriously wrong with me , would n't you ? |
| 19 | Crilly tells me to meet him at the Hope and Vixen in half an hour . |
| 20 | Though they are what is commonly called our enemies , yet , if they make proper use of what I have laboured for , let them enjoy it with the blessing of God . |
| 21 | On the following Monday some of them pursued him to a review that was taking place on Wimbledon Common , while others went to the City , occupied the Royal Exchange and picketed the coffee houses , carrying placards reading More Wages . |
| 22 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 23 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
| 24 | So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath . |
| 25 | ‘ I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box-office draw , ’ says Barry . |
| 26 | I asked him about the disrepair of the buildings . |
| 27 | When I asked him about the college he volunteered only that it was an experimental community of researchers and students — ‘ the kind of imaginative endeavour you will find only in the States . ’ |
| 28 | I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow . |
| 29 | I asked him after a lecture he gave in Cambridge , and he looked at me in a vague way and said yes , he would . |
| 30 | I asked him after the event what he thought . |