Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An icy wind was blowing , but the moment Modi saw me he came and said , quite casually , as if referring to something he did n't need in the least : ‘ Look here , I 'll sell you my overcoat , it 's much too big for me and should fit you nicely . ’ ’ |
| 2 | The only ones who do n't are those who do n't want to like Philip Larkin , and there is a sense in which poems have — probably since I started writing — have been lifted off the page much more in the absolutely literal sense , that people are used to hearing them and can read them afterwards . |
| 3 | But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine . |
| 4 | After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I love him and will welcome him back with open arms , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Amy never smacked him but would jerk him on to her hip and dump him on her bed saying : ‘ Bloody awful noise . ’ |
| 7 | I do not need it and will set it aside for you , my dear boy , to complete your studies . |
| 8 | Some have the same senses as us but may utilise them very differently . |