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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I mean they outclassed us no question , no two ways about it , I du n no what it is .
2	Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ?
3	No , but I mean they do it the easy way the
4	Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do .
5	Well the only people that I actually need to write to are managers or agents and I mean I give them a print out of what I do every day
6	Now I 'm I mean I give you an example .
7	I mean he grasped what the word , he grasped the way she taught him and he soon learnt to read and he could retain those words
8	‘ I mean he gives you a look sometimes and you start laughin' ! ’
9	I queried it , I mean she gave me a precise figure of twenty thousand , and six hundred and fifty five something or other .
10	I expect he gived you a funny answer
11	I expect he sent you the letter .
12	‘ I expect she gave you a good tea , ’ said my mother .
13	I if I say it cost you an arm and a leg ?
14	‘ Well , I suggest yer get yerself a good mouser , ’ Mr Goodrich told her in no uncertain manner .
15	I want her to give you the name of the man responsible . ’
16	I want everybody to give me a word for the younger , younger girl .
17	I want you to give 'em a jab wi' your needle . "
18	Now I want you to do it the hard way , I mean you would n't normally do it this way but when you 've got letters in you 've got no choice .
19	I want you to tell me a few things and then I 'll let you go back to sleep , all right ? ’
20	Now I want you to tell me the important part — why the hell are you so desperate that you 'll go to this extent in order to get your hands on the bequest ?
21	I want you to show her the ropes .
22	So Roger Corman said to Jack Nicholson , ‘ I want you to write me a screenplay called The Trip , about this psychedelic craze and LSD , put someone on an acid trip .
23	Then , ‘ after a great deal more chit-chat I let him kiss me a tender goodnight on the doorstep with the promise to phone when he could and , gathering up my ermines , swept into the great portal .
24	‘ I hope I find you the same . ’
25	Yes , I 'll come on that romantic stroll with you and watch the sunset as we did in Seville and I 'll remind you of it , just as you intend to remind me of it , and I 'll go with you all of the cruel way , Fernando , and when it 's all over I hope it gives you the satisfaction you crave . ’
26	I hope she gives him a right going over . ’
27	But they are particularly easy to mark , but I suspect they give us a false sense of objectivity and I think we sometimes give the statistics a little bit too much weight .
28	Not to , I know we saw it the other night did n't we ?
29	I think that 's a good idea there is n't a bet there be a real seller those boxes they , I know they call them the
30	cos I know I know which the safer bet is and that 's all I 'm going to say .