Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [coord] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Thursday morning early I set off to go to Peter Jones before my meeting in Markham Square and I put your birthday money ( for which my thanks ) towards a tiny little black leather bag about the size of the one I came south with , as it fits under my jacket without looking too bulky and my old similar one , also from the John Lewis partnership some years ago , recently gave up the ghost after three years of relentless daily use . |
| 2 | I had found out that her name was Miss Vulcan and I gave her this information as well as telling her that Miss Vulcan had a brother named Freddie who visited her and that he was a little old man who wore a black cap on his head and sported a goatee beard . |
| 3 | I had never suspected she had ever loved any man but Simon Ellis and I knew she could not have been referring to him since she had never spoken of him without affection and great kindness . |
| 4 | Okay well er I I figure that there must be quite a number of er extraterrestrials around around North Yorkshire and I thought it would be quite nice actually if er if there are any extraterrestrials listening at the moment they could ring in and we could have a chat . |
| 5 | We think the forty one thousand dwellings give sufficient flexibility erm i it will ensure a substantial continuing house-building sector in North Yorkshire and I think it marries environmental requirements with er the with our wider responsibilities . |
| 6 | The site is run by a chap called Sidney Passmore and I gather there 's been a lot of ill-feeling . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She was desperately in need of a holiday , and Aunt Maureen and I persuaded her to go . |
| 8 | You 're saying that Tom and old Maggie Sullivan and I cut his throat for him ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I contacted a Chinese professor at Birmingham University who recommended Dr Hao Ri-Fang and I invited her to open a clinic here . ’ |
| 10 | Quarterly meetings which they call them that was held in er the Odd Fellows Hall in Forest Road and I think it was the March January February March quarterly meeting that they er the ballot was taken for delegates for the conference . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr Nicholls and I have something to say to you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't see that Mr Calder and I have anything more to discuss . ’ |
| 13 | He 's England 's answer to Tom Selleck and I think he should be the next James Bond , man ’ The cricketer was allegedly slated to appear in a film opposite Oliver Reed , and his humorous performances on Question Of Sport surprised many . |
| 14 | A fine stone bridge spans the beck below Swinner Gill Kirk and I crossed it to follow the gill back below Moss Dam Hags and out along the top of Arn Gill Scar . |
| 15 | Albert said , ‘ I 'm sure he did see Mr Evans and I think what he saw him take was an envelope . |
| 16 | The gardener , Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke and I pursued him down the garden and into the bluebell wood . |
| 17 | And I er was talking to her down the lane when Mrs Monday and I asked her how she was and she said oh I 've had a few falls in the house and all . |
| 18 | I was really knocked out by your article on Philip Glass and I think it contained the best description of Glass ' music I have ever read . |
| 19 | I 've played in front of Mike Hooper and I believe he is one of the top six in the country . |
| 20 | For example if you go back to say Queen Victoria and Queen Mary and one of my former bosses was a godchild of Queen Mary and I mean he simply said to me talking not long ago about one of the nobody i people did n't behave like that at court so they 've really asked for everything they 've got . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been fortunate enough to work with the likes of Joe Mercer and Jack Charlton and I know my place in a football club . |
| 22 | ‘ Then I sold it for a Telecaster , which I hated , because the Tele did n't have any knobs ; it was a real simple guitar and I did n't like it , so I bought a Les Paul and I loved it . |
| 23 | He normally works for me at St Andrews and I want him to do it because he 'll be retiring after this year . |
| 24 | Shortly after Dick took off in his P-40 , Bill Dodds and I joined him airborne in a T-6 . |
| 25 | Before losing out to Northampton who were bullies , I was at that match at Buckingham Road and I thought they were bullies , especially Bobby Barnes , not the wrestler , used to play for West Ham , but he plays for Northampton now , he 's gone now , but they were , they , they were naughty . |
| 26 | I played a real opera singer from the nineteenth century , Nadena Burokhof and I based myself on her . |
| 27 | ‘ My friend , Lord Auden and I cut one up the other day , ’ she says ( of an old mahogany sideboard ) . |
| 28 | He signalled me from Pitt Street and I met him and he gave me the peg [ the notebook entry you both make ] . |
| 29 | I am not a prude but I know Barbara Bush and I like her . ’ |
| 30 | Under Lily Laverock 's auspices , she came to Vancouver on an annual concert tour , and when Marjorie Agnew and I approached her on the matter she was delighted to become a sponsor . |