Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] the [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I think the tour did a lot for me . ’ |
| 2 | This is done by going to your local post office , filling in a form and paying a small fee — the amount depends upon how long you want the post redirected for ; most people find that three months is adequate . |
| 3 | Perhaps you think the Creator sent you here to dispose of us as you see fit . |
| 4 | So she kept the tune trapped in and it marched up and down inside her head . |
| 5 | The more I puzzled about how best to paint the outback the more I realised the Aboriginals had got it right , making spiritual maps on the ground or on bark stripped from eucalypt trees . |
| 6 | Erm usually they leave the dog tied up somewhere . |
| 7 | But yesterday he said the MP had ‘ failed miserably ’ . |
| 8 | One girl said later she thought the men looked ‘ dodgy ’ and wrote down the registration number of the car . |
| 9 | The American woman strolled over to the riverbank to watch him , and as the fragments of the raw flesh floated away down-stream she saw the water churned to a white froth by shoals of ravenous fish fighting to devour them . |
| 10 | Hence he ordered the sign kept . |
| 11 | Thirdly we felt the county had not understood enough of the pattern of erm impending relocations within Harrogate Borough Council . |
| 12 | Now they want the law changed . |
| 13 | Residents say too many learner drivers are taking lessons in their streets , and now they want the L-plates moved on . |
| 14 | well you said the brochure had been reprinted |
| 15 | well you say the article meant that your clients were being accused of deliberate deceit |
| 16 | I only y well you see the Romans did have a word you know they had a phrase , have you heard about that Roman phrase ? |
| 17 | Well they said the witnesses said they thought it was just like an older brother a younger brother . |
| 18 | Well it held the conifer did n't it ? |
| 19 | Anyhow I thought the team had a pretty good crimble period , despite the number of draws which were due mainly to bad luck and some inept finishing . |
| 20 | Then I declare the meeting closed . ’ |
| 21 | Defiantly I squelched the book shut . |
| 22 | Then we saw the sky burst into red , ’ he said . |
| 23 | As strategies go this is not a bad one at all , for at least it leaves the people involved feeling that they have some power , purpose and ( usually ) some solidarity with others . |
| 24 | However I forgot to mention it and when I remembered again I thought the tickets had probably all been sold . |
| 25 | But instead he pulled the jacket closed , the gesture deliberately rough and contemptuous . |