Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [adv] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know , Lissa , seeing you tonight has made me realise that I 'd hate to lose contact with you again . |
| 2 | He 's always sneaking around , just where you least expect to find him . ’ |
| 3 | It is in Britain 's interest for us to be at the heart of that Europe — where the Prime Minister said that he wanted us , but where he signally failed to put us at Maastricht . |
| 4 | I 'm no good at getting into lifts and finding my room so someone always has to show me . |
| 5 | My instructions were badly translated , so I soon had to abandon them and struggle on my own . |
| 6 | Sadly , I only ever saw my grandmother a couple of times so I never came to know her . |
| 7 | I do n't use models so I really have to work it out from memory or imagination . |
| 8 | I do n't use models so I really have to work it out from memory or imagination . |
| 9 | I thought it might be drugged so I only pretended to drink it , putting the cup to my lips and setting it down again full after an interval . |
| 10 | The German was too heavy for her to drag down the steps , so she reluctantly decided to push him off the catwalk . |
| 11 | The settings you make will be accessed by all your Windows applications — so you only need to make them once unless you alter your system configuration . |
| 12 | ‘ So you really did change me into a wolf , Mr Bilsiter ? ’ cried Mrs Hampton . |
| 13 | That 's our job , so you have to appreciate that that 's the job of a journalist , to enquire what is the , the worst and the best aspects of any , of any job , of any , of any interview , and so you really have to do it , and in the sense that you have to if you , you probably have to go back to square one and do maximum research on what you 're being asked about , so , therefore you have more confidence in precising down what your answer is . |
| 14 | Although we often try to ignore it , our bodies are also controlled by a circadian rhythm . |
| 15 | We , we actually lived in th the corner shop is right on the corner if you 've come up High street on the bus and your Co-op would be on that corner , your church and your Co-op 's on the corner , and just turns there and I only lived just down that street , so we never had to have it delivered because we just popped up er and my brother and I , I can so remember us going with our two big bags you know and we , you know how you do when families meet you know and he 'll say that 's the time , because dad , we never knew dad hit us and yet you 'd of thought he was , we , we were so scared it must have been his voice you know , that he erm that we was so scared that everything was all correct from the Co- op . |
| 16 | There now exist community groups of a greater or lesser degree of militancy which have eschewed political parties as the main vehicle of their demands ( although they often have to use them in the later stages of campaigns ) . |
| 17 | They found themselves terribly short of officers the other day so they practically had to promote me . ’ |
| 18 | My friend and colleague Sandy Frey has correctly recognised this as a fundamental process for the cube , and for other mathematical groups , and he calls it the Principle of Partial Inverses ; a piece moved by P is restored by P — 1 , provided nothing else has moved it in between . |
| 19 | ‘ If it 's of any interest to you , I scarcely even remember what I said , but if I somehow managed to upset you … ’ |
| 20 | If I really wanted to make it all ‘ organic ’ I 'd take out a section of , like , six guitarists , who could all double up on parts . |
| 21 | If I ever got busted I 'd be in such fucking shit . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're saying plainly that you 'll assert yourself in the most obvious way possible if I ever attempt to cross you ! ’ |
| 23 | One thing that I did tell her was that if I ever got arrested she would not be involved . |
| 24 | I had n't expected to be able to speak to Alan before the end of the week , but at a quarter to five Sylvia de Groot telephoned to say that he was free now if I still wanted to see him . |
| 25 | But Stanley , I think , gave that film a style it would n't have had if someone else had directed it . ’ |
| 26 | She 'd tacked the first sketches for this picture up on the wall and they looked as if someone else had drawn them . |
| 27 | It was such a good idea that she could n't think anything for a moment-as if someone else had suggested it to her , and she needed to digest it . |
| 28 | Fashanu himself had thoughts on this : ‘ If you can relate yourself to somebody , it 's a big spur to you , ‘ cause , if someone else has done it , you can always follow him . |
| 29 | If someone ever does force you to stop by driving their car in front of yours , stay calm . |
| 30 | Oh she 's , but she 's gone nice , I must admit , cos I always did like her , even though like they use to say she was spoilt and that , well , you ca n't help it |