Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [coord] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marianne Tranter , a psychiatric social worker at the Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond Street , London , told the audience of nurses and social workers that abused children are ‘ seduced ’ by paedophiles who give them rewards and make threats about disclosure . |
| 2 | them togs and whatnot |
| 3 | Yet now , ’ his look was amicable , ‘ you , Miss Kingsdale , with your haughty manner ’ her haughty manner ? ‘ wish me to at once revoke my plans and allow you to ask me endless work-orientated questions . ’ |
| 4 | But then hands of steel get hold of my ankles and start pulling at me — pulling pulling pulling . |
| 5 | ‘ Basically they are simple — you obey my wishes and prevent me being too overworked — ’ |
| 6 | Periodically I went down into the warmth below , to write up my notes and check them over against the ship 's design plans , which Nils had produced for me before going off with Iain to talk to the Navy Yard people . |
| 7 | I pick up my possessions and prepare to walk home along the quayside past the Salute , when the same gondola reapears on its return journey . |
| 8 | ‘ The computers as usual , I suppose , but you 'd better ring my solicitors and ask them to cable you the cash . |
| 9 | I then deliberately smudge the area with my fingers and pick out the highlights with a plastic eraser . |
| 10 | I then deliberately smudge the area with my fingers and pick out the highlights with a plastic eraser . |
| 11 | When I was in prison I used to grip my fingers and bite my tongue and think , ‘ Right , do n't do anything . ’ |
| 12 | I caught it , held it in my fingers and put it out of the window . |
| 13 | When asked eight weeks ago what her dream for the future was , Tatum replied : ‘ It 's that when John 's career is finished he takes care of the kids while I make two pictures a year and get to pick my scripts and work with whoever I want . |
| 14 | ‘ You actually rang my employers and ask questions about me ! |
| 15 | I suppose in theory I could be lying through my teeth and have some other reason for wanting to go to Strathspeld — maybe I 'm just getting homesick for Scotland — but I 'm certain he knows that I 'm not lying and that there is a body ; I think he can see it in my eyes . |
| 16 | At first , I used to grind my teeth and think , oh God , we 've got to move on from Emerson . |
| 17 | I 'll grit my teeth and attack the course tomorrow — death or glory , nothing in between . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm afraid I have to grit my teeth and say I 'm closer to Gyles and Jeffrey . ’ |
| 19 | Tried to dispel my doubts and tell myself it was Nan Ho . |
| 20 | I know people read my books and try to find identifiable people but the truth is that five or six people , and a great deal of myself and a great deal of invention , go into minor characters . |
| 21 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I can take any debts you might have on to my books and raise the money I need to start the business off , but I must tell you one thing , ’ Emily said , ‘ I am not rich , do n't make that mistake , I need the business to succeed or I 'm finished . ’ |
| 23 | And erm you can come and have a look at my books or talk amongst yourselves and we 'll resume later . |
| 24 | It was decided that he should leave next day for London and that I should stop on and finish my baths and meet him in Paris . |
| 25 | People in the street , who knew that I was engaged in negotiations , would come up to me , grab me by my lapels and say , ‘ Get an agreement , we beg you . |
| 26 | Certainly , the idea that when I look at my spectacles and think ‘ So that 's where I put them ’ I am having thousands of other little thoughts at the same time is a silly idea , and some would say that the doctrine of the holism of the mental is just a silly idea . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm still a salesman , ’ he admits , ‘ My job is to sell my clients and maximise their earning potential . ’ |
| 28 | So that I can go through my designs and make quite certain that there is not one collar , not one cuff detail , not the slightest influence that they could accuse me of copying from them . |
| 29 | I could walk as fast as I ever did but I tended to roll my shoulders and turn my three-toed foot in as I did so . |
| 30 | I would not like to contribute to that , although I suppose that Mr Smith 's vicious tax might just persuade me to brace my shoulders and cry ‘ traps away ’ . |