Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't keep lifting them up to see how they were doing , and I 'd be pretty hesitant about pruning them too . |
| 2 | I 'm a bit apprehensive about seeing her again , but I 'm sure she 'll have fun seeing the old hag in her new colours . |
| 3 | There were some quite nasty-looking cuts on his head , and the sergeant was a bit apprehensive about turning him over . |
| 4 | They were apprehensive about opening it and sent for the Bomb Squad . |
| 5 | But although Mansell has won the first four races this season , he 's trying not to be over-confident about making it five . |
| 6 | To add insult to injury , the young thug filed a civil claim against Mr Respectable for wounding him and , although he won his action , the damages awarded were only nominal , reflecting the spirit and not the letter of the law . |
| 7 | Afterwards she repented it bitterly , but she was hopeless at apologizing : instead of retracting her feelings , what she always did was to say that she was sorry for expressing them , a kind of amends that costs nothing and carries the built-in rebuke that the other person is unable to bear the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry for burdening you . ’ |
| 9 | I reminded her about the things she said last night — the things you apparently overheard , so you say — and she now realises she was quite wrong to say those things , even if they were supposed to be some kind of joke … and … she is sorry for saying them because she now understands that those careless words of hers were what basically caused the misunderstanding . ’ |
| 10 | So , said Miss Lawley helpfully , will you now say you are sorry for introducing it ? |
| 11 | They all said that they were amazed with Randolph 's performance last night and that they were very sorry for teasing him . |
| 12 | Yes , alright , sorry for interrupting you |
| 13 | Sorry for giving you a hard time there . |
| 14 | ‘ I am sorry for disturbing you , ’ Erceldoun blurted out . |
| 15 | It is I who am so sorry for disturbing you . |
| 16 | " When you crept into my room less than a week ago , you were n't so shy about touching me . |
| 17 | You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night , so do n't be shy about admitting it . |
| 18 | ‘ As I say , I 'm sorry about seeking you out , Mrs Day , but I felt it would be best to talk to you without Ruth . |
| 19 | When she catches sight of me she smiles and I feel guilty for scorning her . |
| 20 | ‘ When I saw you , ’ she said , ‘ I was so pissed off Do you know what they said ? ’ |
| 21 | You feel guilty about enjoying it so much . |
| 22 | Laura once said she hated the thirty-roomed house , which she considered ugly , and then felt guilty about hating it . |
| 23 | Her twin sister Sally , of Penarth , South Glamorgan , south Wales , begged school-friends and neighbours not to feel guilty about sending her on the venture . |
| 24 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 25 | Some young people look upon drugs as a national industry : ‘ what is so awful about doing it if there is no other way of getting a job . ’ |
| 26 | The words remind us of Hagar 's cry , when she was first driven into the desert and rescued by God : ‘ Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him ? ’ |
| 27 | They said I were wrong for leaving him and that I should go back to him = my father did n't agree with it , he 's er , very old fashioned , we 've never had any divorces or anything in our family … |
| 28 | From time to time he brought them small presents of coffee and sugar , although he was always slightly shy and embarrassed about giving them . |
| 29 | The optimistic consensus is that they do n't but that one has to be very careful about making them , and the level of detail one can achieve may not be as great as one may like . |
| 30 | It does seem that the social profile of the bridegrooms of our " compesses " displays several significant differences from that of their fathers , though one has to be careful about interpreting them . |