Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They looked just like those horrible Yahoos , and at first I could not let them touch me or come near me .
2 Hindley says he is wicked , and ca n't play with me or eat with me any more . ’
3 That was the whole point and the way , it was like , he could he could hit , he could , he could hit me or go like that to my hair or run his fingers through my face , rip all my clothes up , you know what I mean , not rip them off , rip them up !
4 There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him .
5 ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time .
6 ‘ Remember , the range on this thing is quite long enough for me to dispose of you at any moment should you try to desert me or plot against me . ’
7 He did n't want to see me or talk to me , he or his parents .
8 You have two choices — flee from me or belong to me . ’
9 It does n't include the unregistered and unmeasured unemployed — women with men who have to maintain them or claim for them , and those whose dole is exhausted but who are disqualified from supplementary benefit because they live with wage-earners . )
10 Those on the sidelines tried not to see them or know about them , but it was difficult .
11 You should never talk to them or go in their cars or houses .
12 It can be a fairly minor loss , like social status or face — some people suffer agonies for fear that someone will laugh at them or sneer at their taste or intelligence , for example .
13 We can speculate that there is a psychological motive for this switch , with Adele using a change of code to indicate that she is only reporting these words and does not herself " stand behind " them or vouch for their validity .
14 ‘ Most of the time we were so busy rushing the posters out that we did n't have time to read them or think about what they said , ’ said Mr Mark Roblett , 27 , the elder of the two brothers whose south London company came to the aid of both parties .
15 To prevent starvation on more plebeian trains , passengers had to take all their food with them or leap from the train the moment it drew into a station and rush for the buffet .
16 They will be put under the strain of doing jobs for which they are unsuited and as a result will either leave after a short time , have the humiliation of being told they are unsuitable , or cause difficulties for other staff who have to rely on them or cooperate with them .
17 Gina could crawl in beside them or sleep on the sofa downstairs if she preferred .
18 At decision point B in Fig. 8.5. we do not know the full scores of the paths , but we can try to look ahead and estimate them or extrapolate from current scores .
19 Let us instantly go to my closet or yours and come upon our mutual trial for you have fired by soul with impatience .
20 You have to start from a pain of yours and conceive of there being something like this which hurts but which does not hurt you , and also that there could be something which is like you but not you for such pains to hurt .
21 I had written my reasons for so thinking ; but as they were not satisfactory to the other noble and learned Lords who heard the case , I do not now repeat them nor persist in them .
22 As to Crescent Wharves Ltd. and Ship Link Terminals Ltd. , it was pointed out that most of the heavy goods vehicles are not theirs but belong to their customers or carriers and that in any event it would be wrong to aggregate their respective contributions in the circumstances of this case .
23 How dare he speculate on the subject , then write his conclusions on a document I must carry round with me and display for a month ?
24 Begone from me and reflect upon what you have said .
25 ‘ I 've heard that I 'm the most unsavoury , unconscionable character that ever existed but people all want to be associated with me and sit with me , ’ he said .
26 But my dogs have always , much rather come shopping with me and sit in the , .
27 ‘ Look , I think I 'll take this lot home with me and go through them later tonight .
28 ‘ I thought to myself , Martha must be growing up now , it 's time she left the country and came to live with me and go to a good school . ’
29 One evening , Ken told Timothy West , she assured him : ‘ You 're a very nice boy to stay up with me and chat about things every night — and I would n't be surprised if the right little lady does n't come along soon . ’
30 I wanted them to laugh , to surround me and ask for gifts .
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