Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In a case which looks like murder we are bound to listen to gossip … ’
2 Just three days before Claire 's death , Helen said : ‘ When she goes to surgery I 'm going to say to her , ‘ Right , Claire , this is the beginning of the rest of your life .
3 She says at school she had to wear splints on her legs .
4 She says in sarajevo she felt dreadful .
5 What she lacks in patience she makes up for in determination which she hopes will soon see her on horseback .
6 If she opts for cardiotocography it must be done properly and not haphazardly .
7 She hopes in future it will be possible to restore the word nigger without stirring up racial tensions .
8 He is a guy who likes to quick-fix it — ‘ just turn your grip that way and that 's that . ’
9 Her hairdressers warn it will fall out if she continues to dye it !
10 Cos she does it and whenever she talks in drama she goes like that and so I go up and goes cooee , hello Donna , who , who
11 When she returns from theatre she is rather sleepy but is allowed to take fluids as soon as she feels able to sit up in bed .
12 Well we got er Mrs that was in she 's like , when she comes on phone you 've got to hold it like that .
13 Only North , according to his notebooks , tried to counter in Tehran with something similar. : ‘ Because I am a Christian , I understand and believe that when one dies in faith he will spend eternity in a far better place . ’
14 If it goes to court it could be an important test case .
15 Before he goes to bed he tapes a message to the fridge door : TELL POTTER .
16 And er and she said he enjoys it and he goes to playgroup I think he must go to Dennington playgroup cos he 's going to Dennington school , and he enjoys sitting down and being , likes looking at books and he 's started writing and she said actually she said I 'm really panicking because I 'm frightened that I might be teaching him wrong and that I 'm I said well why do n't you pop in and have a word at the school ?
17 If he goes on trial we may as well all start looking for other jobs .
18 If you do n't get rid of acid you know what it does to even metal , if it sits on metal it eats through it , so you imagine what it does to your bones when it sits on them .
19 Unfortunately , as it stands at present it has many deficiencies , because :
20 Marvell is so much taken with the love he has of nature he even proposes to cut out the names of the trees in their own bark , as opposed to the names of lovers .
21 When it drops to minimum it may fall to 15 , and will be out of binocular range for some time .
22 R Coronæ , in the bowl , is generally well within binocular range , and can just become visible with the naked eye , but when it drops to minimum it may fall to as low as magnitude 15 .
23 More recent evidence suggests , however , that while it lives in woodland it actually hunts over nearby open areas ( Glue & Hammond , 1974 ; Yalden , 1985 ) .
24 Get down to Bob Cratchitt 's this minute and give Tiny Tim that away kit he wants for Chrimbo you tight get .
25 He says of course we were disappointed in not having the holiday but moreso the children who were absolutely devastates when they heard the news .
26 He says in effect it is a new machine — the parts are the latest available , and the original machine they were going to buy is now obsolete .
27 ‘ If he engages in hunting he is foremost in training , assessing , and using horses , dogs , falcons and other hunting birds .
28 But what it lacks in size it compensates for in quality .
29 He noted that the Education Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , had also been invited to attend , adding : ‘ I have been led to believe that what he lacks in understanding he makes up for in bravery . ’
30 Otherwise , he relies on booze you could strip paint with . ’
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