Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then erm names , babies I if a baby 's christened Timothy er it gets called Timmy or Nicholas gets called Nicky , which sort of ties in with the biscuits being called bickie and horsie and doggie and all this sort of ee things that you say to babies . |
| 2 | Nor do I for a moment suppose that anyone there recognized him , nor was he the sort of author who basked in that kind of admiration . |
| 3 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 4 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 5 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 6 | The peasants who cultivated the land became its owners and proprietors and a new law of inheritance was established by which when a man died his land was equally divided among his sons . |
| 7 | He mumbled words and phrases from the song quietly enough for the noise to drown them until a man returned to his side and stopped . |
| 8 | Well , to me if a child has got a by all means encourage along but you should n't push them into anything cos later on in life they get a bloody complex about everything you know if they |
| 9 | Before long I was promoted to sewing seams , and woe betide me if a stitch showed on the face of the cloth . |
| 10 | Why have the Government learnt nothing from the experience , and why are they proposing to do nothing if a crisis emerges shortly , as it could ? |
| 11 | People on legal aid will only be able to get the most inexperienced lawyers to work for them if a plan to set fixed hourly rates goes ahead , the Law Society warns . |
| 12 | Perhaps the most telling sentence in the book is ‘ Remember , your own doctor or chemist may not always be able to tell you whether a drug contains a banned substance . ’ |
| 13 | Does it always bother you when a man comes within touching distance , or is it just the effect I have on you that makes you flinch away ? ’ |
| 14 | Lord Denning M.R. stated that the court could intervene if the Minister acted on no evidence , or reached a decision to which on the evidence he could not reasonably have come , equating the case to one where a court interfered with a decision of a tribunal which had erred in law . |
| 15 | The commonest example of a voidable contract is one where a party has by making a mesrepresentation induced the other party to enter the contract . |
| 16 | They had that air of sadness that comes over one when a funeral passes by , and I overheard one say : ‘ It 's no longer an army ! |
| 17 | ‘ You 're an offensive shit , Bellybutton , ’ I said in a very friendly voice , but he had already turned his attention away from me because a car had suddenly appeared in the yard . |
| 18 | No sooner had Katherine helped herself than a maid appeared with a silver platter heaped with pancakes . |
| 19 | If the beach is crowded with swimmers , sail well clear of them since a board travelling even at low speed could do severe damage to someone 's head . |
| 20 | " Look , " his mother had said , making him watch with her while a tide spent itself . |
| 21 | Men from the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders berthed on the ship and on one occasion she had war scars inflicted on her when a bomb fell on Portland Place and debris rained down on the top deck gouging pieces out of the timbers . |
| 22 | She was about to answer him when a hand appeared on the steward 's shoulder and drew him back sharply . |
| 23 | Well there are ways are n't there I mean even in traditionally , I mean what of wet-nursing I mean that 's an example is n't it where a woman gets another woman to do the job for her . |
| 24 | I do n't SEE WHy people grope us together as holigans 'cos we ai n't alright you get troble makers in every facktion But They do nt publish it if a niggeR does a old Biddy do they give us a faiR chance will someone as for stop being a SKIN I do nt think I will . ’ |
| 25 | The patient might rehearse in imagination the most constructive alternative so that he may readily adopt it if a crisis occurs . |
| 26 | It will query a word not in its memory , but will accept it if a player asserts that it exists . |
| 27 | I held it while a hand moved over me checking for the hardware . |
| 28 | A fire was lit at the base of a broad crag , and they sat around it whilst a Hearthware took sentry and the night was blown in around them . |
| 29 | But when it when a bill came up and it would take away the money that we 'd saved for Kelly 's new school uniform , so it always seemed to come in a rush and there was always something needed like you know . |
| 30 | Is it when a person needs help to lift a glass to his or her lips , or does it depend on the degree of dehydration ? |