Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 She only came to fetch wood for Mum or bring us our cocoa .
2 Nothing could have quicker distanced him from the Pommie chairman or won him their attention so soon .
3 Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking .
4 Okay if I can just erm give you my business card that tells you who I am
5 By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers .
6 It is because no institution or individual is proof against the third essential ingredient that makes us what we are — the Zeitgeist , the spirit of the times .
7 At first I did n't believe her but there was something in her eyes that told me it was true .
8 BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break .
9 I joining the company something like that and if they did when you do join a department that does it you have a great sense of belonging , because some of the things you 'll do for the training will be allocated to other members round a team , yeah , all this sort of stuff and it becomes very easy , takes a monkey off your back as it were , you do n't have to worry .
10 In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today
11 Pictures that tells us our Royals ca n't bear to be together …
12 With a firm grip on my hand , she pulled me away from a display of hi-tech gadgets and told me I was not going to be a millionairess .
13 The staff in Peter Robinson 's knew her , and in case they queried the propriety of her being there alone , she showed them her wedding ring and told them she was married .
14 Put a square round it , give it a ring and ask them I only want the two front seats .
15 I decided to take the vodka up to Dosh and tell her it was white wine .
16 He 's working himself up to walking into the Admiralty and telling them he 's getting messages in his head from Russian submarines .
17 She swallowed her disappointment and told him she loved him .
18 The language helper can give a command , and obey it himself ; he can give a command and you obey it ; you can give the command and obey it yourself ; you can give the command and he obeys it .
19 I go into them and make faces at all the animals and ask them what they think of us daft humans standing there staring at them .
20 She closed her eyes and told him he was wonderful .
21 In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ?
22 Bending the Equal Opportunities rules , he had used the normal method of tipping off chosen journalists and assuring them their applications would go through smoothly .
23 She sits on my lap , looks at the photograph and tells me her dream .
24 She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter .
25 It was a very small audience , only about forty people , and he came up to us in the break and told us he loved it and wanted a T-shirt .
26 I want you to get in touch with the Mayor and tell him I need to have the Council offices opened up .
27 So the best thing is , is get him by the scruff of the neck and ask him what 's he gon na do about them things that you fell over twice !
28 They gave Chesarynth two painkillers and told her she was lucky .
29 A thatcher can look at a roof and tell you who thatched it by the pattern . ’
30 ‘ First make me another cup of tea and hand me my knitting . ’
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