Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [conj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People asked me and Derrick what we were doing over the past two years and the answer that I want to give is that we were waiting for everybody to catch up . |
| 2 | When you are born you are an uncivilised little savage with bad habits and no manners and it is the job of the GIANTS ( your parents and your teachers ) to train you and discipline you . |
| 3 | ‘ I say Charlie , a little bird told me that Joe there 's been a bit crafty . |
| 4 | ‘ Why do n't you just go on through , Nick , ’ Donna invited me , ‘ and I 'll bring you and Matt your drinkies . ’ |
| 5 | Abdi Aden Ibrahim , a Somali driver , said rioters near the US embassy told him that troops there had gunned down at least six people . |
| 6 | Abdi Aden Ibrahim , a Somali driver , said rioters near the US embassy told him that troops there had gunned down at least six people . |
| 7 | Channell told him that supporters who gave $300,000 or more could meet Reagan for 15 minutes , and that their visits were not logged on : ‘ the implication being that this was so secret that the President wanted to keep it so not everybody at the White House knew what was going on . ’ |
| 8 | I thought they 'd done it because Ray I asked a question the other morning in the Tardis , cos it was on the board . |
| 9 | And he said to me , he said if you hang on erm , he said you can borrow it and sand it all down , you know ? |
| 10 | I mean I 've had Fife College on the phone as well saying you know why ca n't we do it and Alec we 're really now we can do no more until Napier come up if for some reason Napier fell down on the job then I think I 've got enough knowledge about what we 're doing now but I would start running it round the other colleges including Telford who are doing a distance learning course |
| 11 | She jumped out and ran down the lane to the signpost ; but the lettering on its arms was covered with snow and Carol was n't tall enough to reach it and dear it off . |
| 12 | The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses . |
| 13 | Me and , did you see me and Sarah we went up and we went back down again . |
| 14 | I have canvassed the views of my hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities who is very European , and he assures me that people who live in the southern part of Spain were totally bemused to wake up one day and find themselves in an invented region called Andalusia with a different Government from than in Madrid . |
| 15 | I du n no whether , should I go and see him or hand it in or what ? |
| 16 | She had met John briefly on Friday night and he told her that someone had told him that men who fought with the International Brigade would not be accepted in the Forces . |
| 17 | Watch it for its parched melancholia : watch it for the fantastic innards-eaten Erich von Stroheim ; watch it and spot which tiny , yet central , image Spielberg nicked from it for ET . |
| 18 | Mash it or purée it in the blender with an equal quantity of fresh unsalted butter . |
| 19 | Was it possible that the letter had been written simply that Aunt Louise might use it as use it she had ? |
| 20 | Money , well they tell me that people who have a lot of money are as stressed as those that do n't have it . |
| 21 | If you know them as FAKINTIL you will identify them at once . ’ |
| 22 | Then let me assure you that couples who come here — married or otherwise — get their exercise outdoors rather than in bed . ’ |
| 23 | Pearce intelligent ball for Phillips back in it goes to Collimore and a header down drops to Crosby Thomson arrives to dispossess him and knocks it first time for Jochim . |
| 24 | ‘ When we visit him and Sally they make me go outside to smoke . |
| 25 | 4 Do you think that he gets what he deserves ? 5 Have you ever been showing off and something has happened to you ? 6 Why do you think we like it when people who are being bigheaded get show up ? |
| 26 | For I assure you that people who do not travel ( I mean those who cultivate the arts and learning ) are indeed miserable creatures ; and I protest that unless the Archbishop allows me to travel every second year , I ca n't possibly accept the engagement . |
| 27 | I feel proud to have known him as Diane I would n't have missed that for the world . |
| 28 | So Broom'ead clouts 'im an' packs 'is bags . |
| 29 | He copies it and hands his copy to the next one . |
| 30 | Cho choosing words in if if you think of a parallel with blacksmith , a blacksmith takes base metal and sort of bends it and shapes it to the appropriate shape . |