Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I bullied you into accepting my terms to get you out of gaol , my only concern was reaching Athens in time for my meeting . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't want my parents to know I had a boyfriend : they would not have approved because they would have felt I was too young . |
| 3 | I do not want my grandchildren to do what their grandfather did , or even marginally what I had to do . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you want my neighbours to think I 'm raping you or something ? ’ |
| 5 | I do n't want my children to have one . |
| 6 | Girls it was n't nearly so important that they should be er er an and also I , I do n't think my parents thought I was really worth educating . |
| 7 | I do n't feel black and I do n't think my friends regard me as such . |
| 8 | to see my fingers counting themselves , dancing . |
| 9 | I made my parents tell me bird stories — |
| 10 | Do n't ladder my tights thank you . |
| 11 | ‘ I want my kids to know their grandparents , aunts and uncles and I want to keep them English . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I want my kids to know their grandparents , aunts and uncles and I want to keep them English . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I know people might say ‘ Well she would say that , would n't she ? ’ but you have to know my girls to know they just would n't do such a thing . |
| 14 | I had to strain my ears to catch what she was saying . |
| 15 | Maureen , of Mendip Grove , Darlington , said : ’ As far as I know he does n't have to do much on stage and I 'm keeping my fingers crossed he 'll behave himself . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm keeping my wages to buy them some myself . ’ |
| 17 | I expect my employees to keep their minds on the job ! |
| 18 | You have n't pinched my fags have you ? |
| 19 | So the universe he is trying to build is one which offers its inhabitants the possibility of moral action ; one which challenges its inhabitants to transcend it . |
| 20 | ( A sound like the mindless drone of bees ; the sound whispered to Chesarynth and she strained her perceptions to hear its subtext : like bees they 'll sting unless you sate them with security and dull the thoughts from their minds . ) |
| 21 | He was still grinning when he left the centre and as Rachel began clearing up the soiled dressings she strained her ears to hear what was being said in the office . |
| 22 | They rallied their forces to resist it . |
| 23 | She smiled a nervous , hungry sort of smile , opening her arms to welcome them as Finn had done . |
| 24 | She pulled away a little , opening her eyes to find herself cradled on Penry 's lap like a child . |
| 25 | Just as inevitably , the Soviet Union and Syria both felt compelled to redouble their efforts to fortify their respective positions in the conflict , to offset the damage this agreement had done them . |
| 26 | It was felt that NAFTA could spur the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) to redouble its efforts to establish its own free trade area and that other regional trade blocs might follow . |
| 27 | Ann Johnson , who is now separated from husband Andrew , said she and their three children have rebuilt their lives following their nightmare . |
| 28 | Whether or not this date gets changed , the way to control the Europe-machine is to make sure that national parliaments and peoples thoroughly discuss Europe 's next constitution before they send their ministers to negotiate it . |
| 29 | And the people [ of Hellas ] came out of their doors and felt the spiritual stir in the air lightly move the soft hair across the forehead and cool the ray of [ divine ] light , and gladly they loosened their robes to take it to their breast : they breathed more sweetly , touched more fondly the light , clear , caressing sea in which they lived and moved . " |
| 30 | The Customs and Excise , with all its ancillary departments , were forced to re-structure their systems to bring them into line with European countries and this reorganisation took place over the next few years . |