Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | I warned yer about them mancs when you stormed out . |
| 3 | ‘ We do n't ask clients to reveal any more about them selves than they want . |
| 4 | Every time I 'm chuck out of ( subject ) completely man , because every time in ( subject ) he always keep calling me something about me colour and I answer back . |
| 5 | ‘ You can look through them books if you like , ’ he said , indicating the shelves under the side window . |
| 6 | Mm Oh I 've put in for one to pay the erm interest on the mortgage , which I have to do and that 's all being seen to because I 've had another letter saying can you tell me what this second loan were for and I 've put down yes , it was for windows and sent a bit of paper er , you know , that we 've paid four thousand seven hundred and something , five thousand , nine hundred and something we 've paid for them windows and I 've spent that |
| 7 | She had enclosed patterns and detailed instructions , and while she hoped , for the sake of appearance at the wedding , that the children 's clothes would be properly cut and fitted , she also hoped that between them Cynthia and her dressmaker would have made a pig 's ear of the business . |
| 8 | I come in for me rosin and you 're lying on the ground . |
| 9 | She has go to bad that I worry about my fingers when I carry out water changes . |
| 10 | ‘ When I was growing up , I never thought about my looks and I never seem to get used to talking about my features . |
| 11 | But I do n't care about my looks because you are not here . |
| 12 | Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’ |
| 13 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 14 | I told him about my uncle after we 'd been together for six months and , though he was outraged , I persuaded him not to confront Joe or tell anyone . |
| 15 | A clergyman in his late thirties recently said : ‘ No-one has asked me about my praying since I was ordained ! ’ — whether he wanted anyone to ask him was not clear , but the implication was that he needed it ! |
| 16 | I 'm much more confident about my ability and I have learned a lot . |
| 17 | I feel a lot better though about my exams since I 've started revising |
| 18 | Soon after we arrived I was interrogated about my parents and our home life . |
| 19 | I started to think about my childhood again , about my parents and my sister . |
| 20 | ‘ I was 17 years old when I committed the offence for which I was sentenced to die , and I did n't even start thinking and caring about my life until I was at least 20 . ’ |
| 21 | I make one remark about my life and it reverberates right through every else I do . |
| 22 | I think about my work when I 'm at home . |
| 23 | He quietly made himself at home , and launched upon the usual enquiries about my work and my writing . |
| 24 | I dreamt about my nan and I woke up and I was crying . |
| 25 | the issues about my performance that I 'd like the team to discuss with me are … |
| 26 | He gave me a hard stare , which said all that I needed to know about my fate if he failed to beat me . |
| 27 | ‘ I told my family about my plan and I told Greta , my wife . |
| 28 | Sometimes it seemed I knew more about my guests than they did themselves . |
| 29 | I began to think more and more about my family and my home . |
| 30 | ‘ But there 's one thing about my husband that I really do n't like . |