Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The first few occasions I experienced this enigma I put it down simply to the fact that I was fishing too far out and the bream were brushing against the line and giving me ‘ line ’ bites . |
| 32 | I cry each time I see the video … |
| 33 | Reading Unamuno , I found this passage which gave me comfort among all the mockery : ‘ The greatest height of heroism to which an individual , like a people , can attain is to know how to face ridicule . ’ |
| 34 | I want some twiglets I want some twiglets . |
| 35 | So what d I want some soap what do you want Carla , Plasta |
| 36 | I want some boy who can climb a ladder ! |
| 37 | And if I want any colour I 'm going to get some black taps in the bath . |
| 38 | Like Mr Marshall I urge all members who share our views to write to Desmond Wright without delay . |
| 39 | The observant reader may have noticed that I used this construction myself above on p. 98 ; this was done consciously . |
| 40 | As a driving instructor I encountered many people who thought that there was something wrong with the car because the wheel would not move easily . |
| 41 | At a conference in San Francisco not so long ago , I encountered some people who want to deal with all these problems by contraception . |
| 42 | Do I know any people who are like that ? |
| 43 | ( I told this lad what I thought of what he said too ) . |
| 44 | If I ca well if I catch this side it goes round to Church Hill |
| 45 | The first time I played this competition my team happened to come first . |
| 46 | I hope those people who came to Ayresome Park tonight enjoyed the game . |
| 47 | The Minister is aware that when I received that letter I immediately tabled a question on the matter , and had subsequent correspondence with her fellow Under-Secretary of State , who has been most helpful and concerned . |
| 48 | A few days ago I received some news which I think should be shared with all Warwick Bass owners . |
| 49 | I meet these guys who are six years younger than me and they 're going , ‘ You got ta check out The Doors , man ’ . |
| 50 | I give these children my benediction . |
| 51 | ‘ Had I had any idea what I was coming home to , I should have assured in advance that such a likeness would be instantly available . ’ |
| 52 | It is also possible to express condition through subject-verb inversion in rather more formal or literary style : Had I had enough money I would have bought a new car . |
| 53 | Mm , but I mean when I showed that bloke them first time , when I showed him them cuff links |
| 54 | I 'd been teaching in Preston it must have been three years then , and when I read that book I suddenly realized I knew nothing about Lancashire at all — not the real Lancashire . |
| 55 | And er I joined this territorials they come and then I joined them , and we went to Camp Parkgate for a fortnight . |
| 56 | Er , on the first day that I joined this Council which was the first day that you joined er Councillor . |
| 57 | I recall another student who was an Anglican clergyman . |
| 58 | So I present this pattern I push it through the decoders and I see that that line 's maybe is active so I put a one in there to record the fact that that logic term er occurred . |
| 59 | I have heard of considerably larger numbers being taken by other people but when I hear such tales I am inclined to wonder how it is that so many can become so jammed together without suffocating in such a small hole . |
| 60 | ‘ I must tell you , Lord Boddy , ’ said Dyson deferentially , ‘ how very much I enjoyed that collection you did of your father 's papers . |