Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pron] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've shown that if you run it at the right speed and stuff it 's one of the most effective methods of doing it and erm the ones we say are the nice little plate compactors which are the best thing , they are useless in comparative performance so |
| 2 | Step back from problems and disruption and analyse what 's going on . |
| 3 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 4 | It 's an embarrassment for people to come in and catch cold and think it 's your mattresses that 's done it . |
| 5 | Tonight in a speech to the police in Gloucerstershire the country 's top police spokesman will call on Government to make law and order it 's top priority . |
| 6 | We need an effective independent regulator , not the mafia regulating mafia and saying it 's quite understandable boy , we 'll let you off this time which is what happens now er with the Institute of Chartered Accountants er as a recognised supervisory body er in this er in this particular field . |
| 7 | In winter you can look out of the window and tell it 's 2°C outside . |
| 8 | Stretching the leg muscles and tendons increases flexibility and improves one 's kicking potential , although the first purpose of stretching is to avoid injury . |
| 9 | Get you over to the specialist and see what 's |
| 10 | I did n't think it was possible for somebody to stand in the middle of the fairway and say it 's an iron of any description . |
| 11 | One of the things that does strike me about er particularly heterosexual men and their attitudes to homosexual and y'know homo erotic activities , there 's y'know a lot of different aspects where y'know I do n't know rugby players all get in the shower together and smack each-other on the backside in the name of horse play and y'know it 's not considered threatening or erm or outrageous and yet sometimes these are the very people who are the most homophobic . |
| 12 | I know I should n't , but I 'm just going to pop forwards half an hour and see what 's going to be going on . |
| 13 | I know one or two of them try and work it on the phone … but I like to go out and have a look and know what 's going on . ’ |
| 14 | Let's have a look and see what 's what . |
| 15 | Have a look and see what 's in it . |
| 16 | Oh , right let's just have a look and see what 's here |
| 17 | Shall I have a look and see what 's on ? |
| 18 | you open the door up and have a look and see it 's pouring down with rain and you do n't like going out today |
| 19 | No two days are the same for the Buildings Branch and says it 's the variety which makes his job so enjoyable . |
| 20 | I thought well , I 'll take pot luck and hope she 's |
| 21 | want to run about a muddy field and think it 's fun they should do so ! |
| 22 | We welcome this announcement and think it 's long overdue . |
| 23 | She said just press the buzzer and say it 's you cos I 'm , I 'm on my own . |
| 24 | Delve your hand as far as necessary into the dead-end and retrieve what 's up there . |
| 25 | with the , with the fibre and whatnot it 's fine , that 's alright |
| 26 | It is important because if you do buy something from a shop and realize there 's something wrong with it , if you take it back the first thing the shop would say to you is can I see your receipt ? |
| 27 | All it says is if you do buy something from a shop and realize it 's faulty , what you should do is take it back to the shop who sold it to you , together with your receipt if you 've still got it or some other proof of purchase . |
| 28 | And the next time you buy something from a shop and find there 's something wrong with it do n't just jump to conclusions that you 've been deliberately cheated . |
| 29 | So they call out the local Jesuit priest , he takes a good sniff and says it 's haunted . |
| 30 | Since then his mother Gaynor has been desperate with worry , she 's heard from her husband and believes he 's brought Saeed back to England , but she has no idea where . |