Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It 's very amusing , and you 've explained it amusingly to us , but er , there 's a lot of truth , I think in er , what you say and er how can we , er make the best of these unwelcome guests who insist on turning up at the most inopportune times , when we 're trying to enjoy ourselves .
2 I 've gathered them slowly over the years , because they 're cruelly expensive .
3 We 'd also for those new pieces of the puzzle you 've given us today over erm Liechtenstein .
4 Looks like you 've spat it all over your top did you ?
5 I 've heard them before like that , distanced but there , singing beyond the night in a daytime of their own .
6 I think we can all learn a thing or too from that oh er that sounded nice that that sounds even better , oh I 've cracked it right down the bloody middle
7 Remarkably it 's Derry fourth successive appearance in the final — they 've won it twice in the last three years .
8 ‘ We 've installed it close to the stores counter .
9 I 've met her twice on formal occasions , but I am at work all day , so I do n't often see my neighbours .
10 Er this is alright we 've done it informally in the past , you know I 've talked to many clients some of which I handle some of which I do n't and always the question is er are we giving erm a service that we can improve on , if you look dealing with er are there any points you 'd like to raise with me , all these sort of questions but it 's all very unstructured er and sometimes it 's er er results in us having an action plan emerging , sometimes not .
11 It 's in Nelson Street and er I did it I 've done it once on my own like this before .
12 But I 've done it sometimes with a pair of tweezers .
13 ‘ That 's another thing , ’ Candy continued , far too old a hand at the game to be distracted by such a blatant bid to change the subject , ‘ I 've seen him deep in conversation with quite a few people in the club recently . ’
14 There 's a Girl in My Suit … and I 've seen her somewhere before
15 I 've seen her twice since then .
16 No , it 's not made up , I 've seen her before on T V
17 no here they are , I know I 've seen them somewhere on the window sill
18 Once again it brings me in to the point where er double glazers have to go and measure up then do their , I know they 've got lovely lap tops I 've seen them now with their lap top comp their little samples there special catches here .
19 ‘ When I 've seen you safely on the train , I should still have time enough to get to the auction . ’
20 Erm , we 've seen it also through the budget process , where all the way through , and it 's been a very open process , we have no alternative proposals from the Conservative group , they have complained and have criticized but they have offered no alternatives .
21 they 've made it so as it , it do , you see I , I , I reckon you ought to open my let me make them in te in steel because er they made them like that so that when you pull them off or adjust them
22 ‘ That 's all in the past , there I 've said it now at last . ’
23 and I keep on saying that I 've said it like about so many things when we 're at home and she goes , what is this you always saying well with everything .
24 No seeing as though they 've been produced I 've said I all in favour of the jury seeing anything that 's referred to and then there , there 's no mystery about it then .
25 I 've had occasion to talk to men who have committed appalling crimes and sometimes I swear I 've felt it there in the room with us , wickedness . ’
26 ‘ I do n't think you 've thanked me yet for not pressing charges the other day . ’
27 ‘ He 's in a funny mood today , and I do n't feel I 've thanked him properly for his Christmas present . ’
28 You 've spelt it correctly in your book .
29 A friend has told me that you 've satirized me thoroughly in a story and spilled some confidences about my wife .
30 She did not immediately come back with an answer , but looked at him steadily for some seconds before she said , ‘ That 's why you think you 've got me here for good , is n't it , Father ?
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