Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 32 | I have heard there are more than two ways you can have it and it works out cheaper the more you get if you have it the other way . |
| 33 | Just tell him what we want him to give us , you know if he gave us the advance nod on something then we could either you know deal it exclusive or we 'll put it all round , you know , whichever they prefer . |
| 34 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 35 | I know cos she showed me a picture once . |
| 36 | She comes up to the house and starts bellowing , and just will not stop until you give her a cuddle ! |
| 37 | Tenderness is just something that women like because it gives them the upper hand . |
| 38 | ‘ Well , you must admit — ’ she began as he handed her a glass . |
| 39 | Merrill protested as she handed him the file . |
| 40 | Lung are never short of ideas , but their appeal is seriously limited because they give us a small taste of everything on their creative menu but seldom enough of one thing to really satisfy . |
| 41 | I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it . |
| 42 | I do n't think there is any question about that , and I feel like we gave him a good shot at staying alive . |
| 43 | Addicts do n't stop what they 're doing because someone gives them a talking to . |
| 44 | Think , for example , about Scottish dancing , which one comes to understand as one learns what the right steps are . |
| 45 | Lucy swallowed as she sent him a nervous glance . |
| 46 | That is what will happen when we get what the hon. Gentleman describes as the raw data . |
| 47 | Inside the little shop , a doleful Asian youth wearing finger mittens , walled in behind racks of cheap digital watches , ballpoint pens , sweets , and music cassettes , shakes his head and shrugs when she asks him the name of the street . |
| 48 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |
| 49 | Oh , her husband may chatter but I doubt if he gives her a blow by blow account of English activities in France . |
| 50 | I thought cos I thought what a load of |
| 51 | So she felt when she allowed herself a journey to London and made like a homing pigeon for the perfumery counters of department stores . |
| 52 | The sense of disbelief grew when I realised what a truly wonderful prize I 'd won . |
| 53 | Dino Tremiti , the number-two driver , was sitting next to Mike , his eyes amused as he gave her a very comprehensive survey . |
| 54 | Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle . |
| 55 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 56 | Aye they did although it takes me a bit of time to think about it but erm they did have a a er a black book , aye . |
| 57 | ‘ Will you be offended if I ask you a question ? ’ |
| 58 | Do you , I wonder if you think your a good driver , I mean there are , I mean I , I should remind you there are five thousand people killed on Britain 's roads every year , there are sixty three thousand people seriously injured , they reckon that car accidents cost something like five thousand million pounds in Britain every year . |
| 59 | Excellent voice I mean worth an A Bill , brilliant if you do that , but I mean I 'm not , I know speaking to sort of Charles and Tom and Alan , they say that sort of recommendation referrals in Norwich are very difficult but I think if you do it the right way |
| 60 | Erm ha having gone through that you moved on er and gave out your business card fi first and then the buyer 's guide erm do n't know whether you 're happy doing it that way or whether it 's better round the other way , I I , you , you tend to think if you give somebody the buyer 's guide first when they start to look at it you give them your business card and take it away , perhaps if you do it the other way round they might s start reading the buyer 's guide |