Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 32 | So I went to see a man in Devonshire Place and he sent me down the road for a barium meal X-ray . |
| 33 | Back in Australia I have a dog called Gabby and I take her for walks — I really miss her . |
| 34 | I knew that the Cross would drag me to Cambridge if I allowed myself to be dragged , but I refused . |
| 35 | I asked Dang if she knew anything on the subject of knitting machines . |
| 36 | This was certainly a strange case , but he had not known the Pitts and he saw plenty of messy deaths . |
| 37 | I ask Mr Jackson if he wants anything from the shop — you know , like fags or a newspaper or summat , but he says he do n't . |
| 38 | I met her in Cambridge and she introduced me to her new boyfriend who was a Dutchman called Erik Hazelhoff-Roelfzema , I was most impressed with this keen and very handsome young man , but I knew nothing whatsoever about him save that he was anxious to get into the Pathhnders . |
| 39 | It was entirely our responsibility and that evening to well past midnight Leon and I took her through the changes until she was satisfied that she knew the policy thoroughly . |
| 40 | ‘ The dining suite is Regency and we bought it at an auction in Bournemouth , ’ says Pauline . |
| 41 | Bernie was responsible for read-out and interpretation of FDRs in Canada and I put it to him that what we really needed was the ability to watch the accident taking place in real time , preferably by means of a DFDR providing the inputs to a flight simulator instead of the usual pilot inputs . |
| 42 | She called him Fred while he addressed her as Gladys — names which they picked from the Spike Milligan radio shows . |
| 43 | ‘ You 'll get a fill off Grantie when ye meet him on yer rounds , ’ his wife pulled the chair back from the bare table . |
| 44 | So , if you receive the also-enclosed £30 in Bank-of-England notes safely , perhaps you could share the draft money with Robert when you see him in Prague . |
| 45 | Ellwood and Luke were crouched over Piper as he told them about the slow , magical dance of the cosmos . |
| 46 | Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent . |
| 47 | I was reading an article ( Echoes , March 3 ) by David Isaacs about an old soldier 's experience in Singapore and it reminded me of a conversation with a friend in Carlisle . |
| 48 | Ah 's goin' on patrol now , jus ’ call fer Clyde if you needin' anythin' at all . ’ |
| 49 | This was attended by the daughters of the best society in Funchal until she closed it in 1892 . |
| 50 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 51 | Henri and I sheltered them for a while , but of course it was very risky with the Germans billeted everywhere except the smallest cottages . |
| 52 | It was easier , for example , to face the fact of Uncle Philip if she saw him as a character in a film , possibly played by Orson Welles . |
| 53 | An Irish relative had told her that Ireland was now to be known as Eire but she knew nothing of the reasons for this , or of what was happening in Germany . |
| 54 | One minute he was talking about Leeds struggling against Wimbledon because they hoof it into the air , next minute that Wimbledon do/can play some nice football , the very next statement that they always just kicked it as hard as possible into the air . |
| 55 | Once it had this raw patch on its nose and I went with Davey when he took it to the vet . |
| 56 | Like poor Lanyon when I told him about my new ideas . |
| 57 | I must just jump up and down on Mrs when I see her at lunch time . |
| 58 | The cooking , which could n't be done before the day of the party , looked like an insurmountable mountain to Paige when she presented herself in the kitchen to help . |
| 59 | She had worshipped Hendry as she watched him on TV marching to his second Embassy world title last April and made nightly notes in her diary detailing her adulation . |
| 60 | Det Chief Insp Barry Hill said : ‘ Anyone who knows Mr McEvoy or who saw him on Saturday May 23 is asked to ring Middlesbrough 326326 and ask for the Hartlepool incident room . ’ |