Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The villa was run to support everyone who lived there , but as well as this , surplus products , especially wool and grain , were traded with other parts of Britain and with provinces all over the Roman Empire . |
| 2 | It was on condition no one ever reminding them they were actually living there . |
| 3 | A Whig tract of 1711 argued that " The Revolution was almost entirely owing to them [ Tories ] " , whilst the Nonconformist Daniel Defoe repeatedly replied to the charge made by High Churchmen in Anne 's reign that the Dissenters had been responsible for the murder of Charles , by reminding them what they " did to his Son " : " if they will go back to 48 , and provoke us to Recriminate , by telling us of Killing the Father ; let us bring them back to 88 , and tell them of Deposing the Son , and sending him Abroad to beg his Bread " . |
| 4 | I realised the truth of all I had heard and read and decided to give my heart to Jesus and ask God to forgive me my sins on Wednesday , 13th April in the car on the way home from work . |
| 5 | Until I can persuade her to unbind me — or make contact with Mephistco and convince someone back at base to forgive me my trespasses just long enough to do an override — I am confined inside the plane of reflected light . |
| 6 | Oh I hate them I do . |
| 7 | One day as she tripped forward to greet me I had , without pausing to wonder if my embrace would be acceptable to her , bent down and kissed her . |
| 8 | But were you not here to greet me I would miss you . ’ |
| 9 | When he holds out his tiny arms to greet me my whole heart keels over as if a great wave has hit it . |
| 10 | She turned her back on him , unlocking the inner door , and as the warmth from the storage heaters wafted out to greet them she thanked God that she had had the foresight to leave them on — she did n't think she had been properly warm since reading the newspaper this afternoon — no , not even on the plane . |
| 11 | He 's taught me everything . |
| 12 | Retailing itself has taught me nothing . |
| 13 | She asked me how I knew and I told her she 'd taught me what to look for . |
| 14 | The WNAS diet has taught me which foods suit me most . |
| 15 | If there 's one thing that disgusts me it 's cold porridge . |
| 16 | we 'll fool them we 'll put we 'll say diesel |
| 17 | I mean I have forgiven them their fighting against my ambition for their ambitions . |
| 18 | It spoils them dear , you should n't throw them I can smell a smell |
| 19 | Party leaders in many republics have been openly demanding one : it seems only a matter of time before the president offers them what they are asking for . |
| 20 | I suppose people have got used to bringing me their queries , to some extent , " said Richard , going into their cabin to take off his black shoes and put on a pair of red leather slippers , which , like all his other clothes , never seemed to wear out . |
| 21 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 22 | Their enclosure is near by , at the back of our cages , and though it is impossible to see them we often hear them . ’ |
| 23 | I mean that 's what cut straight the way across that it was , it was all and my aunt she used to live by All Saints West Bromwich , we never used , we never went to see them we used to walk it down the road past the Boars Head onto the Navigation Inn , and up by the Sandlow and she used to live opposite er All Saints Church in West Bromwich , and erm coming back we should come back round midnight you know and er have you ever heard of the Whirly Gang ? |
| 24 | If you have to go out to deliberately buy them the chances are that you wo n't but if you buy the occasional packet when you happen to see them you can have a grand time selecting them to effect a change on a sweater at the right time . |
| 25 | But when Brian goes to see them he goes with his first wife , who they call Granny . |
| 26 | In order to see them he would have had to climb a couple of hundred feet more . |
| 27 | Of course , by the time someone comes to see me they have usually made up their mind that hypnosis will be beneficial for them and so this is not a situation I encounter very often . |
| 28 | For example every day when the came to see me she wore a beautiful new sari . |
| 29 | coming round to see me I suppose she does n't want anything to eat cos she brought a sandwich with her from work , she took a sandwich to work with her hello you , nearly food time , have you smelt something to eat Ricky ? |
| 30 | Had she been Matron , her telling me to sit down would have told me immediately that whatever her reason for wanting to see me it was not to sack me . |