Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He chose a stance high up in a plane tree where he knew that if they tried climbing he would see them long before they reached him . |
2 | She wo n't have anything to do with the boy and my husband has said she used to mistreat him . |
3 | Slaven said : ‘ Pally has said he will kick me up in the air if he gets a chance . |
4 | Eurotunnel co-chairman Alastair Morton has a difficult job on his hands but he has shown he can handle it . |
5 | From what he let drop I 'd say she was on at him morning , noon and night . |
6 | ‘ Any up and coming band that really wants to do it will do it . |
7 | if she wants to swap I 'll swap her . |
8 | ‘ As soon as you have decided that you want to complain you should put it in writing , setting out all the facts and saying what you want out of it , ’ says Keith Richards , a senior lawyer with the Consumer Association . |
9 | I said , well you co , if Claire wants to stop nothing 'll make us go will it ? |
10 | ‘ If you want to go swimming you can do it for less than £800 a day . |
11 | Without turning on the light she sat up and reached for her bottle and glass , faintly alarmed to discover she could find them both by feel alone . |
12 | In fact she 'd forgotten she 'd put it there . |
13 | They 'd decided they could tell me , they could trust me . |
14 | It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself . |
15 | He 'd said he would hurt her … |
16 | She had told Dr. Saxby , and he 'd said he 'd mention it to Dr. Briant ; it could be she was having a bit too high a dose of the red capsules . |
17 | ‘ We thought she 'd thought we 'd run him down , ’ Fernando laughed , throwing his head back and holding his forehead . |
18 | ‘ I would never have taken her if I 'd thought it would upset her . ’ |
19 | If he turned and looked at her , she might have to give a straight reply , but to his narrow back , which could have been the back of a much younger man , she began to tease , in the way that she had learned so many of her new friends liked , when they made similar inquiries too , like the painter who 'd lain on her bed and asked her earnestly if she 'd ever experienced simultaneous orgasm , or the musician who 'd volunteered he 'd show her a ‘ perversion ’ he was sure nobody would have demonstrated to her before , and began nuzzling between her legs . |
20 | Somehow she 'd known he 'd seek her out , or else she was simply too tired to register any kind of emotion at his intrusion into her dressing-room . |
21 | But she adds : ‘ As many people as have written saying we should revise them have written in to say that it 's outrageous to think we should even consider revising them … |
22 | Mrs MacIllarry said she 'd been told by her mother that Jobson had once phoned saying he would kill her and then himself . |
23 | As a result she is not allowed by her mother to supplement the family income by helping her in the fields , since to be seen doing it would mean she had become an illiterate villager again . |
24 | actually married and said she was n't looking forward to going , but I 'd imagined she would enjoy it when she got there |
25 | If you catch fish you can cook them , no problem . ’ |
26 | He seemed to think he could carry her off like this , and get away with it . |
27 | ‘ I should 've thought you 'd want him to know . ’ |
28 | I goes I went to the end I goes look I 'll tell you all together get it over with I lost my balance and I dropped it . |
29 | So if anybody would like to write I 'll let them have all the addresses , there are about eight there , so erm , otherwise it 's just the urgent action network which is er a constant thing really . |
30 | But let's wait and see cause I 'll take you out and we 'll have a look . |