Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd forgotten that I pay you a salary ! |
2 | Hanging around with the photographer sparked Tony 's interest in the medium , ‘ It was a combination of things ; one was the bull , the adventure , the romance , and I really found that I liked it a lot . |
3 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
4 | Yes erm I do n't know if I mentioned you a question properly er right there were young lads in there they be young lads in that lodge do this and they jump up and they make a decision quickly . |
5 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
6 | What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ? |
7 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
8 | The older man 's bushy grey brows rose as he shot her a penetrating glance . |
9 | ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries . |
10 | My mum and dad deny that they make them a brew , but when I get home there 's usually 20 dirty cups outside the door . ’ |
11 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
12 | I 'm unashamed to report that I enjoyed it a lot , and I 'm sure I would have loved it as a child . |
13 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
14 | After being swamped by people demanding that we give them the freebie SEAL course , we have , after long and difficult nights of deliberation , come to a decision . |
15 | She says that they gave them every assistance possible . |
16 | Once I had said that I found it a lot easier to speak to her . |
17 | As long as you can show that they owed you a legal duty to be careful and have been negligent , damages could come your way . |
18 | Erm yes three pictures that you might like to sell if you give me a price for them . |
19 | When Sir Oliver suggests asking eight or ten per cent on the loan , Mr Moses says if he asks him no more than that his impersonation will be discovered . |
20 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
21 | Here ref , what would you do if I called you a plonker ? |
22 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
23 | It does n't matter if we get them the wrong way round it 'll still work out . |
24 | It does n't matter if we do it a little bit before you do it at school because when you do it you 'll understand then and you can get a lot from it you can ask |
25 | ‘ Wait till I get you a cup of cocoa , Mark , ’ said Mrs Mallory . |
26 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
27 | The creature is seen chasing two teenage boys — but all is saved when one tosses him a can of Pepsi . |
28 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
29 | Bill thought I 'd died on him the other night cos I was , you know , me breathing and everything , and then all of a sudden I must 've relaxed for a bit and not needed to breathe and he give me a shock he says God I thought you were dead . |
30 | But he complains that I give him the impression that I am holding back and am not fully committed . |