Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
| 2 | until I opened my mouth and heard myself say it . |
| 3 | He 's honest to a fault and makes me feel I 'm greatly loved . |
| 4 | Jokes and laughter can be a wonderful way of bringing people together but Gowie 's so-called jokes are the sort that cause only anger and unhappiness and make everyone despise him . |
| 5 | Put such facts as we have before the Sheriff and the Merchant Venturers and let them sort it out . ’ |
| 6 | When the Men came Woil would simper and whisper his pleasure and let them handle him as they liked as he said such things as : ‘ Nice Man , pleasant person . |
| 7 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 8 | She stood up to walk stiffly around the desk , glaring at him as he stepped politely to one side and let her precede him from the room . |
| 9 | He sat on her lap and let her hug him . |
| 10 | Then without the slightest compunction she thrust her basin of money and book of tickets into Sally 's lap and let him drag her , protesting theatrically , onto the dance floor . |
| 11 | ‘ Go to meet him with Maggie and let her charm him . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Then she told me she 'd been offered a part in Jane Eyre at Warrington rep and did I think she ought to accept . |
| 13 | A London grandmother was particularly troublesome because of her drinking sprees , but her granddaughter was expected to clean her front doorsteps every Saturday : ‘ the old bugger used to sit at the window and watch me clean 'em . |
| 14 | Because your £6 helps buy him protective clothing and helps us provide him with the best equipped boats . |
| 15 | Because your £6 helps buy him protective clothing and helps us provide him with the best equipped boats . |
| 16 | We might do better to find the hired assassin and let him lead us to McCloy . ’ |
| 17 | I fancy giving the orders for a change and letting someone like you take the risks for me. — Besides , if she did suspect you , you can always tell the old cow that Marie nicked it , ca n't you ? — The money 's in a drawer , see . |
| 18 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 19 | Sights like that must make you think a bit and make you realise you are very lucky , |
| 20 | ‘ Could we ? ’ both Leith and Sebastian asked together , the idea of renting accommodation swiftly tossed aside , as it quickly sank in that their father , trustee to the considerable amount of money left to them by his father , seemed prepared to use his discretionary right and let them have it now . |
| 21 | Vigno had taken two lumps of granite from the side of the hill and made us keep them in our mouths for three hours . |
| 22 | Well er I went when I was when I went first went and do you know I went into the to the place and do you know I run away from the place . |
| 23 | There was n't too much to tell , and after Rutherford had finished he would leave the American in the room with the file and let him gut it for himself . |
| 24 | The first one : do you use public transport and do you promote it ? |
| 25 | is it , how many miles is it that I fly to Turin and Zurich and do you want me to try and add that up and then it was into the cars I thought oh this is an easier question to answer , I 'll stick with the cars cos I know that I do twenty two thousand . |
| 26 | ‘ It really is time he got on with running his own business and let us run ours . |
| 27 | Not surprising , if you 're in the habit of picking up strange young men on canal boats and letting them cuddle you ! ’ |
| 28 | They can settle down more easily in those circumstances but the questionnaire is saying , please will you fill in the answer the following questions and let us have it back . |
| 29 | I ca n't find a bit that Give me the pencil and let me show you . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm going to get right back to these producers and let 'em know you 're back in the picture . |