Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Take this and we 'll call it quits . ’
2 Now th that , that if you like is , is the new strategy that he 's putting to the Communist Party and he 's saying look , you should recognize this is going on , there is a , there , there is a , a growing class basis to this and we must lead it because it is the way forward .
3 That 's during the war yes and er , of course this is the first world war I were referring to and erm , the people appreciated this and we used to give it to them like you know .
4 Look at it like this and it will make you and the music feel good !
5 Read right the way through all this and it will tell you exactly what will be needed .
6 Listen , I 'm going to tell you this and you can believe it or not : Uncle Mosse had been dead about a week when they took me in to identify him .
7 ‘ You drink this and I 'll tell her you 're here . ’
8 Do , let me just drink this and I 'll do you .
9 He said tie this and I 'll give you a penny , but he never gavr me any money .
10 ( Interestingly , he gave up athletics for one year after leaving school — and the influence of teachers — because ‘ there was no one to say , ‘ go into this and I 'll help you do it . ’ ’
11 If I sit down and talk to I 've said this and I 'll say it I 've said it ad nauseam .
12 Disobey me in this and I shall pack you off to Framlingham and send Joan elsewhere — more quickly than you could say wedding-bells ! ’
13 Tom 's very superstitious and he used to make me carry three tees in my pocket .
14 He may recall that in Germany more than 3 million people are unemployed and he may bear it in mind that a higher proportion of people are in work in this country than in Germany or in any other European country except Denmark .
15 It can also be funny and it can do you a power of good .
16 They might be about er a month old , perhaps six weeks old and we used to get them sometimes , most of the time we would get about four there , sometimes three .
17 I 'm the father of a two year old and I 'd like him in school by the age of four to learn Japanese .
18 Well when she 's level Clare means she 's well ahead of herself and now she 's got , you could give her books that were appropriate for a ten year old and she could read them
19 Used to put some sage in , sage and onion stuffing in with some and you used to like it did n't you ?
20 Let's just say that the invoice is checked , coded and authorised and you 'll tell me if he says , .
21 It was in the winter time so it was full of hay but they would be very careful and we would ask them that they had no matches in case er there was no cigarettes much and that but pipes they were pipe smokers .
22 Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention .
23 I do not pretend that the following list is comprehensive and I shall give it without much comment , allowing the reader to form his own judgement as to its significance .
24 And my Will is to be Buried in Linen in a Suit which I shall provide for that purpose And I do hereby order and direct that the Sum of Ten Pounds shall be paid to the person who shall be the last in attending me to the time of my expiring and who shall see me Inclosed and laid in my Coffin in Linen .
25 Sir it was oily and you can see it .
26 Right we 'll have a look at that again , because once you 've got it it 's pretty straightforward and you can do it fairly quickly and you can do it very confidently
27 I should get her the ballet shoes cause it was a ballet dancing that would be very appropriate and I 'll get her some flowers .
28 I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that
29 I hope it will become unrolled and someone may see it .
30 I mean they were lovely boots I mean a pair of water boots three pounds twelve and six and we used to put them , er make 'em soft , we used to do them over with text oil .
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