Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | did n't know it was two parts , till I and I thought what a funny way to end , I mean are they dead |
| 2 | These recent watercolours , larger , bolder and stronger than his earlier work , pleased me so much when first I saw them that I offered him an exhibition at Abbot Hall . |
| 3 | He spoke already in terms of collaboration — ‘ I sent you a few studies because you can see from them that she helps me a great deal by posing . |
| 4 | If every time you picked up the phone and made contact with somebody and I gave you a pound , would you accept that as a deal ? |
| 5 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 6 | The article made a deep impression on me and I thought what a wonderful coastline it would be to explore . |
| 7 | Her father 's conviction unhinged what precarious stability she 'd managed to maintain and after she came out of the psychiatric hospital she got in touch with me and I gave her a job . |
| 8 | You , you clean my black boots for me , polish my black boots for me and I give you a quid |
| 9 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 10 | ( ‘ Would you believe me if I called myself a Puritan ? |
| 11 | and I buy four of them and they do her a week and when they 're gone that 's it , she 's got ta wait until I go shopping again . |
| 12 | They could have told you what they meant by them and they gave them a currency in terms of their own conduct . |
| 13 | and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me |
| 14 | It was two and a half years since I had seen them and it gave me a lot of hope just to know that they were still in good shape , although they both looked much older . |
| 15 | And er I so so I brought her and her three friends that she 'd run , chummed about with them and I give them a good talking to for about an hour . |
| 16 | But I intended to follow the same course of action as I had over the earlier incident : to say nothing until he gave me an opening . |
| 17 | I 've told you that it gives me a terrific edge in any sale where Kemp 's a bidder . |
| 18 | The the point Peter er is making is do n't make it out to us because if you if you give me a cheque to Worsley I 've got to go to Peter 's house and and then get him to give me a cheque and then I 've got to go to either Kerry or Bob and get them |
| 19 | ‘ Afraid your lords and masters will fire you if you allow me a few minutes to put the subject on hold ? ’ |
| 20 | I 'll forgive you if you find me a taxi that will take me back to pick up my baggage and get me to the airport on time . ’ |
| 21 | You get an electrician to do the job for you and you write him a cheque in pints . |
| 22 | He was ever so sorry not to see you but he wished you a merry Christmas . ’ |
| 23 | And sort of , dead down to earth and everything and it showed you a clip out of National Velvet when she was twelve years old you know erm that with the horse in it and that ? |
| 24 | He leaves he leaves all I thought Kath would have phoned me because I wrote her a letter and normally when I write her a letter she sort of , phones about the next day but she |
| 25 | I was once a Member of Parliament and one day in the chamber at Westminster , a Puritan , a lozenge of sanctified humility , got up from his arse and roared at me because I called him a blackened turd . |
| 26 | Come and describe Maggie to me while I get her a drink . ’ |
| 27 | She wanted to wound him as he was wounding her so she gave him a charming smile and said , ‘ How did you feel , Fernando , when Maria Luisa slid into your bed at that hour ? ’ |
| 28 | But on the day he came to the TWW studio to be interviewed , he brought her with him and I thought what a shy , pleasant girl she was . |
| 29 | She wrote to him and he sent her a 16mm print , together with letters 12 and 15 pages long , ‘ jammed with such an enthusiasm for movies that words ran together and the pressure he applied to the keys left the paper riddled with holes ’ . |
| 30 | Apparently she agreed to marry him and he gave her a very valuable ring . |