Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annie told me I 'd get a bike for Christmas — a red one with a basket . |
| 2 | This told me I could have a flight to America , if I was quick , a copy of Flight Stimulator too ! |
| 3 | A policeman told me I should pay a policeman to escort me to a taxi . ’ |
| 4 | So I was determined to show them I could take a joke and the next time a big stork went over I pretended not to know what it was called and asked my girl . |
| 5 | It spoils them dear , you should n't throw them I can smell a smell |
| 6 | He wanted me have a go , but I 'm not no I I 'll have a go another time when it 's quiet , not when there 's be been showing me . |
| 7 | Helena , I do n't really know how to put this but I I 'll have a go . |
| 8 | I I I 'll have a look at the question . |
| 9 | I I would buy a bubble-jet . |
| 10 | I I would climb a tree where |
| 11 | I I I 'd take a drop of a hundred , yeah . |
| 12 | Apart from doing the job of Principal ( for which I shall need a lot of help from the Lord ) , and living as a Christian I do n't yet know what the Lord wants me to do out there . |
| 13 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 14 | To escape this branding of myself as a bodily failure , I longed to be able to attach myself to an organisation stronger than myself , an association through which I could derive a feeling of physical achievement and personal status I would not otherwise possess . |
| 15 | I have a stove on which I can cook a dinner , and a paraffin stove for heating . |
| 16 | Though I might , in working for a different future , find the struggle of women politically inspiring , I am unlikely to find a community in which women were not counted equal a medium through which I can gain a glimpse of God . |
| 17 | Instead of taking it over a thirty five year period , what you would then have is that you go up very steeply let's say by putting lump sums or er regular capital premiums erm which you 'll receive a tax refund and then it stops but the benefits of the fund keep going so at age sixty they would have the same effect of reaching your pension there with no contributions |
| 18 | This can reduce weight but it also constitutes drug-taking , for which you may face a lifetime ban . |
| 19 | Each help screen has an index from which you may select a topic . |
| 20 | Respondents were therefore also asked : Are there any circumstances in which you might break a law to which you were very strongly opposed ? |
| 21 | ( 1 ) An important printed heading for a wide topic ( one for which you might draw a pattern diagram ) can be ringed , or outlined by a rectangle of red lines . |
| 22 | It 's also worth applying for other jobs that appeal and for which you might have a chance . |
| 23 | There are various ways in which you can finish a picture . |
| 24 | Writing the words in your book provides you with a ready-made store of words which you know your pupils have difficulty with , and from which you can construct a teaching programme . |
| 25 | A solid door that has good , secure locks ( preferably two — a Yale lock and a deadlock ) and in which you can install a viewer , which will enable you to verify the identity of callers before opening up , is an important feature . |
| 26 | Further , I believe that you can choose any job , identify the people who perform best at it and show that , if you go back over their lives and careers , you will find themes , patterns and trends from which you can develop a selection interview designed to find more of them . |
| 27 | There are four levels at which you can join a committee . |
| 28 | And right now there are computing systems in which , with which you can have a conversation , and you can use relatively sloppy English , and , like a person , if the computer does n't know exactly what you mean , because your words are ambiguous , it will offer you several alternative interpretations erm if it has formed some , and then have a dialogue with you about which one you meant . |
| 29 | The attitude of a lorry driver which you can have a look at . |
| 30 | Its history goes back to Saxon times , and it contains several interesting historical buildings , and a peaceful marina , from which you can take a river cruise . |