Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be nice to think that this is allowed , that children are allowed to play out their fears and their feelings erm but I do believe it 's when they 're young that we need to start building up this self esteem and , you know , giving them permission if you like to talk quite comfortably about emotions . |
| 2 | Well , I 'd just been paid , so there was no problems about me having money to score , so I think I 'd just set me mind that I wanted to sort meself out once and for good . |
| 3 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 4 | Even worse , you would tell me about new poems you had started to write , and it was like a dagger in my heart when you described working on them without my help — though the real reason you had come back to see me was to labour over them with me , adding my suggestions and excisions in the margins in your minuscule script . |
| 5 | ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up . |
| 6 | ‘ I closed off … yes , I did close off my heart because you had closed off yours , ’ she insisted quickly , her words coming in a rush . |
| 7 | They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’ |
| 8 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 9 | I told my GP that I intended going to Bristol as soon as I was well enough . |
| 10 | ‘ There has never been jealousy on my part that she has taken my mother 's place . ’ |
| 11 | My motive is owing to no dislike I have for him but methinks it would reflect a little upon my Pamela if she had married a man for his estate when she had rather have had another . |
| 12 | There could n't be anything wrong with my chest unless I 'd swallowed something as a child , an old thrupenny bit . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've got all my money and I 've had no dinner meself for three days , ’ I said . |
| 14 | He made such a great hole in my gum that he had to stitch me up afterwards . " |
| 15 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 16 | It would probably kill my mum but I had to tell them . |
| 17 | I rang my mum and she wanted to know where I was and where Natasha was . |
| 18 | ‘ I had just reached the age where such things were becoming of interest to me , and it was n't too long after the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth when my sister and I had collected as many photos as we could lay our hands on . ’ |
| 19 | Despite the way I sometimes rag her , she is my sister and I do love her , so do n't take this as being disloyal . |
| 20 | my sister cos she 's frightened of the bombs ! |
| 21 | My dear Paul , in ten minutes I am going to tell my board that I have become a convert to Catastrophe Theory . |
| 22 | GR700 owners , I need a copy of your GR700 memory on my cartridge because my presets have erased . |
| 23 | WHEN my NHS three-tooth bridge had to be replaced , I found to my horror that what had cost £150 three years ago would now set me back some £650 if supplied privately . |
| 24 | For a long time , I adored him at a distance and could n't believe my luck when he started showing an interest in me . ’ |
| 25 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 26 | It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 27 | It was at this stage of my search that I started to find lead weights . |
| 28 | One of these blows actually ricked my neck and I had to lie on the floor beneath the table until it was okay to come up again . |
| 29 | ‘ It never went through my mind that we had left Becky and Emma behind , ’ he said . |
| 30 | It was with this old — and , to my mind , unresolved — dispute at the back of my mind that I came to write ‘ Hylas Fights Back ’ . |