Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She would n't tell me , but was very insistent that I call her the minute you got in . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 3 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 4 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 5 | And make sure that you give it the way they want . |
| 6 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 7 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
| 8 | As long as you teach them the basics , they should be all right . |
| 9 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
| 10 | That 's a bit extreme but it gives you the idea . |
| 11 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 12 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |
| 13 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 14 | I was shocked when he told me the truth . |
| 15 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 16 | Try sitting the other side of your desk ; it may sound crazy but it shows you the world from another angle . |
| 17 | ‘ I know what you mean , ’ she murmured , willing her hands to remain steady as she handed him the cup . |
| 18 | If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick . |
| 19 | Faye whispered , her eyes misting and her throat going froggy as she showed them the tiny black-haired bundle cradled tightly in her arms . |
| 20 | Is he aware that they posed me the question , ’ Is anybody in the Government prepared to stand up and fight to defend the coal industry ? ’ |
| 21 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |