Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought the best thing to do was spare Oliver 's blushes , so I murmured something about getting off to work . |
| 2 | I consider it worth setting out in extenso the Commission 's position in that regard as it is set out in paragraph 3.1 of the communication : |
| 3 | I admired them for doing openly what many women do in secret or under the respectable cover of marriage . |
| 4 | Mind you , I have an idea that this would be good to use as a weaving yarn , but I restrained myself from buying any — I have enough cones in the cupboard , thank you very much . |
| 5 | Susie smiled when I thanked her for putting up with me . |
| 6 | Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place . |
| 7 | ‘ Before I frightened you into running away from me . ’ |
| 8 | I console myself with writing up my notes . |
| 9 | ‘ And I envy you for living here in these surroundings . ’ |
| 10 | I did n't chew my nails with regret at giving him my virginity , furious at my weakness in lying down for him , and taking this boy in my arms just because he was English , a citizen of that great nation which had once ruled half the globe : nor did I blame myself for clinging on to an idea even though it meant severing my links with my country , and travelling to London alone without any member of my family . |
| 11 | I use them for breaking down annual goals , to monthly goals . |
| 12 | It 's a company flat ; I keep it for entertaining mostly . |
| 13 | I think it worth pointing out that of course erm when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister for a brief time I think Lady Young was Leader of the House of Lords in her cabinet , but apart from that there was never another women cabinet minister during her time as leader , so |
| 14 | I think it 's time I did something about getting out of this damnable situation . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Still , I liked you for standin' up for me like you did . |
| 16 | Second , Arabic negative particles come in front of the verb , so that an expression such as I had nothing against becomes literally ‘ not was for me any objection ’ , thus pushing the ‘ me ’ further away from thematic position . |
| 17 | No , I avoid them by shopping elsewhere or making my own |
| 18 | I blame myself for looking on and allowing you to poison their minds . |
| 19 | Next day , I set myself to writing out my dream , as Horace Walpole did with his dream of Otranto . |
| 20 | ‘ You were always flowery ; you got it from reading so much poetry . |
| 21 | She thinks nothing of going out at ten o'clock at night . |
| 22 | She was not thinking clearly and she prided herself on thinking clearly : priorities , motives , objectives . |
| 23 | ‘ And you show it by putting in for a transfer behind my back , ’ he roared , his face as black as thunder . |
| 24 | She done us for skating up the fucking |
| 25 | How do you prevent it from happening again ? |
| 26 | Could you do it by adding up on paper ? |
| 27 | I do n't think she noticed him beyond feeling vaguely grateful for his kindliness and care . |
| 28 | ‘ And does n't it reassure you to know she told me about coming here when she kept it from her family ? ’ |
| 29 | She admired him for betraying neither bafflement nor contempt . |
| 30 | She hated herself for backing down , but what could she do ? |