Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Well the people who make them sell them for forty P er twenty P rather .
2 I mean I saw her at eleven o'clock at night going jogging with a plastic bag wrapped around her arms .
3 She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine .
4 I mean I had nothing at all to do with t' business except I went in partnership with me wife and that .
5 ‘ O Mary , mother of sorrows who knows so well a mother 's anguish , intercede I pray you for this sorrowing mother and her innocent son … ’
6 Pls note third para — let me know if you want me to do anything about this .
7 ‘ You expect me to accommodate you in that ? ’
8 Yeah , why d' ya snap it in half ?
9 ‘ I expect you prefer someone like that man in London you told us about — the one with all the medicines . ’
10 Listen , d' you know anything about modern marketing ?
11 Where d' you get em from those things .
12 I find that these people who are so called on the cheap that the product is not very good , well if you say say you call it by one of them
13 I want you to wear it like that always . ’
14 ‘ I want you to love me through all of that . ’
15 Then they want you to run it for two year , have a mobile home , and if you could prove it 's viable after two years , then there would be a reminder and we 'll consider giving you permission for a house , otherwise , everybody could just put up one tun poly tunnel in half an acre and get a house , could n't they ?
16 I just want you to know nothing of that kind will happen again — ever . ’
17 If you want one prefer one with conventional oven
18 The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers say they welcome anyone from 17 to 70 ( address on page 152 ) .
19 Say they needed it at eight , they thought they might need it at eight o'clock and then turned out they did n't , because one body else came in the restaurant , then they 'd just stick that in the fridge over night , and put it out the next morning .
20 I count them put them into little money bags .
21 It does n't prevent them being ambitious and idealistic for themselves , or stop them comparing themselves with other students in their class , their school , in other parts of the country or the world .
22 You let them visit you on that night and that 's it .
23 Now let me present you with another one .
24 Well , I mean the point to make about this budget is I 've just told you about two million pounds worth of minuses , let me tell you about two million pounds of pluses that are going in .
25 Let me tell you about this guy , ’ said Harvey pointing a thumb at me .
26 Let me tell you of some of the important stories that I believe we have covered inadequately — and in some cases not at all .
27 Er let me tell you in any self employed business you 're gon na have to have a car .
28 Let me leave you with one of my favourite pieces of Alpine observation .
29 As you set about making your plans for next year let me leave you with this thought from Eglantine Jebb If children of any country are physically or morally abandoned the whole world loses by it and the whole world gains if children grow up healthy , capable and ready to work for the good of their neighbours .
30 When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ?
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