Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other drops were found but nothing else so Mandeville ordered us to resume our search . |
| 2 | I liked that picture so Marie let me cut it out and stick it on the wall . |
| 3 | In other words , erm , whateve the R is greater than C. Do you remember our , our formula for penaltriate benefit of an altruistic act exceeds the cost discounted by the degree of that 's between a half normally . |
| 4 | I 'll tell you if T want you to do anything . ’ |
| 5 | Colin 's did n't look too bad cos Colin told him to leave him a bit longer now . |
| 6 | He said that if Ramsey accepted he had it in mind to recommend Donald Coggan for the see of York . |
| 7 | If fitzAlan expected her to explain everything , he could cope with the truth , she decided angrily . |
| 8 | If Hugh thought she knew everything perhaps it was better that he should think it . |
| 9 | They alone knew where the evil gorgons were to be found and jealously protected their whereabouts until PERSEUS forced them to reveal their secret when he stole their eye . |
| 10 | Cos Mrs wanted her to use her . |
| 11 | I knew that if Sandy won it gave him exemptions in the US the next year , the US Masters , Tournament of Champions , World Series . |
| 12 | I know it 's a different subject like this is drugs and the other thing is smoking but like it 's still the same if people see you do it people take things off you . |
| 13 | If Boz believes he knows who did it he wo n't wait to find the sort of proof that a judge would need . |
| 14 | ‘ If Lowell asked you to have your portrait taken in period dress , I think he was unwise . |
| 15 | Cos Tim said you knitted one . |
| 16 | According to the Wall Street Journal , former IBM Corp chairman John Akers is ‘ still technically an IBM employee , though he has lost his title , his board seat and his office at IBM 's Armonk , New York headquarters — he and his secretary have been quietly relocated to an IBM building in Stamford , Connecticut ; ’ we seem to recall something similar happening to an editor of the late lamented Datalink — first he was told he was no longer editor , but that there was a desk in Computing 's office — until Computing decided it needed it , whereupon a desk was found in the library , whereupon he resigned . |
| 17 | Cos Paul said you brought it home did n't you ? |
| 18 | I do not know if Alex used it to court his Mary — he must have used something — ‘ The joke was unconscious but crowing laughter came from the young men beside the whisky jar . |
| 19 | mm , oh unless Kathy did she say he thought |
| 20 | Hobson 's work is mainly remembered because Lenin used it to construct his own , quite distinct , theory of imperialism . |
| 21 | She inquired at the trading standards department about the legality of catapults but was told they were sold at fishing tackle shops because anglers use them to hurl their bait into the water . |
| 22 | The male hoverfly uses these to keep the tiny female in view as he chases her during courtship , while robberflies use them to track their flying prey . |
| 23 | Bill , the first footman , who had nothing to tell him , said his foot itched to kick him up the b.t.m. , while Mary said she felt she was being taken by one of those continental gigolos to the Strand Corner House , as a preliminary to being seduced . |
| 24 | Lotus boss Colin Chapman wanted Clark to compete in the Deutschland Trophae Formula Two race at the Hockenheim circuit , set among the pine forests of Heidelberg , while Ford wanted him to drive their new 3-litre prototype in the BOAC 500-mile international sports car race at Brands Hatch . |
| 25 | Before Ma left me to collect my new sister from Maternity I would not have been able to execute this upward stretch unaided , now I hold the pose perfectly , without touching the chair back . |
| 26 | I had another coffee ; I was confused , irritable and dizzy as I stood by the buffet and watched the station cleaners , suddenly desperate to be on my way before tiredness made me change my mind . |
| 27 | Anyway , as I was saying before Adam interrupted me see I fancy Adam , he 's really nice . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd guessed Donna had a twin sister — somewhere — and I — oh , I know this sounds silly , but I 've been thinking about it , ever since the transplant was mentioned , before Juliet made me realise who she ws . |
| 29 | Only after leaving did I glimpse myself in the mirror . |
| 30 | ‘ After Dad died she promised we would visit Italy together , but somehow we never did . |