Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh mum me do it , me are gon na do that and that in a minute |
| 2 | Those meetings have n't taken place but of course no-one believes it because mis-information is much more exciting than the truth . |
| 3 | So that , when she went to the headmistress with what I was supposed to have done to her as we were changing after a singles tennis game , of course everyone believed her . |
| 4 | And on my faith me think it good reason |
| 5 | You do n't lE T them do you ? |
| 6 | Bernard I think it 's up that lane you just come down . |
| 7 | When I did get to the bike I saw it was virtually in pieces and realised that Darren had been attempting the job himself . |
| 8 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
| 9 | Meeting Jack in his butch horn-rims gave me a feeling of intense familiarity , and the first time we banged glasses together in mid-kiss I knew it was sight at first love . |
| 10 | PS I take it we all hate Scarborough almost as much as Chelsea ? |
| 11 | Hampton M. Vins PS I hope you will charge your lowest price for it , and if you please not to send a duffil one , but a cloth one , full yard long , fail not on Wednesday , please to send it by Mr. Field the Waterman , who comes to the Beehive , at Queenhithe , pray do n't send a duffil one but a cloth one . |
| 12 | PS I confirm our telephone conversation today when we agreed to make payment to you within 21 days of the last drop . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , I wrote to him in rather a hurry , and did n't take copies of the notes I sent him . |
| 14 | ‘ I came to see you about some notes I sent your husband . |
| 15 | I never ceased to be astounded by how quickly and thoroughly he absorbed the notes I gave him . ’ |
| 16 | The following is summary of notes I showed you today , I do n't think Rob was in a receptive mood ! : |
| 17 | At the cross , at the cross where I first saw the light , and the burden of my heart rolled away , it was there by faith I receive my sight and now I am happy all the day ! |
| 18 | Jo Spence I think it was then I was ill that I understood for the first time what it was to be a victim . |
| 19 | I thought he had seen the enemy aircraft and , as he winged over into a steep dive I followed him without question . |
| 20 | Various items get gulped up into my mouth , and after skilful massage with tongue and teeth I transfer them to the plate for additional sculpture with knife and fork and spoon . |
| 21 | the reasons I said I I I I could go along with that approach as well . |
| 22 | A seventeenth-century libertine who wrote excellent satirical verse ( he 's the author of the famous epigram about Charles II : ‘ God bless our good and gracious king/Whose promise none relies on ; /Who never said a foolish thing , /Nor ever did a wise one ’ — one of the reasons I like him so much is that allegedly he recited it extempore to the king ) and some great , great poems about sex . |
| 23 | In fact it 's one of the reasons I brought you here . ’ |
| 24 | No , but I mean there are other such reasons I mean there may be initially choosing clothes or something like that , but when I put them on in the morning I usually put them on to suit the weather and what 's clean and what I 've got tights to match . |
| 25 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 26 | ‘ For these reasons I think there is a fairly strong case for marketing it as a health product but it will also probably be considered a luxury , ’ Mrs Rowan added . |
| 27 | You see , one of the reasons I mentioned his name last night was that he was n't in the room when I came back — the boardroom , you know , where the party was being held . |
| 28 | ‘ One of the reasons I do it , ’ he explains ‘ is because my wife and I can spend time alone together away from the family , feel young again ( they 're both in their early 40's ) , and have adventures . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps that 's one of the reasons I love my work . |
| 30 | I did and it was one of the reasons I lost my seat in the Dail . ’ |