Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He voiced such questions reverently , righteously , but voiced them none the less . |
| 2 | this cardigan was sixty two pounds , but it 's really nice , you know , and it 's , I 'm saying this you could make me one the same |
| 3 | She asked me what the time was . |
| 4 | On one U-day last winter , a short-sighted neighbour asked me what the pretty flowers were . |
| 5 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
| 6 | My mum come up to see me and asked me what the bandage was for and I told her I 'd burnt myself . |
| 7 | But if someone asked me what the " oldest tree in the park " meant , or what " oak " meant , or what the meaning of the sentence as a whole was , I would have to explain to him the meaning of these expressions with the help of some other expressions which he could understand . |
| 8 | Mass attendance , erm , mentioned the hospital , he asked me what the hospital was like you know , whether it was acute or , or whatever erm |
| 9 | I think this was the day you asked me what the quality of life was . |
| 10 | He asked me who the young man with the dark curly hair was , and I told him . |
| 11 | And , it was the attitude of the other men going to a , play another school , I came across this man who asked me who the referee was on that particular day ? |
| 12 | I think I stopped when I once asked someone what the matter was and he said : ‘ If you do n't know , then you ca n't love me . ’ |
| 13 | And they did n't buy you one the right size ! |
| 14 | Lord Morison said it had been argued that the unique and novel attempt by the Mullan family to establish something which the Crown had failed to do in a criminal case raised questions of general importance . |
| 15 | He visited her none the less , although Jules had no doubt that it was duty rather than love that prompted his assiduous attention . |
| 16 | Er it would be some of the bodies I think oh er wait a minute I 'm trying to think what the casting were be used for there were other things besides locks you see I forget what they the , I know they used to do the castings and the brass castings it would be for the locks , for the locks yeah |
| 17 | Certainly we just told them what the problem was , told them that there was ever such a nice quarry further down the road if they wanted to visit a slate quarry . |
| 18 | Er I would appreciate it very very much indeed Mike if er you know you could recommend me to one or two people you know , open minded like yourself who I can sit with , take a couple of er half an hour of their time like I 've done with you , show them what the services are . |
| 19 | But , in fact , as I pointed out the minute you told me what the letters said , there was n't one line there to connect them with Chambers . |
| 20 | ‘ I remembered , ’ said Wexford , ‘ as soon as Cullam told me whose the body was . |
| 21 | I 'll swear the boy was alone , he told me himself the enterprise was his own . |
| 22 | so she did n't give me anything the first time , but she |
| 23 | A bird kept in captivity is fed all year round , so obviously it has an easier time than one in the wild which has to feed itself whatever the season , but it still has the hunting instinct . |
| 24 | to be delivered in one statement show you what the chances are you 'll be doing it anyway but not erm what you are actually doing purpose you 'll always be followed by a tentative benefit always be followed by cheque standing or in this case tell me how does that . |
| 25 | If I told you what the wine cost , you would n't dare drink it . ’ |
| 26 | Well it told you what the subject titles were . |
| 27 | These text handling capabilities are adequate for most uses , but the font list is rather limited and the font window does n't show you what the font looks like before you select it . |
| 28 | See if I reflected to this one I 'll show you what the affect is . |
| 29 | ‘ Threat ’ when used in this connection means ‘ an intimation by one to another that unless the latter does or does not do something the former will do something which the latter will not like . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She had done something which the Protestant community can never forget , ’ he said . |