Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone in the audience has asked me to greet them the way the chimpanzees greet each other in the wild at Gombe , ’ Jane Goodall began . |
| 2 | It was their own idea , started without help before I began my work as an adviser and I want to try and help them make it a success . |
| 3 | One of them asked him a question . |
| 4 | ‘ If you would like me to forgive you the other half of your great debt , then fire the kiln tomorrow morning , well before dawn . |
| 5 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 6 | ‘ Everyone thinks it a great idea , ’ Mrs Bean said happily . |
| 7 | Her own family has suffered the anguish of repossession , and her personal story of how her local Liberal Democrat-controlled council helped them made her the winner in the school 's mock election . |
| 8 | Ask them to write me a reference so I got form to fill in to send off for something but I 've got ta write something . |
| 9 | While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support . |
| 10 | While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support . |
| 11 | His clever course management in the wake of continuous swing problems had made Olazabal a huge favourite with the Sun City galleries , many of whom rated him the superior of Seve Ballesteros , a two-time winner of the event . |
| 12 | Here though , mate , let me buy you a drink . |
| 13 | So let me buy you a coffee . ’ |
| 14 | One day I hope you 'll let me buy you a slap . |
| 15 | Let me buy you a drink . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Let me buy you a drink , ’ he said easily . |
| 17 | He instructed me to meet him the next day at the Turkman Gate , soon after dawn . |
| 18 | I think talking to them helped me a lot to get over those first few months . |
| 19 | Everyone writes it a little bit differently , with a personality all his own . |
| 20 | ‘ Shall I make him a lead , then ? ’ said Lee . |
| 21 | Shall I make you a drink would you like a tea or coffee ? |
| 22 | ‘ Will I make you a hot drink ? ’ he suggested . |
| 23 | ‘ Shall I make you a cup of something ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Can I make you a cup of something , Mrs Clamp ? ’ |
| 25 | Could I spare her a bob or two to the end of the week ? |
| 26 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 27 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 28 | The camera was rolling and with Devonian subtlety , I asked him a succession of innocuous questions about his regional tour . |
| 29 | So I asked him a question . ’ |
| 30 | I asked him a question and he could answer no . |