Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ( ‘ I tried to join the army when I got out of Borstal ’ , said Kev , an 18 year old skin , ‘ Do me bit and see the world and that .
2 It was a tune to give them heart and remind them that they were not alone in their suffering .
3 Marianne Tranter , a psychiatric social worker at the Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond Street , London , told the audience of nurses and social workers that abused children are ‘ seduced ’ by paedophiles who give them rewards and make threats about disclosure .
4 Are you er one of them blokes that do n't believe in it ?
5 Cross me heart and hope to die .
6 The letter ended by wishing me luck but adding the proviso , ‘ If you , having thought about the matter very deeply , are convinced you can emotionally handle the situation . ’
7 He shook my hand , wished me luck and said , ‘ You 'll be a new man . ’
8 He gave me schnapps and insisted that I stay at the hotel the SS man had mentioned .
9 It teaches them responsibility and gives them the chance to work as adults with other adults . ’
10 Seven student teachers will be taking their examinations on 21st and 28th March — we wish them luck and hope to see them at next Q.T. Day .
11 It is a novel which communicates the notion that talented and untalented meet in that country of the mind where everyone copies and steals from everyone else , where everything is reproductive or reminiscent of everything else , where one thing leads to another and this person passes into that .
12 ‘ They did n't pay me no wages , not real wages , they just gave me a bob now and again , and me board and lodgin' , and some clothes .
13 I seized that bloody pole , swinging the barge round even as I felt the water beneath me slop and gurgle as if maliciously laughing at me , waiting to embrace us in its frozen grasp .
14 Unable to move , Rachaela watched them rise and fall together , their bodies mounted on a black wild horse of pleasure , galloping .
15 ‘ I said I wanted to take the handicapped along the River Tees to show them Middlesbrough and teach them sailing a combination of pleasure , leisure and education , ’ says Mr Chance .
16 But of course , people may feel very affectionate towards their parents but be unable to give them money , or indeed , be able to give them money but feel that this is not the proper thing to do .
17 The employment secretary David has today told company bosses in Nottingham that treating their staff properly will save them money and boost their profits .
18 They would give them money and accept the little religious pictures or good luck messages that the shepherds handed out .
19 Dublin said : ‘ I hope my first goal will now help me settle and show I can score more for the club and the fans who have been so good . ’
20 He had said : ‘ I hope my first goal will help me settle and show I can score more for the club .
21 She detailed Amy to take them into the interview room and give them tea and stay with them , and she and Ben went alongside the trolley into Resus .
22 In photography , I tend to work with clients who 've heard me talk or seen my work , so they know my agenda .
23 The companies also bring with them maintenance and support billings worth some £3m a year .
24 The companies also bring with them maintenance and support billings worth some £3m a year .
25 " I 'd have shut me eyes and carried straight on .
26 He showed me £15 and said his train ticket was £16 and he needed the £1 to get home to his wife and child .
27 She thought : If only there was a Jonah calling me M'Lady and running frightful risks chasing after spies all across Europe in a great Bentley .
28 If you decide to stock the pond with fish , frogs may only become a nuisance in the spring , as unattached male frogs can cling onto the fish , causing them distress and have even been known to suffocate them by clamping onto their gills .
29 Through play , and in the world of imagination and fantasy , children relive situations which both bring them pleasure and cause them anxiety .
30 I like women , Katherine , I like to give them pleasure and to take it .
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