Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indomitable Aunt Lou , whom nothing could shake . |
| 2 | So everyone every everyone everyone should have a copy of the questions in their book just to tell what they 've worked on . |
| 3 | ‘ If you kill me nothing will prevent Psepha killing you ! ’ shouted the prone dragonrider . |
| 4 | ‘ If you invite me nothing could keep me away . ’ |
| 5 | I 've telephoned everyone I can think of , but it 's no use . |
| 6 | I had invited everyone I could think of to tea , and we had been invited back , but it was not her style , and when she complained that it was not right for her ‘ to be living among all these old people ’ I understood very well what she meant . |
| 7 | ‘ In spite of no one being here but you and me I shall dress for dinner tonight , and expect you to do likewise . ’ |
| 8 | she immediately undercuts herself : ( " And even if you say something shameful to me I shall blame you in no way at all " ) |
| 9 | In the time available to me I shall answer as many as possible of the points that have been raised . |
| 10 | ‘ If Gómez is not at the address you have given me I shall presume it is because you 've been in touch with him , so do n't phone him . |
| 11 | ‘ And if the old skinflint wo n't give it to me I shall take it just the same . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , if you wo n't come with me I shall ask Nigger when he comes home . |
| 13 | If you do n't tell me I shall get it out of him . ’ |
| 14 | And , darling , if I make you half as happy as you make me I shall have done well … |
| 15 | Now to me I might want to know that people use language to mean more than one thing . |
| 16 | If it 's true that you were so keen to meet me I might satisfy your curiosity completely by reversing my rule to only date brunettes — ’ |
| 17 | Without half a bottle of red wine inside me I might have slipped on the slimy breakwater , but I jump onto the stony beach and chase her along the shore . |
| 18 | ‘ Are you telling me I might get bounced ? ’ |
| 19 | How many times did you tell me I ought to see her ? ’ |
| 20 | There was Mrs Richards telling me I ought to take vitamins . |
| 21 | ‘ Why does everybody tell me I ought to watch my drinking when they 're all so busy watching it for me ? |
| 22 | She liked to plan everything — meals , shopping expeditions — in painstaking detail ; she was — again like Sophie — an extremely efficient housekeeper , always turning mattresses and telling me I ought to starch table napkins and put fresh flowers in the hall every day . |
| 23 | As Eva went into the hostels she realised the Salvation Army was not there to turn people into converts , but that their work must be an extension of Christ 's love : " Jesus Christ did n't say to the man who was filled with many devils — the schizophrenic — " If you follow me I 'll cure you . |
| 24 | Well give me I 'll give you an example . |
| 25 | Would you like to go and sort the books out for me I 'll give you a ticket . |
| 26 | for it and he said well , well er basically it just got down to well if you kiss me I 'll give it to you and then , and then he decided that if I kissed him |
| 27 | His voice was brusque as he said , ‘ If you girls will excuse me I 'll return to my job of preparing for this afternoon 's horse trek . ’ |
| 28 | But if you don' wan' me I 'll go somewhere else . |
| 29 | If you 'll excuse me I 'll go up and shower and change . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well — if you 'll excuse me I 'll go to my room , where I have a good book . |