Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked just like those horrible Yahoos , and at first I could not let them touch me or come near me . |
| 2 | Hindley says he is wicked , and ca n't play with me or eat with me any more . ’ |
| 3 | That was the whole point and the way , it was like , he could he could hit , he could , he could hit me or go like that to my hair or run his fingers through my face , rip all my clothes up , you know what I mean , not rip them off , rip them up ! |
| 4 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 5 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ Remember , the range on this thing is quite long enough for me to dispose of you at any moment should you try to desert me or plot against me . ’ |
| 7 | For over 13 years these good people have advised me or acted in my name and your service . |
| 8 | He did n't want to see me or talk to me , he or his parents . |
| 9 | ‘ … we were both pulling in opposite directions , and I felt Brian was siding with his mother rather than standing up for me or remaining in the middle . |
| 10 | Wherever I am , he rings up or follows me or wants to be with me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He has n't seen me or thought about me for ten years as far as I 'm aware and he could n't have known I 'd be in that house . |
| 12 | You have two choices — flee from me or belong to me . ’ |
| 13 | We never recorded what information we sent them or received from them . |
| 14 | The client for whom the firm is acting should be clearly identified and care should be taken to ensure that third parties do not form the impression that the firm is advising them or acting for them when this is not the case . |
| 15 | The client for whom the firm is acting should be clearly identified and care should be taken to ensure that third parties do not form the impression that the firm is advising them or acting for them when this is not the case . |
| 16 | It does n't include the unregistered and unmeasured unemployed — women with men who have to maintain them or claim for them , and those whose dole is exhausted but who are disqualified from supplementary benefit because they live with wage-earners . ) |
| 17 | Those on the sidelines tried not to see them or know about them , but it was difficult . |
| 18 | You should never talk to them or go in their cars or houses . |
| 19 | I wondered if you might have seen either of them or heard from them over the past few days . ’ |
| 20 | The content of the text appeals to them or fits into their experience differently . |
| 21 | She surprised herself , the words came out , she had not thought about them or thought at all about this subject . |
| 22 | I no longer believed them or believed in them , having to believe in myself as a matter of survival . |
| 23 | It can be a fairly minor loss , like social status or face — some people suffer agonies for fear that someone will laugh at them or sneer at their taste or intelligence , for example . |
| 24 | Moreover , there is no room here to explore the comments further , to probe the reasoning behind them or to see to what extent they represent a wider consensus . |
| 25 | Classes are fine when you 're teaching them or learning in them , very long and boring when you 're just an observer . |
| 26 | Try to recognize your needs , and try to spend time fulfilling them or asking for them . |
| 27 | We can speculate that there is a psychological motive for this switch , with Adele using a change of code to indicate that she is only reporting these words and does not herself " stand behind " them or vouch for their validity . |
| 28 | Er then election day we were out all day with , with a driver of a car getting people out and for them or going through the motions . |
| 29 | ‘ Most of the time we were so busy rushing the posters out that we did n't have time to read them or think about what they said , ’ said Mr Mark Roblett , 27 , the elder of the two brothers whose south London company came to the aid of both parties . |
| 30 | To prevent starvation on more plebeian trains , passengers had to take all their food with them or leap from the train the moment it drew into a station and rush for the buffet . |