Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In the end , it worked out very much better than expected , essentially because the two companies had outstanding chief executives , both of whom eventually succeeded me as chairman . |
2 | On most of the album Shaun puts his fingerstyle technique to good use on his Warwick five-string , but this track sounds to me suspiciously like he 's using his ‘ 68 Fender Jazz Bass with both pickups full on . |
3 | What they do , I mean just play a game , it 's just a ga it 's a it 's a game , like sort of Simon says , try and catch them out in things , you 'll say right , now you 've got to point at a window , say , and then you have to point at , and you can get them all doing it , you |
4 | ‘ It will tell them enough to alert them if they 're working for the British Government . ’ |
5 | Though if you give them enough notice they can do almost anything … |
6 | This is where we need to listen to what they 're asking and what they need , and give them enough to satisfy them . |
7 | It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’ |
8 | It did n't take me long to realise it was very different from the kind of journalism I 'd been used to . |
9 | It did not take them long to inform us that we had arrived with their traditional enemies , the Bugis . |
10 | That did n't take them long did it ? |
11 | He got me so riled I lost a race this afternoon I should have won . |
12 | And he goes to me , he goes to me so have you thought about my , my suggestion of pottery , I went yeah , and I threw it out the window . |
13 | That 's why David could say , against thee , thee only have I sinned after he 's committed adultery , after he 's committed murder , after he 's involved other people in his nefarious deeds he can still say I 've committed sin against God ! |
14 | They trusted me enough to allow me into their ranks , but when I saw what they were planning I knew that the only answer was to destroy them , expose them . |
15 | And that annoyed me enough to drive me to my cabin , to clean myself up and choose fresh clothing . |
16 | You said then that I 'd never cope , but the farmers liked me enough to ask me to call again . ’ |
17 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
18 | Do you love me enough to marry me ? ’ |
19 | ‘ Ca n't you trust me enough to keep it between just the two of us ? ’ |
20 | However , I feel sure she values her friendship with me enough to play it our way . |
21 | But a lot of them only made it by the skin of his teeth and are in the party only because of their reputation . |
22 | The Minister wished to revoke them only to ensure he obtained the expected revenue from the increased cost . |
23 | The fingers were long , unnaturally thin , the skin on them so clear it seemed he could see right through them to the bone itself . |
24 | Given that the member will be sent their membership card , it would seem a small step away to actually send them a letter addressed to them personally welcoming them to the union and advise them at the very least on the basic facilities and benefits , plus other important information , and signed by the Regional Secretary , if not by the General Secretary . |
25 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
26 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
27 | and it said about tin cans and aluminium and that and it was costing them less excuse me to use recycled you know er used aluminium |
28 | Me stilla ask me |
29 | And then : oh , please , if there have to be more lies , at least let me only tell them to other people , not to myself any more . |
30 | Cut it out , God is in me ; He is my centre — let me only believe it , and His energy will flood the whole of me , and self will be drowned … |