Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And they looked like that and I says , what , I says , they 've caused these men to earn all this money I says they 're earning more money than and that 's all you 're gon na offer me ?
2 He says I 'm a granddad I says you look it as well .
3 Oh oh good grief she says you do n't need stamp .
4 The world must wait however to discover whether Kylie will be cast as some lovelorn , tragic Juliet to Jason 's Romeo or whether her musical will , in the mould of The Delinquents , be a rock and roll high school blockbuster , like Grease , the movie she admits she has loved since her Melbourne childhood .
5 She has never been to the Caribbean in her life , but most of her friends are black British : to their companionship she owes her aptitude for talking Creole .
6 In this chapter she discusses her preconceptions and first impressions of further education , then describes her own and her students ' experience of their course and their attempts to participate with other students in the life of the college .
7 With amazement and with pleasure she hears her own voice saying No .
8 Pent in their Fold she leaves her wanton Care ,
9 4 If the ward nurse is satisfied with the patient 's condition she accepts him back into her care and escorts him quietly back to the ward ensuring his safety by maintaining the airway and close observation .
10 The isolation he keeps me in .
11 He stares at the streets near him and hopes the grief he sees there is something that happens to other people .
12 West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit .
13 Although Schedule 17 comes into force only on a day still to be appointed , when it does come into force it seems it will apply in relation to debt instruments already in existence .
14 He said : ‘ Inside the ring he impresses you with his style and his marvellous technique .
15 He said : ‘ Inside the ring he impresses you with his style and his marvellous technique .
16 In spring he dons his curious plumage : long ear tufts , and dramatic barred , streaked , blobbed or plain ruff-collar .
17 We can only speculate on Wordsworth 's political beliefs before 1792 — in The Prelude he attributes his awakening to a French soldier , Beaupuy — ( see below ) .
18 And as a DJ it means you can pace the night better , play a lot of different sorts of music and try and create a rave atmosphere in the club . ’
19 We are satisfied because : this is not a new doctrine , except for the good it allows us to foresee ; it is not immatura ( not yet ripe ) : the yes vote is attributable to Vatican I , to the two previous sessions , to the really profound studies of the Theological Commission , to the general development of theological studies in the Church , to the Church 's self-awareness , to ecumenism ; it is not contrary to the primacy ( reaffirmed at least 20 times ) .
20 Leaving the Chelsea Arts Club he unlocks his fluorescent green mountain bike , which has a child 's seat on the crossbar .
21 ‘ I suppose he 's a bit old for that sort of thing , ’ said Lili , ‘ although with that ridiculous car he drives he does seem to be trying to give an impression of boyish insouciance . ’
22 In today 's programme he gives us an exclusive interview , the first since his heart attack four months ago .
23 Now the braking , bearing in mind It takes you half a second to react anyway , but hi his actual thinking distance is about thirty feet .
24 Keeping that in mind it gives you somewhere else to go musically , and those themes tend to be a little more prominent from an adult point of view .
25 ‘ Not so , ’ replies the university ; ‘ give if you will ; withhold if you must but understand if you can what nature of community we are and do not deprive us of our freedom , the freedom to pursue , and to teach others to pursue , knowledge for its own sake in whatever guise it presents itself to us ; for that is of our very essence. ,
26 After watching this film I have overthrown an ideal I have cherished and protected against every attack for more than 30 years : that in no circumstances should a man be murdered by conscious decision of the State in revenge for a murder he has himself committed .
27 so he says but I do n't know what to do he says cos if there 's a job you know , if there 's any overtime , cos there ai n't been none but if there 's any overtime he says I do n't know what to do I said bloody do the overtime , let her hang about .
28 where you been , I says where you been , aye he says aye he says , my fault he says I did n't get round did I ?
29 By pre-adjunct he means adjectives in prenominal attributive position ; by characterisation he means something like inherent or permanent ( to which one should perhaps add some cautious and flexible condition such as " in the circumstances " ) .
30 Thus the only way by which the government might achieve a higher level of output would be by cheating , by not following the rule it says it will follow .
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