Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The otter either heard me or got my scent , because it suddenly looked up , then stood up and moved out of sight round the other side of the rock . |
| 2 | The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ , |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you ever do that again , ’ he said , without looking at me or breaking his stride . |
| 4 | So I used to say to each crowd : ‘ Look , when you see me or see my inspector , move to the kerb and stay there . |
| 5 | Tricia backed her way out , never taking her eyes off me or letting her bearings slip . |
| 6 | We feel strongly that weapons of this kind have no place , so we support measures to ban them or prohibit their sale . ’ |
| 7 | On the highly publicized issue in AI 's December report of the baby deaths , Amnesty said that although its team was shown alleged mass graves of babies , it was not established how they had died and the team found no reliable evidence that Iraqi forces had caused the deaths of babies by removing them or ordering their removal from incubators . |
| 8 | We can not see them or turn our minds from them . |
| 9 | An aggressive mob of youngsters had been closely dogging us for some time and , emboldened by our apparent failure to notice them or to quicken our pace , had begun throwing stones . |
| 10 | Blake could n't say whether the creatures were pursuing them or had their own sinister reason for haunting this part of London . |
| 11 | However , they have told me recently that , when I was about nine or ten , they thought me a bully because I would surreptitiously pinch them or pull their hair in order to keep them in line — that is , in order to make them behave as my parents would have wished them to . |
| 12 | Using a cream gives time for the hydrogen peroxide to be in contact with the bacteria in order to kill them or inhibit their division . |
| 13 | I walked them for three or four hours a day , but nothing tired them or won their love . |
| 14 | Second , the majority of those suffering from corporate crime remain unaware of their victimization — either not knowing it has happened to them or viewing their ‘ misfortune ’ as an accident and ‘ no one 's fault ’ . |
| 15 | At the close of the Ecclesiastical History Bede wrote that such serious commotions had characterized the beginning and course of the reign that it was impossible to know what to say about them or anticipate their eventual outcome ( HE V , 23 ) . |
| 16 | They have been concerned about damaging them or losing their affection . |
| 17 | Anyone who has seen them or knows their whereabouts is asked to contact detectives at Craigavon 325144 . |
| 18 | Anyway , Broom'ead caused so many problems there that 'is daughter 's ‘ usband told 'er that eivver 'er farvver went or 'e would . |
| 19 | David grinned in that unassuming way of his and made his class line-up for my autograph . |
| 20 | Here she raised her square white face up to his and sought his eyes . |
| 21 | Marcus shouted from the doorway in that distinctly unfriendly tone of his and clapped his hands hard . |
| 22 | Pressing it more firmly against her breast as his breathing became as erratic as her own , she moved her mouth from his and buried her face in his neck . |
| 23 | He groaned , caught her hand in his and pressed his mouth to the palm . |
| 24 | She wanted to take that thick neck of his and press her fingernails , long and freshly varnished for Urquhart 's benefit , deep into the flesh until the cocky smirk on his face was replaced by a grimace of pain . |
| 25 | ‘ You wanted to meet me , Mr Burns , ’ she finally managed to rescue her eyes from the drowning pull of his and locate her voice . |
| 26 | Or what 's that word that Lizzie — 'er as married my grandson — ‘ as picked up ? |
| 27 | There 's a certain look you have when you 're making love to me that shares my anticipation and surprise . |
| 28 | However , children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism , since it may have little effect on them except to confirm their worst beliefs about themselves and reduce their efforts . |
| 29 | Ward was still asleep when I turned right and headed eastwards towards the Andes , the mist a white vapour , the rice fields , the cacti , the occasional trees , all having a weirdness about them that matched my mood and added to my growing fear of what lay ahead , beyond the mountains I could not see . |
| 30 | The same as , I , them that buys our 'ouse , they 'll have to pay whatever it cost for 'em to value our 'ouse , see if it 's worth lending money , we 'll have the same thing with er bungalow , down there . |