Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb base] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I humbly thank your ladyship . |
| 2 | ‘ Warning you , ’ I tell her as I slowly take my hand away from her mouth . |
| 3 | ‘ I rather like your head on my shoulder , ’ he said quietly . |
| 4 | I rather like your idea of a course . |
| 5 | ‘ You can have too much of anything , ’ was Gay 's sage rejoinder , ‘ and I rather think her mother 's been overdoing this entertaining stunt . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ Generosity , happiness and warmth abound in their presence — I so appreciate their friendship , especially when my wife was ill with leukaemia . ’ |
| 7 | I so move my Lord Mayor |
| 8 | I so move my Lord Mayor . |
| 9 | I so move my Lord Mayor |
| 10 | The other perceives , I merely imagine ; he suffers , I merely simulate his distress by letting myself be moved by what I imagine . |
| 11 | I merely doubt your willingness to go to it . |
| 12 | As far as EuroDisney is concerned , I personally welcome its establishment in France . |
| 13 | It seems to soothe him if I gently scratch his body for him . |
| 14 | I said , apologetically , ‘ It 's ridiculous , but I only remember our meeting once , after Oxford . |
| 15 | Agnes was nodding her head now , and as she did so she was thinking , I only hope your father does n't find him there when he comes back from one of his trips . |
| 16 | ‘ I never see him , I only hear his voice . |
| 17 | ‘ You do an old man proud , cariad , ’ he said softly , ‘ I only wish your mother was here to see you today , she would have been so happy . ’ |
| 18 | I only need my money now before I go |
| 19 | Although I welcome the way in which my right hon. Friend has responded to pressure from those of us who are concerned about the future of the volunteers in the Territorial army and elsewhere , and I especially welcome his statement about the future of the Army Cadet Force and the support it receives from the reserves , what are his particular plans for the three reserve battalions of the Royal Anglians ? |
| 20 | If I suddenly transfer my attention to an object or some aspect of the physical environment ( after all , inanimate things are much easier to deal with , are n't they — they do n't have emotions ) when you 're revealing thoughts and feelings , then once again I 've dodged your agenda . |
| 21 | I constantly compare my body to other women 's bodies , whether it 's on television , or amongst my friends — I ca n't help myself . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend 's remarks about a single currency alarm me greatly because I much admire his intellect , not to mention the fluency of his speech . |
| 23 | Of him therefore … the hymned and reviled , the loved and loathed , spendthrift and miser , king and beggar … of King Richard Yea-and-Nay , so made , so called , I thus prepare my account . |
| 24 | At this point there is no particular plan in my mind , I just know my head will explode unless I immediately kick , bite or scream . |
| 25 | I 've tried most of the guitar synths and stuff , but I just prefer my instrument : it 's very human and it makes the right noise . |
| 26 | I 'd give it a pat if I had the strength , cos I really like dogs , but I just turn my head and look at it instead . |
| 27 | ‘ Umm , I just turn my guitar up as far as it will go , ’ explains the puzzled axe hero . |
| 28 | But if I just turn your attention to the figures that are postulated in the County Council 's N Y one , the tabulation in paragraph twenty on the last page , it 's attributed forty dwellings due in Hambledon , more or less . |
| 29 | I just hope our goal will be safe from him ! ’ |
| 30 | I just hope his source is more reliable than the Yard chap who told him confidentially that Theo Sykes killed Puddephat . ’ |