Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring .
2 Books can be dangerous because the reading and writing of them involves us in an exercise of intellectual freedom .
3 In practice , there might be situations of doubt ; a man might claim that there was nothing to alert him to the girl 's age ( e.g. a 15-year-old girl , who looks much older , soliciting in a street with other prostitutes ) .
4 Eventually , one of them attacked it with a large branch , striking it a damaging blow .
5 That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall .
6 Some story about a raid , that was it , them finding ST with a stainless steel jig screwed to his pate , them sticking him in a sack , jig and all .
7 Boys pouring into the room below , laughing , chattering , me seeing them through the crack .
8 It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress .
9 IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time .
10 I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment .
11 FERDINAND … . my imagination will carry me To see her in the shameful act of sin … .
12 Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground .
13 And Dr Carrington had particularly asked me to disconnect him from the ventilator .
14 ‘ Here , let me shield you from the wind . ’
15 The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems .
16 No-one seeing her on the move , rushing headlong through drear fuming tunnels , would really note the missing arms and absent tail , the sealed face , the scarlet sash .
17 Now the thing that worries me is that the N R A and our linkage with them is I do n't think it 's early days for them and they have n't got the the power and the erm law behind them to enforce it as the way which I think most of us would like to think of have a erm erm an organization tha that can in fact start bringing the law in that if people fail to do what they say erm so that aspect I think I now Chris also mentioned this erm tilting in West Sussex and again that mentioned in the structure plan , because I six mill a year but in ten years that 's two and a half inches .
18 The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss .
19 Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum .
20 He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night .
21 As I do not , as a rule , take alcohol , the one glass of sherry I had with lunch enabled me to enjoy myself with the other guests .
22 On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled .
23 If an employer does not prevent them availing themselves of the opportunity to learn business secrets how can he later seek to restrain an employee from using the same information .
24 In December 1757 he tried to excuse himself ‘ as my abode is at such distance from the place where the Royal Society hold their weekly meetings as to render it not only inconvenient , but unsafe for me to attend them in the winter season. , A month later Ellis countered with , ‘ I scarce think it possible that Mr. Miller should have no one friend in the Society to send him word and , indeed , I had told Rivington to tell Miller I would be glad to discuss the matter at Fulham , and Miller ignored it . ’
25 What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time .
26 Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself .
27 then go on to the ones you marked as " different " and listen to them read one after the other .
28 Everyone pats themselves on the back and goes home . ’
29 I am grateful for that because it enables me to provide him with a fuller response on those points than I might otherwise have been able to do .
30 Let let me introduce you to a nurse , a nurse called Nicola .
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