Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm encouraging people to diversity , so I 've got to let them know what the pitfalls are . ’ |
| 2 | Let me know what the prospects are . ’ |
| 3 | Feeling that further conversation was needed , I asked what the roses were like at Sutton that summer . |
| 4 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
| 5 | I asked him the differences between the Quechua and the Spanish view of the world . |
| 6 | I passed her the tissues as I always do . |
| 7 | And I got you the roses . ’ |
| 8 | I told them the arguments put forward by Visual Effects , only to be told in return manufacturing a conical base would have been much easier as it could all have been done from one two-part mould in half the time . ’ |
| 9 | I told him the maps we should need , and he promised to have all the necessary Ordnance map sheets ready . |
| 10 | and I told him the ones to see . |
| 11 | I told you the films did n't I , er earlier ? |
| 12 | ‘ Well , well , ’ she says ( charmingly ) , ‘ you do have such an interesting point of view — by the way , did I show you the begonias ? |
| 13 | Now you 've got the vouchers , did I give you the vouchers ? |
| 14 | Did I give you the pools money ? |
| 15 | ‘ Yet at the same time I imagined what the celebrations would be like at Molineux . |
| 16 | I give her the letters and ask her which one 's for me , and she looks through them quick . |
| 17 | I give him the cherries and ate the cake myself . |
| 18 | I give him the thumbs-up sign and pointedly ignore him turning once more to the vigorous bucking of the waves . |
| 19 | I give it the birds . |
| 20 | ‘ I give you the names and that 's it . |
| 21 | My fear of a remote danger may be almost driven from mind by current emotions ; but to decide to take precautions I need no more than the faint tremor as I glimpse what the consequences of neglect would be like , I do not have to maintain the stimulus to action by living in constant terror until the danger has passed . |
| 22 | I showed him the contents of the Green Box . |
| 23 | ‘ I showed him the graves . ’ |
| 24 | I told you , I showed him the graves . ’ |
| 25 | I handed him the scissors , put a towel round my shoulders , and sat down on a chair . |
| 26 | As I handed them the keys to their new home it was like unlocking the door to their future happiness . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do everything , ’ to ‘ I hear what the realities are and it 's no good . |
| 28 | I know what the newspapers say — and I do n't believe them . |
| 29 | I know what the roses mean . |
| 30 | I know who the lads would rather listen to . ’ |