Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I call them discussions I do n't call them interviews .
2 Like there were them lads they had fucking four in a glass like and , there was loads of , so many drinks like I served loads .
3 On opening my eyes I did n't dare to imagine that this would have worked .
4 But Soderstrom , introducing the songs set by set , was good company ; the recital hall at Blackheath , rescued from years of abuse by the government department that used to inhabit it , had a good sound and an airy Victorian grace ; and Roger Vignoles , the accompanist , was as clear and gifted as ever ; so the capacity audience wound up feeling happy , especially when treated to confident versions of Lehar 's Vilja Song or My Lips They Kiss So Hot .
5 And with those echoes ringing in my ears I booked up my day — and contemplated my fate .
6 I could no longer contain my emotion , but going down on my knees I wept as quietly as I could for quite a long while .
7 Still on my knees I edged round to face north .
8 This was certainly the case with Mrs S. , the mother of one of my teenage informants , born in rural Jamaica about 1930 , who moved to London about 1960 : I 've never work — I 've never really work when I was back in de West Indies my husband work , I worked when I came over here and I [ took a long time ] to get a job — because I could remember work at de Post Office and I when I pronounce my words you know too [ soft ] dey say dey do n't hunderstand — according to dem dey do n't hunderstand me , my haccent maybe it 's my haccent or what dey don " understan " it or ting an " I feel like I 'm speakin " the same English like over here .
9 He said I pays my poll tax he says and I am paying out of my savings he said now what the heck will I do when my bloody savings is gone .
10 I think Freud would say though however that these are more like the th the was talking about religion , now clearly if something is a outlawing it is n't gon na make much difference to it , or if anything it 's , it 's just gon na make it er , er make it more difficult , but there are certain types of religion and Judaism is one of them where th this very pattern you 're talking about did occur and here Freud is er probably standing on , on firm ground , for reasons which I 'll explain in my lectures I do n't wan na take up too much time , but I have done a bit of research on this myself and as you will see , erm there 's , there are good reasons for thinking that Freud was certainly right about some of those and we certainly know that a monotheistic and , and an absolutely rigidly monotheistic religion appeared in Ancient Egypt as erm Andrea said , just before erm the er reign of this heretic er heretic , heretic pharaoh one of whose er near descendants , I forget how he was related now , erm was originally called Tutamkhatan and then was forced to change his name to Tutankhamen and he was dug up by Howard Carter in nineteen twenty two or something er and er the Tutankhamen is called Tutankhamen and not Tutamkhatan is that there was a religious .
11 Yeah good old laugh , I remember my scout motto , I promise that I 'll do my best and do my duties its going back a long , long way brother .
12 Whether or not the school communicated any concern for my health to my parents I do n't know .
13 At the time of my visits there had already been considerable changes in terms of staffing and resources in line with advisers ' recommendations .
14 ‘ It 's the same in England , ’ I said primly , trying to recall if any of my relatives there had ever bothered to get married .
15 After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table .
16 A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance .
17 in my dreams , in my dreams in my dreams we kiss right
18 When I first began the work that I am doing now , I decided to keep an open mind about the topic ; but , as time has progressed , I have been able to record details of fact , time and place given to me by my patients which have later been checked and confirmed and found to be wholly accurate .
19 I regarded this as totally unfair since in my comments I had not picked on any particular individual .
20 In fact I 'll give my neighbours who live opposite , I do n't see a lot of them but they they are my opposite neighbours and of course the 's really I 'm on good terms with I ought to give them I 'll get them a tin of biscuits as well .
21 Once you 'd confirmed my suspicions it did n't take long to get to the bottom of the story .
22 yes , and er , that , that 's one of the plants I had given me , yeah I have some lov I have some lovely presents you know really great they are , quite nice at the part we , we have a , the children they , they er have games for the children to start with we do for the grandchildren you see and then er we have the dancing and the erm disco , it was great , we have a lovely party every October we have and I have all my friends we had about a hundred and eighty this year I think , must of been
23 Right , my friends we 've very strange and wonderful chemicals in this erm I do beg your pardon when we are printing .
24 My friends who lived nearby were all envious for I was the only one who had ever been down into the depths of the mysterious cellar .
25 Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ?
26 you see , until my next birthday , that is , you see , but I , well each year , you see , I always say well to my friends I am so thankful for my friends who drop in and each year I say , well I do n't suppose I will be here much longer but I shall be here , I hope , while I can walk
27 At the prompting of my friends I wrote back and asked them why not !
28 Interested , I asked him to whack my bottom with the same instrument and urged him to do it properly so that I could feel what it was like — he did so and I was only just able to restrain my tears it hurt so much .
29 Collecting my thoughts I baited up with a fresh squid and cast back out to the same spot , bobbin on the needle and it was back to the bedchair .
30 I have to say I did my assignments I went there and back I did n't I did n't mess around with staying away .
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