Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I get them up from their rest , we go off to the lake and feed the ducks or we go to friends . |
| 2 | If the hon. Member for Oldham , West or I wrote to our local tax inspector and claimed that someone had put a form through our letterbox requiring only our signature for the taxation officer to open up our tax affairs for the past 30 years on the offchance that we might be entitled to something , that would be farcical . |
| 3 | Either the mermaid was energetically breasting the waves or she sat on the upturned keel of a drowned vessel and combed out long and improbably yellow hair . |
| 4 | Now , partly because of fears for their safety and partly because of increased affluence , many children are either taken to school by car or they travel by bus or train . |
| 5 | It happens in religion and it happens in politics . |
| 6 | If you are on a site-recce and you hit on an idea or a way of solving your problem , do a dry run . |
| 7 | But then that question was asked last night erm from one chap about sport versus the arts and I suppose to me it is a quality of life issue erm where do you start an and stop I mean you have a problem when you have a recession do n't you , where you say okay we i we are in a recession we have got limited resources we have to make decisions . |
| 8 | But er , you you we 're gon na make you a nice one and join the bloody club so you 'll be an armchair socialist and we look after you and that 's what they are ! |
| 9 | We 're constantly reworking songs and I imagine in the next few months we 'll probably be reworking members too . |
| 10 | There 's a pattern to their thinking and I feel as if I 'm beginning to discern it . |
| 11 | She realised that she had imposed on Miss Hatherby 's kindness and she blushed for her lack of consideration . |
| 12 | Later I descended with the songs of the skylarks still in my ears and I listened to the grumbling of the men in the mist of the grey streets . |
| 13 | Most owners misinterpret these problems as grief and they overcompensate by giving their dog more attention than they are used to ; they fail to realise that it howls because it is lonely and insecure ! |
| 14 | The sound of her own voice in the shimmering candle-light startled Hari and she rose to her feet , conscious of the silence around her . |
| 15 | ‘ Once I was out shopping with a girlfriend and we went into a store . |
| 16 | My girlfriend and I laughed like drains . |
| 17 | We think someone in the community is protecting the killer and we want to be sure we 've spoken to everyone |
| 18 | Well once again if you look at the er er if you look at the full page which costs nine hundred pound on a on a golf club score card and you look at the full page in the A five booklet |
| 19 | But the question is you have to design the experiment and you have to be the expert . |
| 20 | that have had the support but they wo n't get off their backsides and it tends to be this ge generation . |
| 21 | Too fast for his shorter legs and he fell on his knees . |
| 22 | It has four legs and it climbs on trees . ’ |
| 23 | Journalist Shelley said : ‘ Neil and I argue about football all the time . |
| 24 | Then , he wrote a West End musical based on his aunt 's Remembering Judi and it transferred to Broadway , with Nina Kenyon making an impressive singing debut in her original role , finally outgrossing everything written by Andrew Lloyd Webber . |
| 25 | Yeah I was away on Tuesday and I trip on Wednesday . |
| 26 | See her on the Tuesday and she said to me erm Chris was coming round your house Saturday . |
| 27 | They are foreigners and they appear to be drinking . |
| 28 | Ultimately , their efforts brought those ‘ Peace People ’ the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1977 , but controversy over that award added to the movement 's inability to sustain its momentum and it faded from the newspaper front pages . |
| 29 | Ward 's voice smashed into my consciousness and I slammed on the brakes . |
| 30 | On another occasion , she wrote : ‘ We were in the bedroom and I said to mother : ‘ What is that ? ’ , referring to an overmantel mirror . |