Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 's [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nurses say she 's even helped get THEM through her ordeal . |
| 2 | I say she 's only doing , she 's only playing around . |
| 3 | Police say she 's now recoevring from her terrifying experience . |
| 4 | She started to walk across the yard , and he followed her ; and they had reached the house door before her decision came : ‘ I 'll take the cart down there later on ; if he 's put her to work she 's likely pacing The Strand , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Do you know it 's never failed me yet , I put socks out |
| 6 | Upstairs in the workshop , there is an air of quiet panic mingled with excitement because nothing is quite ready for the upcoming show , but it 's near enough to know it 's all going to be just divine . |
| 7 | You realise it 's slowly killing you ? ’ |
| 8 | But as I say he 's never done any of it for a couple of days . |
| 9 | His parents say he 's still affected by his wartime experience . |
| 10 | As well as soaking up the sun , Emma says she 's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City . |
| 11 | For example on page 198 , Mayella says she 's never kissed a grown man before and that it might as well be a nigger and after kissing him she says ‘ kiss me back , nigger ’ . |
| 12 | She says she 's never seen any violence that pub bouncers could n't sort out . |
| 13 | But Amanda Cadder , who was planning to emigrate to America , says she 's never going back . |
| 14 | She says she 's still waiting for the right man . ’ |
| 15 | She packed that one in and she says she 's still doing this for another two two week I think she says and that 's erm what you call it ? |
| 16 | But she says she 's now wanting to do archaeology erm but she says she has n't got any A levels ! |
| 17 | Yeah , yeah and she 's , yeah , and she says she 's so fed cos to her there 's nothing wrong with her , the baby did put on weight last week , but she said you know , what do you do in here all day . |
| 18 | Shirley Cherrill says she 's always believed asthma is hereditary , because so many of her family have had it . |
| 19 | She says she 's always known how special they can be , given the chance and she hopes more disabled people will be encouraged to have a go . |
| 20 | She thinks you might do something , she says she 's always coming up with Ma . |
| 21 | He says he 's also sueing the police because he 's bitter about his treatment during the murder investigation . |
| 22 | It 's a long way from completion , but Bill says he 's already approached ROBERT DE NIRO to play Elvis . |
| 23 | ‘ He says he 's here to take Anna back to the gipsy camp . ’ |
| 24 | That wee lad , and then the one from called about two o'clock he says I says he 's not in so and I says he 's away to swim or something what time did he go at ? |
| 25 | The family of the entertainer Leslie Crowther , who was critically injured in a car crash three months ago , says he 's slowly getting back to normal . |
| 26 | Abbot Mark says he 's definitely ruling out the use of his mitre and crozier while refereeing on the river . |
| 27 | I 've quizzed him about the noise , but he says he 's never heard it — well of course he has n't , he 's fast asleep ! |
| 28 | He says he 's never heard of a church charging . |
| 29 | He says he 's never travelled by car . |
| 30 | He says he 's never seen anything like it ; he reckons some of the stuff must have been here since before the First World War . |