Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what if the unexpected happens , or someone decides to take you to court ? |
| 2 | And we find that mistakes and misunderstandings are a far more common cause of complaint than deliberate dishonesty or someone trying to cheat you or rip you off . |
| 3 | Something or someone had annoyed him and instantly she assumed it was because he was landed with her here in his house . |
| 4 | He 's the one that , somebody tried to assassinate him or someone tried to kill him off . |
| 5 | ‘ Something or someone has frightened you off men . |
| 6 | Something or someone has influenced them . |
| 7 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 8 | I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion . |
| 9 | Later I saw blood on my hand where I 'd grabbed him . |
| 10 | Blood ran from his face where I had cut it , but I had fought too many fights that night . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 12 | I stacked the papers carefully and replaced them where I had found them . |
| 13 | I remember standing in the dinner queue and all these kids coming up to me , asking me if it was true , where I had got her from and what I was doing with her . |
| 14 | Where I 've wet it what 's it done to it ? |
| 15 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 16 | or I 've lost it on t' way running for bus . |
| 17 | And er this is what I do , Well I used to do jobs round here for a while or I 've chucked it up now aye . |
| 18 | Erm so we wish to thank them all , or I wish to thank them all very much for all their hard work and support they 've given me . |
| 19 | Now I feel so embarrassed and wish I did n't have breasts at all , or I try to hide them with baggy T-shirts . |
| 20 | I do n't know what 's happened lately — the machine has either taken notice and chosen to behave or I have mastered it at last , because I have managed to finish two sweaters this week ! |
| 21 | And one thing we will learn from it I think , if we 're honest with ourselves , and we put , and try and save up and have a piece on the end there , but the one thing I think we will perhaps come to , and the one conclusion we may come to , is the fact that whilst we , we do live in this world and I absolutely agree that if somebody says , look I need to see a new as well , I need to see you now , or I need to see you tomorrow , that 'll be difficult , O K , and that 's the immediacy of the business . |
| 22 | Flora or somebody had told her where to find him . |
| 23 | or somebody said do you want so and so , no thanks |
| 24 | Paul 's ring was on the bedside cabinet , where she 'd placed it , and her handbag … |
| 25 | You called your wife a tart , which is your business and hers , but you also said that if you 'd known where she 'd gone you would have caught her at it . |
| 26 | She looked the same as usual ; untidy , a hole in her coat where she 'd caught it on a hook in the yard . |
| 27 | Then , obeying an impulse she barely understood , she took the silver medallion out of the inner pocket of her bag , where she 'd zipped it for safekeeping , and fastened the chain round her neck . |
| 28 | And squatting in what little shelter there was beside the door , just where she 'd expected him , Farquhar Neas . |
| 29 | She removed her hand from Owen 's arm , where she had placed it . |
| 30 | When she was gone he turned and looked after her , feeling the touch of her still , the warmth on his cheek where she had kissed him . |