Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 2 | Like an overgrown Bisto kid I sniffed and aaahed my way to the source of the oaky-smokey smell , where I met a man whom I am very pleased to know . |
| 3 | This prompted me to look through my own collection , where I discovered a copy dated August 1931 , priced 2/ |
| 4 | I crept out of the sitting-room and into the small room next door , where I chose a book full of pictures from the bookcase . |
| 5 | I would follow the police officers escorting the prisoner or prisoners up a flight of stairs into the small but impressive court-room , where I took a chair reserved for reporters at counsel 's table . |
| 6 | I came out of the army and returned to the Bideford Gazette where I had a year of my newspaper apprenticeship still to go . |
| 7 | ‘ Eventually we got to Lagrimone , a little place between Langhirano and Monchio on the way to the passo di Lagastrello , where I know a family . |
| 8 | I was lucky to halve the match with her , and this flattering result was mostly due to a fortuitous birdie on the last hole , where I holed a pitch and run shot from short of the green . |
| 9 | Or I got a garden , I could occupy myself in the garden . |
| 10 | When my brother or I had a fever , my mother or my grandfather used to come here to find leaves or roots to cure it . |
| 11 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 12 | For instance , I bought it from John and John sold it to me , or I received/got a letter from John and John sent me a letter are equally ‘ natural ’ as far as the phraseology of English is concerned ; their ‘ acceptability ’ is , of course , determined by the context in which they occur . |
| 13 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 14 | ‘ You had better make sure , lady , or I send a message direct to Tracy . ’ |
| 15 | 2.00–2.30pm She takes her lunch break : ‘ Usually a banana sandwich , or I nibble a bit of fruit ’ , she says . |
| 16 | You see , I think housework is a waste of time , I do n't do it , or I do a minimum . |
| 17 | An hour later , Lalage came tip-toeing into her room where she heard a dog whining gently . |
| 18 | She walked at a leisurely pace to the back of the hold , where she unlocked a control panel and pressed several buttons . |
| 19 | Suitably deglamorised , even to the extent of hiding her shapeliness beneath loose-fitting garments , she made her way to G Vasey Ltd , where she spent a morning being shown to her office , and being introduced around the contracts and purchasing department . |
| 20 | At last , in an effort to bring her mind back to an even keel , she went to the office , where she discovered a pile of farm accounts had been left on the desk . |
| 21 | What she did was to go through her cupboards , where she discovered a dress which had once belonged to Clara 's cousin , and which had been enclosed years before in a charitable parcel of hands-on . |
| 22 | One of Aunt Tossie 's luxuries was an early breakfast in bed — later she came down to the dining room where she ate a second . |
| 23 | She looked around the vestibule , suddenly aware that this room where she ate a brioche and drank milky coffee as if at a feast of the gods on those mornings when she managed to get up in time was a mere dingy parlour , the curtains grey with city smuts , the tables pocked and charred by cigarettes . |
| 24 | A year or so later she told everyone that they must make an annual pilgrimage to that city , where she had a cousin in the catering trade who was prepared to give them all cheap rates , but by that time Rose was losing her grip on the faithful . |
| 25 | Editorial assistant Paula Lockey spent a day at Grayshott Hall Health and Fitness Resort where she had a body massage , a reflexology consultation and an hour-long Cathiodermie facial . |
| 26 | She arrived at her hotel in Mariánské Láznë early on Thursday afternoon , where she had a snack in her room while she got out Cara 's list and memorised again all the questions she was to put to Mr Vendelin Gajdusek in the morning . |
| 27 | Leaving them all stunned , she walked out to the lounging boatmen , where she commandeered a motorboat . |
| 28 | A jar was found for the snowdrops , then she made her way to the office , where she opened a bag of mail and sorted what were obviously accounts , from private letters . |
| 29 | Instead , she wandered into town , where she bought a bag of chips , well soused in vinegar and wrapped in newspaper ; she took the bag to her room , where she sat on the edge of the single bed , slowly eating chips in the dark and thinking . |
| 30 | ‘ I think the young man is right , ’ said Mrs Grandison ‘ I do n't remember seeing you take a pudding . |