Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it frightens me seeing the youngsters coming out carrying . |
| 2 | Despite the weather , however , 17 of them braved the elements to play the one round Stableford competition . |
| 3 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 4 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 5 | But disabled people who use them say the workshops provide them with a sense of dignity as well as permanent paid work . |
| 6 | Do n't forget to contact your house insurance company , and ask them to increase the buildings cover accordingly to include the new building . |
| 7 | Please let me know the numbers required by your Department by Monday 30 September 1991 . |
| 8 | I still thought it meant the truck was used for hunting but I asked the labs to check her clothing just in case . |
| 9 | I asked the police to ring her father and ask him to come and collect her from school . |
| 10 | In a modest attempt to amend the damage accumulated over centuries by this pernicious little fiction , I asked the children to give me the Other Version , particularly Eve 's , but Adam 's or God 's as well if they preferred . |
| 11 | ’ Then I asked the children to write about some experience they could recall that had something physical about it . |
| 12 | After going a couple of hundred yards over open ground , the road entered very thick forest , and here I made the men walk in front while I brought up the rear . |
| 13 | When putting the ring together I alternate the segments marked face up then plain face up to create a balanced pattern . |
| 14 | I think that everyone seems to pass the buck , I mean the parents think , oh they 'll learn it at school and the teachers think , oh co they should be learning it from their parents , and yo , you never learn it from anyone just from your friends . |
| 15 | Er it sort of goes in four ways I mean the fathers talk more directly than the mothers whether or not it 's a boy or a girl they 're talking to . |
| 16 | I mean the landlords have changed |
| 17 | I mean the heels have got ta be what two inches ? |
| 18 | I mean the bosses had n't got all that much really , you know , they were n't like they are today . |
| 19 | Money is tight so we need to be quite clear on I mean for instance I mean the seats have been recovered you know people smoking in the seats when they should n't be smoking and putting they 're putting their cigarette 's out on the floor I do n't know |
| 20 | No I 'm not so I mean things like that there 's wear and tear I mean the seats have to be recovered the carpet 's have to be replaced the place has to be redecorated yes we do that . |
| 21 | they got the police , but , I mean the police say er yeah we 're , we 'll probably know who 's done it , which they do do n't they ? |
| 22 | And erm they 'd moved the kit , got the electricians to do it and it took , it took three fuses when they did it , I mean the extensions fused on that particular system , the data pairs fused |
| 23 | Yes , er er I mean I agree with you Chairman entirely , I mean the arguments have been made before and I will just say them again , that I think the District Council are quite remiss er in asking for this sum of money , particularly in view of the reason that the , the , the field is there , which is for the recreation of the people who live in the estate , and the back end of Southwell , and it always has been , er and that is a responsibility that has been taken on by this Parish Council , and if , if , if they feel that they , they wish to persist in asking an unreasonable price , and let's face it , the District Council is in a position to look at this situation and say , the Parish Council is doing an excellent job , we will sell them this land for a figure that they can afford . |
| 24 | and you went to school and you oh dear , well I 'm glad we 've had our share , I mean the kids do it nowadays but we have had our share of it have n't we ? |
| 25 | And I mean the banks have erm er r really been an i indicator of economic performance , and , and that , that 's the case . |
| 26 | Well well yeah , it is a different element because I mean the neutrons do n't effect the chemical properties very much . |
| 27 | The road pitched and banked over and around waves of sand and , periodically , I met the workmen busy with their shovels . |
| 28 | In vain I sought the ducks penned in safety from the foxes … . |
| 29 | No I 'll just come round you can appear I make the energies move quickly okay ? |
| 30 | I checked the backstreets to see if the Sierra was still there . |