Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the rules are inadequate , then the answer is to get them right and enforce them , not to rely on equitable principles which are uncertain in their application to a modern market . ’ |
| 2 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 3 | People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’ |
| 4 | Mike dragged me clear and carried me into the house . |
| 5 | He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett . |
| 6 | Stack them high and sell them cheap . |
| 7 | Most of these are n't signed , but if we look at them early and register our interest in the act , we hope the band will consider us to be their agent when they have a record deal . |
| 8 | I do n't know what view of these events my uncles took as we woke them early and followed them around as faithfully as any spaniel — maybe that was why they often nipped off to the pub in the evenings . |
| 9 | I used to roll them in my hand and get them warm and get them in my finger like that and shoot it down , and watch it go down er |
| 10 | If that 's what you 're doing in practice , say so , do n't put all these exclusions in the document because that makes me suspicious and makes me think you 're trying to exclude these things . |
| 11 | Emeralds were sometimes used in their natural form as hexagonal crystals , but their comparative softness made it a simple matter to rub them smooth and set them en cabochon . |
| 12 | chuck me in there , chuck me in the closet hit me with your rhythm stick , hit me hard and hit me quick |
| 13 | Hit me hard and hit me quick . |
| 14 | She took all the bones out of his spinal column and compressed them to nothing , she turned his eyeballs inward , she jellied his legs , she unplugged and rewired his guts . |
| 15 | you see it 's got no , they 're telling you this and telling you that , it 's them that 's doing this but they 're creating more food , food by , to create more food they 're bombarding all your food with chemicals you know all sorts you know |
| 16 | Goals will help keep you motivated and make you want to run , and they 'll also help you plan a specific , personalised training programme . |
| 17 | It keeps you fit and helps you to have a healthy baby . |
| 18 | It keeps you fit and helps you to have a healthy baby . |
| 19 | ‘ I will be thinking of you all and wishing you continued good fortune with your worthwhile venture , ’ said Sharron , who was the star of a promotional video used to raise funds towards the pool reopening . |
| 20 | ‘ My colleague , Fru Blicher , at the Villa has asked me to extend her best wishes to you all and invite you to a Lieder recital to be held in the music room — you know , that lovely room with its medieval instruments — tomorrow evening . ’ |
| 21 | Anyway I wish you well and send my love to you as ever , ‘ Father ’ . |
| 22 | Food is there to keep you healthy and to enhance your enjoyment of life . |
| 23 | To scare you shitless and upset your balance , |
| 24 | Then the righteous will reply , ‘ Lord , when was it that we saw you hungry and fed you , or thirsty and gave you drink , a stranger and took you home , or naked and clothed you ? |
| 25 | " No replied the fox , but they kill you first and count your balls afterwards " . |
| 26 | I must give you one and take it for her . |
| 27 | Cycling makes you fitter and gives you a better life expectancy . |
| 28 | can you grim and bear it too ? |
| 29 | I 'd hold you close and feel your heartbeat . ’ |
| 30 | Frost ai n't good for plants , it turns them black and kills them off if you ai n't careful , but I reckon grass must be OK . |