Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the class of goods , where commercial goods are concerned the party acquiring them presumably has some expertise in relation to them which gives him the capability to assess their quality or to understand if he needs to call in an expert assessor , so that less protection should be required in this case . |
| 2 | When he walked in I thought , You can take me dirty dancing any day of the week . |
| 3 | I rarely find much satisfaction in debating harder abstractions or metaphysical teasers with him . |
| 4 | I duly put this plan to Eliot , who , to my mild surprise , did not seem to regard it as so fanciful an idea as I had anticipated . |
| 5 | In all my life there have been very few occasions when I badly wanted more money and that was one of them , because on my wage of three shillings a day as an AC2 I was unable to drape her with expensive clothes . |
| 6 | I badly needed more money , so the take-over could not come too quickly as far as I was concerned . |
| 7 | After some further outside tests and a fair amount of soul-searching , I eventually bought this detector and the 10.5in accessory coil . |
| 8 | ‘ I vigorously condemn all violence directed at people or property , ’ the secretary of state for the sea , Charles Josselin , said in a statement . |
| 9 | The real world has long left behind the age when old so-and-so could decide ‘ I rather like this slogan ’ or ‘ My constituents think we ought to do such and such ’ without that ‘ feeling ’ being backed up by professional research and experience . |
| 10 | And , I better get this dinner out . |
| 11 | I better get another bottle of that er |
| 12 | I better get another knife . |
| 13 | I personally welcome that change . |
| 14 | Mansel Jones , Hillhouse International power station manager , said : ‘ I personally feel this law is a positive move . |
| 15 | We made a start today with the notion that seems to me most central to our inquiry — the one with which , as it happens , I personally have most difficulty . |
| 16 | I entirely reject that suggestion . |
| 17 | I foolishly sent this medal home . |
| 18 | I only ask this question because devotees of this composer have probably never been in a better position to acquire a good cross-section of his output on disc . |
| 19 | And he said well just get yourself home and tell your father that I want it paid for this time because I only replaced that glass last week , which he had |
| 20 | ‘ I only put that dress on to cover up some bad drawing . |
| 21 | I only got this book last week . |
| 22 | And I only get this sort of breakfast when you 're angry , he thought . |
| 23 | I only wish that Dad could know of your loyalty . ’ |
| 24 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 25 | what would you like from the catalogue sort of thing and I only had this catalogue to Cos I pa you know I paid for it what di did they have ? |
| 26 | ‘ I only fell that time because of those steps . |
| 27 | er , the Easter fair will take place on April the twenty ninth , now I 've heard from Goldthorpe , I only heard this week , and their , the production they 're doing is My Fair Lady , now we 're hoping to go on the Thursday , March the nineteenth , the tickets , the balcony is three pound and the stalls are two pound fifty , and they , there 'll be your bus fare on top so if any of you are interested please give me your names this afternoon so I can get them tickets sorted out , right , now if that |
| 28 | ‘ It is not true that I only play this game for money . |
| 29 | Were n't gon na get nothing , I was on , I only wanted some money . |
| 30 | ‘ I only want this farce to be over so I can get on with my life . ’ |