Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've learned to live with it , because if it looks horrid , or someone tells me it 's horrid , I wo n't read it . |
| 2 | I can say " This is a cherry " and everyone understands what I mean , but I can not very well say " This is an offspring " without committing a grammatical impropriety , except perhaps as a contextually forgivable elipsis when it is already clear whose offspring is being talked about . |
| 3 | You say words like that and everyone knows what they mean but when you look at them you ca n't understand them . |
| 4 | Every so often , and it 's not often enough , we at Guitarist Mansions get a review guitar through the post which is well-built , reasonably priced , nicely styled and which does what it says it does , with no design gimmickry , cheap glitter or high-falutin' bumph claiming it to be a ‘ sound revolution ’ , or some equally laughable piece of flannel . |
| 5 | Well if it was on the floor and somebody wants it they 'll have to have it wo n't they ? |
| 6 | He 's evil , that 's what he is and nobody knows what I suffer . |
| 7 | But I 'm getting on and who cares what I think ? |
| 8 | And who cares what he thinks about Pete Tong 's Essential Selection ( R1 ) ? |
| 9 | And who knows what they 're talking about , those fifty two people who said yes . |
| 10 | This fellow , who must be the only , or almost the only , surviving person outside Japan who has been the target of a nuclear bomb , and who knows what it 's like for real ( as opposed to the criminally bone-headed fantasising about nuclear war indulged in by our sillier soldiers and politicians ) , was not only matter-of-fact about it all , as though it was the sort of thing that might have happened to anyone , but he actually admitted that he had never given a thought to the possibility that he might be at risk as a result of the radiation he undoubtedly suffered at the time until recent weeks when various busybodies brought the matter to his attention . |
| 11 | And who knows what you 'll pick up ? |
| 12 | In these circumstances a PRO who has a good camera and who knows what he is doing may decide to take publicity shots of local events and newsworthy items such as new employees , new sports facilities or retirement presentations . |
| 13 | She tells me that when she was a nippy ( of course I say what 's a nippy and she tells me it 's a waitress ) the worst sin the girls could commit , sackable instantly , was to whirl the pencils which were attached by string to their aprons . |
| 14 | And here she 's telling Ruth , now what you 've got ta do , she 's she 's got him , she 's got her introduced to Boaz and she tells him it 's a strange custom , one that 's perhaps even stranger in our eyes today but there er after the party , the great harvest supper she 's , the the they lie down in the barn together , they all just , they 're tired it 's , it 's , the party 's gone on into the wee hours of the morning , and there they just , they do n't bother going home , they lie down there in the barn together all of them and she says to Ruth what you must do according to the custom is , you go and you lie at the feet of Boaz and wait , just wait , and wait for him to respond to you . |
| 15 | And she says they you know what I mean , they had a great they really had a good laugh . |
| 16 | She 's not a fool , and she knows what she 's dealing with . ’ |
| 17 | As she brings up one I 've got another one to throw and she drops what she 's got . |
| 18 | As they hugged the 13-year-old outside a Blackpool hospital mother Audrey Rogers ( 38 ) , said : ‘ She is only young and she realises what she has done has been silly . |
| 19 | If you are in the middle of doing something else and something occurs which you think the doctor or physio or your manager should know about , make a note of it . |
| 20 | ‘ And something tells me you 're involved in this , too . ’ |
| 21 | Not if he 's in the area , and everything tells me he is . ’ |
| 22 | He thinks I 'm a tramp , she thought , almost dispassionately , and he hates what he 's done , hates the way sexual desire 's lured him , tricked him . |
| 23 | Since the hastily-arranged press conference to launch the discussion document setting out the new scheme , the vice-chairman of Suffolk Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group has been pouring over the fine detail of the Ministry documents , and he likes what he reads , calling it ‘ a very exciting package . ’ |
| 24 | Put them in writing and be sure you know and he understands what you want to achieve . |
| 25 | what he does he , he if he 's walking his dog and he sees you and he passes you he 's got to bust you . |
| 26 | Mr White , incredibly , begins the book with an account of the movie actress Shirley MacLaine visiting Dr Hawking ( she was late , her car having been clamped ) to ask if he believes in God and he tells her he does not : end of story . |
| 27 | ‘ There 's a Scottish guy in this bakery I go to and he tells me they love me in Scotland . |
| 28 | He has his independence and he tells me he has never been happier in his life . |
| 29 | I love him dearly and he tells me he feels the same , and we have talked of marriage . |
| 30 | And he tells me it 's quite easy his little boy of three can pronounce it quite easily . |