Example sentences of "['s] [noun] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Also , with Chernobyl still fresh in everyone 's mind I thought it might be a good idea to show that workers in the nuclear industry are just like the rest of us . |
| 2 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 3 | Having read December 's issue I feel I might be able to help Laddie the unkempt Cocker from December 's Post Bag . |
| 4 | Underneath Mum 's anxiety I detect something else , very faintly , heavily disguised . |
| 5 | With David 's help I unfurled my multi-coloured paraglider , donned a helmet and strapped myself into the simple harness . |
| 6 | She asked quickly , ‘ Well , if it 's anybody else 's business I got my cousin staying here , nothing wrong in that is there , Mr Fisher ? ’ |
| 7 | I really fancy Peter like flipping god 's sake I mean I really do . |
| 8 | But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative . |
| 9 | ‘ A part of your father 's gift I think you have , if you can learn not to deface it for spite because I am in the same world with you . ’ |
| 10 | In my mind 's eye I see him as he was , complete with bowler-hat and aquiline nose . |
| 11 | er , and with the hour 's difference I think it works out about the same |
| 12 | and were hoping to get somebody from Bishop 's Stortford I think it 's important to have a , and I 'm also going to ask Bob , the ambulance driver if he 's free to come , I think we can use the . |
| 13 | Through the radio 's crackle I think I hear a noise . |
| 14 | On Father 's Day I think what he 'd like best is to go shopping and then he 'll take me out , to Dunstable Downs to see the gliders . ’ |
| 15 | Whilst I agree with many of Mr. Shelford 's comments I find it hard to believe his comment on high tackles . |
| 16 | I 'm in the bakery so if stuff 's rubbish I tell them , if it 's good I tell them , and then they say well fine , if , if they have any problems we take it , right or wrong . |
| 17 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 18 | When I reached the water 's edge I understood her dismay . |
| 19 | On Joanna 's instructions I set my teeth resolutely . |
| 20 | Without a second 's thought I swung my medical case straight into the face of one of the thumpers . |
| 21 | Dickie said , ‘ When I heard them say it was St Benedict 's Hospital I thought it must be for Mr Leland , so I called him . |
| 22 | Townsend , who has only just returned to Premiership action for new club Aston Villa , said : ‘ It has been a slight worry but I 'm in no pain and after today 's training I know I 'll definitely play . ’ |
| 23 | If at the year 's end I saw her face somewhere . |
| 24 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
| 25 | Cos when , when he was down at Andy 's Aerials I think he used to go on foot to the post office every week . |
| 26 | The men motioned me to go away , and after they had looked at Jordi 's papers I saw them escort him to a car . |
| 27 | And in a year 's time I hope you will know all the multiplication tables up to twelve . |
| 28 | But in my great grannie 's time I think they did that . |
| 29 | For example — I feel disgusted and ashamed — I took my little girl down to my mum 's and I swear to God I remember dressing her — it was winter — but when she got to my mum 's house I took her out of the buggy and all she had on was her nappy and her socks and a blanket wrapped round her . |
| 30 | Lance Corp Zolden , of the Royal Corps of Transport , added : ‘ It is a standing joke that we are the Army 's AA I guess you could say that is true . ’ |