Example sentences of "[pers pn] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Me neither ? ’
2 Me neither ! ’
3 Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing !
4 I let me little lot go , sir , see .
5 ‘ Nurses tell me little has changed with staffing levels .
6 It caused me little inconvenience and even less pain and I was still able to manoeuvre myself into reasonable position and qualify for the final .
7 I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem .
8 The critics never review my work , but this concerns me little as they have no power and little influence .
9 Come me little washer lad , come let's away ,
10 Come me little washer lad , come let's away ,
11 It gives me little pleasure to agree with him , but I do so .
12 ‘ You give me little encouragement . ’
13 ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble .
14 ‘ You 're burning up with love for me , are n't you , me little darlin' ? ’
15 Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’
16 I grant thee that . ’
17 The Pru has half a million motorists on its books and is sending them each a booklet when their policies are renewed explaining the benefits of conversion .
18 She was a woman from an age quite different from Erika 's own ; separated by a gulf , a measureless chasm of experience distancing them each from the other as surely as though they were beings from two different planets .
19 He made them each a cup of tea , listing other jobs for which he was not suitable .
20 For various reasons they were wrong ; but illusion of continuity was easily available because they had at least some of their kinsmen at close quarters , met them and socialized with them each day .
21 After that Mr Jotter gave them each a long word typed on a piece of card .
22 She had enticed them in like an old witch , Val said , by talking volubly to them in the garden about the quietness of the place , giving them each a small , gold , furry apricot from the espaliered trees along the curving brick wall .
23 This approach recognises continuing activities as part of the School Development Plan , but forces justification of them each year .
24 A father instituted his son and daughter heirs and left them each prior legacies of certain lands and loan books .
25 They went into the hut and the Bārakotes gave them each a bowl of buffalo milk .
26 Anne Jay , who checks in the contestants and hands them each a medal for completing the race , said the average age of those taking part is twenty to thirty-five years — ‘ then they come to their senses ! ’
27 When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams .
28 Indeed , she told me that she looked forward to practising them each evening as it formed such a peaceful interlude in her anxious life .
29 A lot of mums , however , still lay out their twenty-year-old 's washed and ironed clothes on the bed for them each morning and continuously clean up after them , catering for their every need .
30 But the new game she had invented of punishing one or both of them each time they were beastly to her made her life more or less bearable .
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