Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So we set the scene , we look good , we have n't crushed them to death and he 's gon na take us into one or two areas
2 That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful .
3 There seems nothing at all strange about the Church , which paid the salaries of these men and expected them to serve it , considering the question of whether or not they should be able to engage in an activity which , no matter how acceptable , would have diverted them from their main task .
4 Some of them are on N two , that erm , not necessarily , in fact the majority of the forms in the supporting guidelines on manuals are not versioned yet but they , we followed the advice of Roy there and we have listed them in each of the guidelines with a statement of erm , we 've just , I mean , a clear listing there of each form and when we actually go to introduce the next time , reprint , we will then put version codes on them .
5 Sometimes , new ideas involve such radically novel perspectives that the lack of key individuals ‘ in the chain of thought leading up to them … could easily have delayed them for … a generation ’ .
6 The bagman-fox , now on home ground , had delayed them by running up a long culvert .
7 We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains .
8 And Goldberg , in his pad : I have never said or written any of the sentiments attributed to me here , though I have heard them from the mouths and read them from the pens of others .
9 Sister had heard them from the S.C.O . 's office and was already beside me .
10 Two dangers with cliches such as ‘ May all their troubles be little ones ’ are that older members of the audience have heard them before and that the previous speaker may use the same joke or saying .
11 But if I had called out you would then have heard me across the stones .
12 ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said .
13 ‘ You have explained me to myself , Harry , ’ he said slowly .
14 Hard experience has taught me to be selective in my procrastination .
15 that was taught me by my grandmother , Annie Scanlon .
16 ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’
17 I know that you 've never forgiven me for what happened , and I do n't blame you , darling .
18 I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective .
19 Have you forgiven me for calling you ‘ carrots ’ ? ’
20 She 's forgiven me for being such an ass with my ultimatum the other day , ’ he added , then sighed , ‘ I do wish she was coming back to her flat . ’
21 Maria had left the identical cuttings anchored by a small china bowl on her coffee-table , but the bowl had been moved , so he must have examined them on arrival .
22 Nutty adjusted them for him .
23 And it seemed to her that she was at least two people , for the person who had plunged them into the forest and brought them to this spot was not the same as the person who sat here waiting for Allen to say what he was doing , and for the Friar to return .
24 Yes they 've stripped me of my cash for tonight .
25 Fate had parted them for ever , but she would never know any other man in the way she had known Tyler .
26 He is leaving tomorrow , and I have parted them with my selfishness and my love .
27 The House of Lords has concluded that our Sunday trading laws are unclear and has therefore referred them to the European Court of Justice to clarify whether they are compatible with European law .
28 All the more disappointing therefore to learn later that some Seniors members who had blackballed me for Muirfield had now put in an objection to my joining this club too .
29 We had seen and sensed them on our way up , their tentative postures , their unanimity of hesitation .
30 A physicist colleague has kindly calculated them for me .
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