Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ The way he turns on the television as soon as he walks into the room drives me nuts , ’ she says . |
| 2 | It drives me nuts to see all the jobs that are out there to be done . ’ |
| 3 | I told you , this phone drives me nuts ! |
| 4 | ‘ Oi builds me innins . |
| 5 | I wear contact lenses and find that eye make-up , particularly mascara , irritates my eyes . |
| 6 | And while I can understand certain people saying that yes , smoking irritates my eyes , my nose , and yes , they 're quite right they are entitled to breathe erm u u unsolid air , if yo if you want to put it that |
| 7 | ‘ The thing that most impresses me and most encourages my students when I use Streamline is that Streamline is an audiovisual course . |
| 8 | I do n't know whether that encourages you or discourages my friends , but I mean , up there . |
| 9 | Frank stood up and , taking up an indignant posture , he placed one hand on his hip and pranced towards her , saying , ‘ No alcohol ever crosses my lips , apart from cooking sherry . ’ |
| 10 | And Steve hates my guts . |
| 11 | A declaration should be enclosed for the Charity Trustee to sign saying that s/he has read the constitution , understands her/his responsibilities and that s/he is not disqualified from acting as a Charity Trustee . |
| 12 | For two summer holidays my parents took a Prep school outside Westerham and from here we bicycled over half of Kent with our Father or played on the small school fields or swam in the local swimming bath . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've told yer before , 'e pays less than any ovver firm in Bermondsey an' 'e sacks 'is workers fer the least fing. 'E would n't tolerate the union fer ages an' as soon as any of 'is workers tried ter get the union in they were put off . |
| 14 | In 1912 he insisted , against opposition from the foreign ministry , that Prince Lichnowsky be appointed to the London embassy , saying " I send only my ambassador to London , who has my confidence , obeys my will , fulfills my orders with my instructions " . |
| 15 | And he has them cows and all that there , them that was |
| 16 | And this causes me difficulties in that I have to either imagine what it was or come back again to see whatever the er item in question is . |
| 17 | She wants me rails , these metal rails that I 've got . |
| 18 | It ai n't my address , my address , but if anyone else writes me letters then then please do n't . |
| 19 | He tears my knickers and thrusts his hand inside me , and I hit him , hard . |
| 20 | I wants my others . |
| 21 | Pity slayeth my nymphs … |
| 22 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 23 | It searches my attitudes not just to blacks , gays , AIDS victims or the lepers of our society , like the down-and-outs , drug addicts and others . |
| 24 | Your Miss MacQuillan says she questions my motives and emphatically will not encourage me to identify her father 's killer . |
| 25 | It rewards my years of hard work a hundredfold . |
| 26 | Anyway , gallant Chris comes down and rescues my sunglasses . |
| 27 | She finds herself to be even more mysterious than she knew , rather like her author , who likes to say that ‘ I have another person within , and it is perhaps that person who writes my books ’ . |
| 28 | He holds my breasts . |
| 29 | He still holds my hands but has become younger and dark-haired . |
| 30 | Better still , he loves my children even more than I do and wants what is best for them . |